Re: DB2 UDB or Oracle (who has better support)

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 22:55:08 +1100
Message-ID: <42284c97$0$5433$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>

Serge Rielau apparently said,on my timestamp of 4/03/2005 2:16 AM:

> DB2 for LUW Development is done on Linux, AIX, Windows and AFAIK even on
> Sun (the former Informix Arrowhead Development team).

Aye! Now Informix is DB2 for LUW???????? <d&r>

> In my 7 years with IBM in the SQL Compiler development I have never had
> to fix a platform specific problem and I never wasted as much as a
> minute of my development time worrying about OS.

So for example, the difference in lengths between a login name/table owner in DB2 for z/os and UDB for LUW is irrelevant to you? Because I can tell you: it's a RPITA for us poor developers...

> When migrating from Unix to Windows the only thing you have to worry
> about from a DB2 engine perspective is endian-nes. That prevents you
> from a straight backup redirected restore.
> Tough nut to crack that is...

Hep! Speak for yourself! ;)

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Received on Fri Mar 04 2005 - 05:55:08 CST