Re: Adjusting to DB2

Mark A wrote:

>>If you disagree with something I said then address it. Is there a point
>>of fact I got wrong? Lets hear it!
>>-- 
>>Daniel A. Morgan

> In this thread, you mention several features of Oracle which you claim are
> not available in DB2. In fact, DB2 does have equivalents to most of items
> you mentioned. DB2 does not have MVCC, but since the application is already
> developed, and the OP only has to support it, it is probably safe to assume
> that the developers either don't need MVCC or found an equivalent way to
> deal with concurrency.

True but irrelevant to their ability to understanding what they have been tasked with managing.

> DB2 has HADR which is the equivalent (and better) than Data Guard.

But is different and requires learning.

  RMAN is
> nice when compared to the old way of backing up Oracle, but DB2 backups are
> very simple one line commands that backup everything (including logs active
> during the on-line backup) into a single file. When you restore DB2 you
> don't need to rename any log files.

But is different and requires learning.

> The DB2 export, import and load commands are far superior to SQL*Loader,
> which is primitive by comparison.

But are different and requires learning.

> I don't know what specifically you mean by "Oracle's instrumentation", but
> that is also false.

You are going to claim something is false while simultaneously admitting you don't even know what it is.

Classic MarkA. A lack of substance.

I didn't bash DB2. I just said it was different. Apparently your scalpel like mind is incapable of discerning the difference.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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