HansF wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:29:25 -0400, Serge Rielau amused us by writing:
>
>
>>Seriously: Beats me! Product numbers and packaging in IBM are a black
>>art. Ever tried to read a DB2 announcement letter?
>
>
> Then again, IBM docco (at least back in the SQL/DS abd DB2/MVS 1.0 days)
> was always the most amazing reading available. Just like ORacle docco
> these days, everything you could possibly want to know was in the docco.
> But extraction of relevant info in a reasonable amount of time, now that
> was THE art form.
Not much change there. I keep my hopes up that Vnext will fancy an SQL
Guide in addition to the "Oxford Dictoinary of SQL".
we hear more and more requests for coding guidelines from e.g. stranded
ex. Sybase customers (culture shock).
Cheers
Serge
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Serge Rielau
DB2 SQL Compiler Development
IBM Toronto Lab
Received on Thu Oct 27 2005 - 19:07:31 CDT
