Ray, The non-mainframe (ie DB2 LUW (Linux/Unix/Windows) is actually based on the OS/2 Database Manager, which became DB2/2 then DB2 UDB, then UDB became the standard moniker for all DB2 products, so LUW was used to distinguish from z/OS. Also, in the non-MF world, 8.2 was "Stinger", and 9 is "Viper." Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray Mullins Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DB2 V9 z/OS GA (Was: What to do with extra storage on new z9) Yes, but the DB2 on z/VM and z/VSE is not really DB2. :-) There are 3 different code platforms for DB2 - I'm missing some details, so someone please fill in the blanks... - Non-mainframe platforms (Unix-type), which came from another data base product purchased by IBM a long time ago (Sequent?), and has some code shared with Informix - z/OS (the original System R) - z/VSE, z/VM, which IIRC is based on DL/1 DB2 9 (note the lack of V - Timothy, you aren't following proper IBM marketing format *g* ) adds the XML functionality in DB2 for non-MF 8.2, AKA "Viper". The big primary change is the introduction of "native" XML data storage, which does not follow Dr. Codd's model (shock! Horrors! Performance, finally!). Although this is not the first "native" XML data base - Software AG's Tamino, for example, has been around for a long, long time. Later, Ray -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sebastian Welton Sent: Thursday March 15 2007 08:37 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DB2 V9 z/OS GA (Was: What to do with extra storage on new z9) On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:22:51 -0500, Tom Moulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On the subject of dot.zero release, did you also notice that there is >never a dot.two release? Always new versions. New versions typically >have a price increase on the MLC, whilst new releases do not. Unless you're on a different platform. There was a DB2 UDB 8.2.2 for Linux, etc and if you're running DB2 Server, which VM and VSE are, then the current version is 7.4 I believe. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
