RE: CYMD dates and SQL

["Al Barsa" <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think that IBM is interested in doing anything proprietary on SQL.

Al

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I find that very difficult to believe. Every other SQL database I've worked
with (Microsoft SQL server, MySQL (*NIX), PostgreSQL (*NIX)) and SQL
databases I read about (notably Oracle) all contain some type of
proprietary
extensions, the most common be enhanced or additional scalar functions.

Is this to say that DB2 is a reference implementation of the SQL92/SQL99
standard?

At least on the AS/400, SQL has to support the standard collection.table
naming convention and the AS/400-specific library/file convention.

Loyd

-----Original Message-----
From: Al Barsa [mailto:barsa@barsaconsulting.com]
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 8:48 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: CYMD dates and SQL

IBM has embraced SQL on our platform as an industry standard.  I do not see
IBM making proprietary enhancements to SQL.  If anything, SQL is a lowest
common denominator statement for the platform,

Al
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