Re: What would you do without RPG?

While it is true that some companies really just use the database as a sophisticated ISAM system and therefore have no need for DBA, that is far too broad a brush. I work with many companies that exploit the database just as much as any Oracle or SQL server shop. But DB2 on IBM i doesn't need anywhere near the level of daily love and attention to keep it functioning properly. I have worked with several clients who have the equivalent of a part-time DBA on the IBM i side and 2 or 3 on their SQL server side for a comparable level of transactions. Similar situation in shops that use Oracle as well as DB2 on i.


On 2014-07-30, at 1:24 PM, "Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc." <mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

While that sounds reasonable, if true, it begs the question: Why are there so many Oracle and MS SQL Server DBA's, and so few IBM I DBA's? It's not that Oracle and SQL Server do more work, and I doubt that IT directors in those shops are just looking for people to give money to.

Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: -----
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 07/19/2014 05:59PM
Subject: Re: What would you do without RPG?

On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Birgitta Hauser <Hauser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

SAP on i:
Sometimes ago in an SQL Workshop someone told me they formerly worked with
SAP on a pSeries and an Oracle database.
He also told me as long as they worked with the ORACLE database there were
everyday 3 DBAs who did nothing else than balance indexes and adjust
buffers
etc.

that has to be make work, no? There must be code an ORACLE admin can run
that automates whatever it is that has to be done to keep the database
functioning.

-Steve
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