RE: Which of the SYSIBM tables/views show the row count for -- MIDRANGE-L

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Dave,

I'm really not trying to start a fight on this, but I have yet to hear your definition of what constitutes a "real RDBMS". All I have ever heard from you on this is "DB2/400 is not a real RDBMS". Can you qualify that statement with real details?

In general terms, I agree that most shops do not use DB2 as they should. However, it does not follow that DB2/400 is inferior to the other RDBMS products simply because its not fully utilized. Using your terms, it is clear that you believe DB2/400 to be a toy of some sort, since it's not "a real RDBMS". Yet this platform has supported the integrated database from day one, even before SQL was a real language. (The S/38 began shipping in 1979, and was the first commercially available RDBMS offered by IBM.) Oracle did manage to beat IBM to market by a few weeks....

Eric

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Vern,

No I haven't convinced you yet, but... hope springs eternal. At least, you'll discuss and not get your shorts in a snit like many others because someone challenged their sacred cow.

Take care,

Dave

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