Re: DB2 UDB or not DB2 UDB

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon.Paris@hal.it <Jon.Paris@hal.it>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 1:08 PM
Subject: DB2 UDB or not DB2 UDB


>Unless it has changed recently the DB2 for MVS is done in Santa Teresa
>(just outside San Jose, CA).  There is some database work done in Toronto
>for the mainframes but not the DB2 stuff as far as I know.
>

Yup, still ST.

>They are working to change things, but we (well perhaps not you Bruce
><grin>) are part of the problem.  All the time we insist that DB2 databases
>be able to be read as flat files we are effectively preventing them from
>adopting the Toronto UDB code even if Rochester wanted to.
>


The reluctance of RPG coders to accept SQL as their interface is well
documented even in these archives.....

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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

"Those who would give up essential Liberty,
  to purchase a little temporary Safety,
  deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

     - The Papers of Ben Franklin



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