RE: Unidata DB

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size=2>Unidata is a clone of the PICK operating system from a long
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size=2>way back.  PICK's biggest asset was the notion of 'multivalues'.
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size=2>Instead of a row-and-column view of things, individual data elements
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size=2>could have multiple values in the same row.  It makes for a single
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size=2>table ('file' in PICK/Unidata/UniVerse) where you'd need multiple
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size=2>tables in Oracle, or you'd need to define a 'nested object' in

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size=2>the newer Oracle releases.
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size=2>My first job was on a Microdata 1600, which ran the REALITY o/s.
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size=2>Dick Pick worked for Microdata in the early days.  The opening
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size=2>page of the manuals always said "Welcome to Reality".  Ahh...the
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size=2>good old days.

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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: KENNETH JANUSZ   [mailto:kjanusz_at_att.net]Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:44   AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject:   Unidata DB
  Has anyone heard of Unidata DB.  It's relational and   from IBM. 
   
  Thanks,
  Ken Janusz, CPIM Received on Thu Feb 14 2002 - 12:09:39 CST