Re: Which one is better? Oracel 9i or DB2 7.2??

Dave Thompson wrote:

> And, I haven't even seen anybody bring up the point that DB2 claims to support
> SQL stored procedures in version 7.2, and yet using stored procedures requires
> you to have a C compiler installed on the server. Despite all the asinine
> things I've seen in DB2, this one is definitely over the edge.

Oracle 9i introduced the same handicap as a performance feature.. go figure. Aside of that the point in general is well taken and is being worked on :-)

Cheers
Serge

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Serge Rielau
DB2 UDB SQL Compiler Development
IBM Software Lab, Canada