Oracle-L: RE: No DBAs needed on AS400

From: <tday6_at_csc.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:08:19 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004422AD.20020411110819@fatcity.com>

On the 370 mainframe, DB2 was VSAM (Variable length Sequential Access Method) with a SQL interpreter front end. But when they ported DB2 to the AS400, I believe that the underlying storage method was just variable length flat files. No referential integrity, etc. Sort of like Oracle 6.

                                                                                           
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Does it have DB2 as the database?

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Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 8:54 AM
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We are going through a merger, and management is looking to eliminate positions. Here is a brief summary of my discussion with the new director of IT:

Director: "Back when I we were using an AS400, we didn't need a DBA." Me: "Then you probably were just using files." Director: "No, it was a database."
Me: "Could you issue SQL commands?"
Director: "Yes. But we didn't need a DBA. I guess it was just one of those mysteries of life."

My thoughts are that he is using the term "database" in the generic sense of the word (our "files" are our database), or he was using some proprietary database that doesn't even begin to compare to Oracle.

For those of you who know AS400s, I would appreciate some insight that would demonstrate why he needs to keep me as a DBA.

Thanks,
Jay

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