Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

You are mistaken.

DB2 on IBM mainframes is constantly being enhanced. It now supports BLOBs, CLOBs, Triggers, Stored Procedures, Data Mining, etc. And there are some very large databases ... easily into the TBs.

Tony Toews wrote:

> jason.webster_at_mail.state.ky.us (Jason Webster) wrote:
>
> >What database platform does the IRS use to process returns?
> >What database does Proctor & Gamble use for their ERP system?
> >What database does the Social Security Admin use to track benefits?
>
> IBM mainframes likely. Running twenty or thirty year old software with lots of
> tables still at 80 columns just like the cards.
>
> Or am I mistaken?
>
> Tony
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Received on Sun Mar 12 2000 - 17:30:57 CST