Re: Oracle 8i vs DB2 UDB for Data Warehousing

From: Geza Szivos <szivos_at_ibm.net>
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 20:09:51 GMT
Message-ID: <37470F99.2E344436@ibm.net>

Oracle 8i just come out a few months ago, the DB2-s OLAP features are close to two years old. Since then DB2 had a major revision (5.2) and two FixPack.

Your choice.

PS.: the DB2 java interface is more mature too.

"Romel M. Tuñgol" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are currently in the process of evaluating the data warehousing
> features of Oracle 8i and DB2 UDB. On the surface, both seem to
> have good data warehousing features. Can someone provide us a
> sound technical basis for choosing one over the other?
>
> Any feedback will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Romel

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