Re: Adjusting to DB2

From: Mark Townsend <markbtownsend_at_comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:48:42 -0700
Message-ID: <43619F9A.5060905@comcast.net>

Serge Rielau wrote:

> Again this depends on what you consider immediate features of the
> database and what is an application or tooling.
> If you by DB2 for LUW and (before it became IBM) Alphabox.

Serge - no one has a problem with applications or acquired 3rd party products. But even some of the 'extenders' cut close to the bone. For instance.
Geodetic Extender "an optional feature of IBM DB2 Universal Database", available on all platforms but requires the Spatial Extender. Spatial Extender "extends the function of DB2 Universal Database" but not available on Linux (surely there is some demand for DB2 here), and HP. Text Extender "closely integrated into DB2" yet not available on Linux XML Extender "A fully integrated component of DB2" that's only available on 32 bit platforms.
Intelligent Miner "IBM's in-database mining capabilities" not available on Linux.

Are spatial, text and XML not "immediate features" of DB2 ? Received on Thu Oct 27 2005 - 22:48:42 CDT