Re: DB2 UDB or Oracle (who has better support)

"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1109818455.147931_at_yasure...
> This is not true. There are very substantial differences between the
> products in terms of architecture, concepts, and capabilities. In one
> sense they can all be used to create a back-end that "will work." But
> the capabilities built-in versus those one has to code themselves or
> purchase from a third-party vendor vary dramatically.
>

Is that relevent for using SAP?

> Then don't but what features of the database do you care about? What
> matters to you? How about the fact that DB2 has a different code base
> for different operating systems. Change from UNIX to Windows and you
> might as well be changing to Sybase.
>
> Daniel A. Morgan

That is not accurate. DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows has the code base except for Operating System issues. They share all the same manuals.

DB2 for AS/400, DB2 for Z/OS (mainframe), and DB2 for VM all have different code bases and all different from DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. But at the SQL level, they are pretty close. Received on Wed Mar 02 2005 - 21:09:00 CST