after the discussion yesterday on db2/mysql/postgresql....

2004-01-21 Thread Chris Stephens
I thought this might be relevant and interesting... http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid13_gci945589,00.html?tr ack=NL-93 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Chris Stephens INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services--

RE: after the discussion yesterday on db2/mysql/postgresql....

2004-01-21 Thread Goulet, Dick
Thought PostGreSql smelled a lot like DB2. And although I agree with their definitions on the surface they miss a lot of the underlying capability in Oracle. Sure, one database per instance, but you can them map multiple applications/schema's into that instance. Makes for a lot less fun when

RE: OT (DB2)

2003-11-12 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
of list ORACLE-L Subject: OT (DB2) Hi, Anyone out there who used to be subscribed to the DB2-L listserv. Since it moved hosts, I have received no more emails and cannot register for the new one. Regards Lee Lee, it's definitely up and running, and Phil (Gunning) said

OT (DB2)

2003-11-11 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Hi, Anyone out there who used to be subscribed to the DB2-L listserv. Since it moved hosts, I have received no more emails and cannot register for the new one. Regards Lee ** The information contained

RE: OT (DB2)

2003-11-11 Thread Grant Allen
-Original Message- From: Robertson Lee - lerobe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 12 November 2003 00:45 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: OT (DB2) Hi, Anyone out there who used to be subscribed to the DB2-L listserv. Since it moved hosts, I have

starting/stopping DB2

2003-10-28 Thread Jonathan Gennick
Does anyone here use DB2? I need a bit of an education on how to start and stop DB2 under Windows XP. If you can help, please contact me offlist. Thanks. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Join

RE: starting/stopping DB2

2003-10-28 Thread Grant Allen
-Original Message- From: Jonathan Gennick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 29 October 2003 10:49 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: starting/stopping DB2 Does anyone here use DB2? I need a bit of an education on how to start and stop DB2 under Windows XP

Re: Oracle /db2

2003-10-26 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
At the Database Forum here in Denmark recently we had one presentation comparing stuff between Oracle, SQL Server and DB2: The Heterogeneous DBA by Chuck Sodowsky from Quest. It seemed to me like he knew what he was talking about. Maybe he can help? I don't have his email present. Mogens

Oracle /db2

2003-10-24 Thread Joe Testa
Well i've been tasked to do some crosstraining of db2 DBAs to teach them oracle(dark side, ok more expensive side). Does anyone know of a white paper, document, book, etc that would do DBA tasks comparisons? looking for something like alter database datafile 'filename' resize 1000m; command

RE: Oracle /db2

2003-10-24 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
of list ORACLE-L Well i've been tasked to do some crosstraining of db2 DBAs to teach them oracle(dark side, ok more expensive side). Does anyone know of a white paper, document, book, etc that would do DBA tasks comparisons? looking for something like alter database datafile 'filename' resize

RE: Oracle /db2

2003-10-24 Thread Pete Sharman
harder than that! Bruce Pihlamae, long-term Oracle DBA -Original Message- Testa Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 12:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Well i've been tasked to do some crosstraining of db2 DBAs to teach them oracle(dark side, ok more expensive side). Does

RE: Oracle /db2

2003-10-24 Thread Stephane Paquette
Life www.standardlife.ca Tel. (514) 499-7999 7470 and (514) 925-7187 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Joe Testa Sent: 24 octobre, 2003 10:49 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Well i've been tasked to do some crosstraining of db2 DBAs to teach them oracle

Re: Replication from DB2 to Oracle

2003-09-26 Thread Govindan K
Forgot to add one more aspect. You may consider "extproc"; A Java/C program interface From DB2 equivalent of "extproc" of oracle. DB2 to pass values to the Java/C program which will in turn connect to Oracle and carry out DMLs. HTH GovindanK-Original Message-

Replication from DB2 to Oracle

2003-09-25 Thread Rishi . Jain
Hi, Do any of you have any recommendation about any tools / software which replicate data between DB2 and Oracle ? Are there any good products out in the market ? I would really appreciate if you could suggest something. I am looking to replicate around couple of hundred thousand rows a day

Re: Replication from DB2 to Oracle

2003-09-25 Thread Govindan K
Take a look at Oracle Gateway or the Equivalent of it in DB2. AFAIK, online replication across Databases of diff.vendors is still not avbl. though it seems you can do DMLs from Oracle to other databases (viz, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2) in 10G. Don't know about the reverse. Or you may considering

Re: Replication from DB2 to Oracle

2003-09-25 Thread Tanel Poder
replicate data between DB2 and Oracle ? Are there any good products out in the market ? I would really appreciate if you could suggest something. I am looking to replicate around couple of hundred thousand rows a day. The replication can be every couple of hours. Our main concern is performance

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nuno Pinto do Souto Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 6:45 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door Boivin, Patrice J [EMAIL

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Goulet, Dick
Pinto do Souto Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 6:45 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door Boivin, Patrice J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something like that at the bottom of this article: http://www.computerworld.com/news/2003

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Goulet, Dick Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:44 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door I believe Mr. Ellison is responding to a lot of market

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Goulet, Dick Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:44 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door I believe Mr. Ellison is responding to a lot of market pressure, and failing

Re: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Abey Joseph
That same mentality applies to organizations with 100-200 users! After the latest meeting with the Oracle rep, damagement is seriously considering alternate database systems. Abey. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door I believe Mr. Ellison is responding to a lot of market pressure, and failing DB sales. I know it would be a relief here to see this inplace soon, but as always the DEVIL is in the details. Dick Goulet

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
: RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door I used to work for a large but non profit organisation (.org) and we were using Oracle, the sales rep never send us Christmas card for sure Stephane -Original Message- Mladen Gogala Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:30 AM

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Goulet, Dick Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:44 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door I believe Mr. Ellison is responding to a lot of market pressure, and failing

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephane Paquette Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door I used to work for a large

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Nelson Flores
: Boivin, Patrice J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: jueves, 11 de septiembre de 2003 12:54 Para: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Asunto: RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door Speaking of non-profit organisations, what is Oracle's policy on that? Do they sell Oracle software to non

Re: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Yechiel Adar
- Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi all, We're an Oracle shop, over 140 Oracle instances. Today, architecture has chosen IBM DB2 for BI projects. The next step I guessed will be to choose DB2 for the new transactionnal applications

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
When negotiating site licensing, does Oracle encourage the customers to buy EE licences? Or can people negotiate for a mix of EE or SE. Just curious, I don't know how that would work -- not very compatible with OracleStore, it seems to me. Patrice. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday,

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Patrice Which license do you think provides the Oracle sales representative the largest commission? Money is considered an acceptable motivation for a sales rep. The key word in your statement is negotiating. Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread rgaffuri
/09/10 Wed AM 09:54:35 EDT To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door Hi, I looked into SE but found that Oracle would not allow it to be used on a machine that has 4 or more CPUs or can support that many CPUs, which for this company

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Hitchman, Peter
Hi, I looked into SE but found that Oracle would not allow it to be used on a machine that has 4 or more CPUs or can support that many CPUs, which for this company is a problem because we generally run Oracle on Sun servers. Don't know if that has changed now with later Oracle releases. Regards

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
the whole bundle or can you just get pieces? From: Hitchman, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/10 Wed AM 09:54:35 EDT To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door Hi, I looked into SE but found that Oracle would not allow it to be used

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Mladen Gogala
] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:15 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door is SE alot more affordable than EE? CAn you un-bundle Oracle software and just buy the pieces you want to use or do you always have to buy the whole bundle

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread rgaffuri
how restrictive are db2 and sql server on bundling licenses? and CPU limitations? From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/09/10 Wed AM 10:29:25 EDT To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door Ryan Yes, MUCH more

Oracle 9i and DB2 8.1 comparison article

2003-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
http://www.databasejournal.com/features/oracle/article.php/3075071 Patrice. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Boivin, Patrice J INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California--

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:15 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door is SE alot more affordable than EE? CAn you un-bundle Oracle software and just buy the pieces you want to use or do you always have to buy the whole bundle

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Goulet, Dick
recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door is SE alot more affordable than EE? CAn you un-bundle Oracle software and just buy the pieces you want to use or do you always have to buy the whole bundle? what about 9iAS? do you have to buy the whole bundle or can you

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door is SE alot more affordable than EE? CAn you un-bundle Oracle software and just buy the pieces you want to use or do you always have to buy the whole bundle? what about 9iAS? do you have to buy the whole

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Stephane Paquette
with 9iAS. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:15 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door is SE alot more

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
enough to have to deal with 9iAS. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:15 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: RE: DB2 has a foot

RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Stephane Paquette
: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:15 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door is SE alot more affordable than EE? CAn you un-bundle Oracle software and just buy the pieces you want to use or do you always have to buy the whole bundle? what about

RE: Oracle 9i and DB2 8.1 comparison article

2003-09-10 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message Let me quote the conclusion of the article: ConclusionIt is not true that Oracle 9i Database is better than DB2 Universal Database v8.1or vice versa. Both products can be used to build stable and efficient systemsand the stability and effectiveness of your applications

Re: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Nuno Pinto do Souto
Boivin, Patrice J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something like that at the bottom of this article: http://www.computerworld.com/news/2003/story/0,11280,84773,00.html Counting processors is very hard. It's very hard to count users I thought that's what count(*) was invented for? Larry can

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Mladen Gogala
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door Boivin, Patrice J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something like that at the bottom of this article: http://www.computerworld.com/news/2003/story/0,11280,84773,00.html Counting processors is very

Re[4]: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-10 Thread Robert Eskridge
Hey, how come my butterfly ballot has a staple in it's navel!?!?? M Nope, that's what voting machines are invented for. M They work almost perfectly in almost every state. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Robert Eskridge INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-08 Thread rgaffuri
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DB2 has a foot in the door Cost is the easy one. They run comparable to Microsoft or thereabout. They have various options I haven't looked at yet, that might make them more expensive than that. The DB2 on mainframes and the DB2 on Unix, for instance, were written

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-08 Thread Spears, Brian
an Oracle shop, over 140 Oracle instances. Today, architecture has chosen IBM DB2 for BI projects. The next step I guessed will be to choose DB2 for the new transactionnal applications also. IBM offers DB2 at 25% less than Oracle. I wonder if Oracle 10G will come with a new pricing structure

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-08 Thread Stephane Paquette
All servers are running IBM Aix here, so I hope DB2 UDB will work correctly. For the price, IBM is giving us 25% cheaper any Oracle price. The database will be bundled with all IBM's BI software. On the negative side, DB2 has not a big and accessible community like Oracle. On the web you can

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-08 Thread Stephane Paquette
I had a 3 day training last year on db2 udb 7.2 when we were looking at it for a Siebel project who died. Yes, DB2 is not as Oracle who works the same on all platforms. I found db2 udb 7.2 missing basic functionnalities like there is no truncate table, you had to use the DB2 loader and load /dev

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-08 Thread Rachel Carmichael
, architecture has chosen IBM DB2 for BI projects. The next step I guessed will be to choose DB2 for the new transactionnal applications also. IBM offers DB2 at 25% less than Oracle. I wonder if Oracle 10G will come with a new pricing structure ? Stephane Paquette Administrateur de

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-08 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
haven't looked at yet, that might make them more expensive than that. The DB2 on mainframes and the DB2 on Unix, for instance, were written by different teams. Which might explain why they didn't port the time-based instrumentation from the mainframe environment to the Unix port. So yeah, you

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-08 Thread Goulet, Dick
Stephan, There have already been a pile of replies to your statements, which are all true, but one does get left out. You get DB2 at 25% off because there's 50% less in there. If you like OEM and/or the management server, forget it. You have to buy it elsewhere, and I believe CA has

Re: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-08 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
- Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Cost is the easy one. They run comparable to Microsoft or thereabout. They have various options I haven't looked at yet, that might make them more expensive than that. The DB2 on mainframes and the DB2 on Unix

Re: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-07 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
instances. Today, architecture has chosen IBM DB2 for BI projects. The next step I guessed will be to choose DB2 for the new transactionnal applications also. IBM offers DB2 at 25% less than Oracle. I wonder if Oracle 10G will come with a new pricing structure ? Stephane Paquette Administrateur de bases

Re: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-07 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Message- Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi all, We're an Oracle shop, over 140 Oracle instances. Today, architecture has chosen IBM DB2 for BI projects. The next step I guessed will be to choose DB2 for the new transactionnal

Re: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-07 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
about this alternative. Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi all, We're an Oracle shop, over 140 Oracle instances. Today, architecture has chosen IBM DB2

Re: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-07 Thread Ryan
have you used DB2? How does it compare to Oracle? Ive seen tom kyte write that each platform that DB2 runs on is in essence a different database and you cant take code from one platform and move it to another. are the features comparable? what about cost? - Original Message - To: Multiple

Re: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-07 Thread Rachel Carmichael
been too long since I've done any DB2 work for me to remember it.. I was barely involved in the work then, primarily the Oracle DBA. As for the site licenses... these are likely to have been in place for a LONG time (I left Citibank in '98) and the company I work for now has been around

Re: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-07 Thread Jared Still
shop, over 140 Oracle instances. Today, architecture has chosen IBM DB2 for BI projects. The next step I guessed will be to choose DB2 for the new transactionnal applications also. IBM offers DB2 at 25% less than Oracle. I wonder if Oracle 10G will come with a new pricing structure

Re: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-07 Thread Ryan
how does DB2 compare to oracle cost wise? what about hard ware? does db2 require more hard ware than oracle does? how does its features compare? - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 2:24 PM One of my previous

Re: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-07 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
Cost is the easy one. They run comparable to Microsoft or thereabout. They have various options I haven't looked at yet, that might make them more expensive than that. The DB2 on mainframes and the DB2 on Unix, for instance, were written by different teams. Which might explain why they didn't

DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-05 Thread Stephane Paquette
Hi all, We're an Oracle shop, over 140 Oracle instances. Today, architecture has chosen IBM DB2 for BI projects. The next step I guessed will be to choose DB2 for the new transactionnal applications also. IBM offers DB2 at 25% less than Oracle. I wonder if Oracle 10G will come with a new

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-05 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
] -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi all, We're an Oracle shop, over 140 Oracle instances. Today, architecture has chosen IBM DB2 for BI projects. The next step I guessed will be to choose DB2 for the new transactionnal

RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-05 Thread Mladen Gogala
] -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 4:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi all, We're an Oracle shop, over 140 Oracle instances. Today, architecture has chosen IBM DB2 for BI projects. The next step I guessed will be to choose DB2 for the new transactionnal

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-21 Thread Orr, Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues Interesting quote in eWeek. We may all be smart guys, but how often do we like to admit to causing a problem. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i

Re: DB2 pointers

2003-07-19 Thread Peter . McLarty
From a previous request to the list try these: DB2 links from SearchDatabase.com - http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid13_tax282900,00.html Learning the Lingo - article from DB2 Magazine that maps some Oracle and DB2 concepts - http://www.db2mag.com/db_area

Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Hemant K Chitale
Reports on Bugs in IBM's DB2 which led to a critical operational situation http://theregister.co.uk/content/archive/30095.html and http://www.danskebank.com/link/ITreport20030403uk/$file/ITreport20030403uk.pdf Report on Orbitz blaming an outage on Oracle's 9iRAC [and Orbitz going out of 9iRAC

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Tim Onions
PROTECTED]Sent: 18 July 2003 16:55To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issuesReports on "Bugs" in IBM's DB2 which led to "a critical operational situation"http://theregister.co.uk/content/archive/30

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Goulet, Dick
: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issuesReports on "Bugs" in IBM's DB2 which led to "a critical operational situation"http://theregister.co.uk/content/archive/30095.html and http://www.danskebank.com

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Jared . Still
] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/18/2003 09:44 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues Interesting quote in eWeek. We may all be smart

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Goulet, Dick
on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues Interesting quote in eWeek. We may all be smart guys, but how often do we like to admit to causing a problem. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -Original Message- Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:55 AM To: Multiple recipients

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues Dick, we don't share the same boss ... do we? Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Rachel Carmichael
by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/18/2003 09:44 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues Interesting quote in eWeek. We may all

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Orr, Steve
PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/18/2003 09:44 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues Interesting quote in eWeek. We

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Ron Thomas
: .com Subject: RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Goulet, Dick
Title: RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues Raj, My previous boss's attitude was: To error is Human. To forgive is not SAC policy. SAC= Starategic Air Command. Dick GouletSenior Oracle DBAOracle Certified 8i DBA -Original Message-From: Jamadagni

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Weaver, Walt
Title: RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues He-he. I stil have my SAC shoulder patch a mock of one with that phrase and it shows a fist holding a pair of well Dick, you have one too, Ill bet. :) --Walt Weaver Former KC-135 puke -Original Message

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Scott . Shafer
on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues Raj, My previous boss's attitude was: To error is Human. To forgive is not SAC policy. SAC= Starategic Air Command. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -Original Message- From: Jamadagni

Re[2]: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Robert Eskridge
Not only should you confess to what you did promptly, confess to everything else too. If you do that often enough they quit believing you }:-) -rje O I've only made one mistake in my life and that was the time when I O thought I was wrong. ;-) O OK, getting serious... I've found it's

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Goulet, Dick
reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues Raj, My previous boss's attitude was: To error is Human. To forgive is not SAC policy. SAC= Starategic Air Command. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -Original Message- From

RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Freeman Robert - IL
If anyone has any inside info on the Orbitz problem, I'd like to hear it. Email me private if you like, I'll take what you tell me to the grave. Robert Robert G. Freeman TUSC www.tusc.com Author books, books and more books! -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net --

Re: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Steve Perry
:RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues Interesting quote in eWeek. We may all be smart guys, but how often do we like to admit to causing a problem. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -Original Message- Sent: Friday

Re: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 and 9iRAC issues

2003-07-18 Thread Nuno Souto
- Original Message - I'm all for summary executions due to the latter... :-) How nice. Fortunately, SAC doesn't much listen to your ideas... Cheers Nuno Souto [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Nuno Souto INET: [EMAIL

DB2 pointers

2003-07-18 Thread hrishy
Hi All are there any Db2 mailing lists which are active like this one..where i can develop my knowledge on Db2.I know this is a Oracle mailing lists but i thought maybe one of you might be Db2 DBA as well.. regards Hrishy

Rauch report: Oracle vs DB2

2003-07-16 Thread Jesse, Rich
Any Oracle/DB2 dual DBAs out there that can comment on the Rauch report (no doubt financed by Oracle Corp)? http://www.oracle.com/ip/deploy/database/theme_pages/index.html?ma_04252003. html Not that I'm particularly impressed on the ease of generating stats in Oracle vs. DB2, but I'm just

RE: Rauch report: Oracle vs DB2

2003-07-16 Thread Stephane Paquette
If you go on DB2 site, http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/pubs/pdfs/dhbrown.pdf , you'll find a similar document that concludes that TCO of DB2 is below Oracle's one. Stephane Paquette Administrateur de bases de donnees Database Administrator Standard Life www.standardlife.ca Tel. (514) 499-7999

RE: Rauch report: Oracle vs DB2

2003-07-16 Thread Goulet, Dick
-L Any Oracle/DB2 dual DBAs out there that can comment on the Rauch report (no doubt financed by Oracle Corp)? http://www.oracle.com/ip/deploy/database/theme_pages/index.html?ma_04252003. html Not that I'm particularly impressed on the ease of generating stats in Oracle vs. DB2, but I'm just

RE: Oracle Vs DB2

2003-03-25 Thread Pradip_Biswas
ample some Telesales contacts) who would love the "lead", given by you. Thanks and Best Regards, -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 3:15 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list OR[Biswas, Pradip]ACLE-LSubject: Oracl

Re: Oracle Vs DB2

2003-03-25 Thread Daniel Wisser
hi! db2 sites which i can strongly recommend are http://www-3.ibm.com/cgi-bin/db2www/data/db2/udb/winos2unix/support/v7pubs.d2w/en_main and http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/db2/os390/v7books.html i guess you will have a close look at V7 and V8, but V5 and V6 are also there and even V4

Oracle Vs DB2

2003-03-24 Thread JayK
Dear All, Strange as it seems, my client has asked me to compare Oracle with DB2 with regard to all the DB functional aspects. They are more inclined towards DB2 and we have the application built on Oracle. We are in for a one-to-one comparison based on the features that we already have

OT: Getting data out of DB2...any DB2 DBAs out there?

2002-11-13 Thread Grabowy, Chris
Title: OT: Getting data out of DB2...any DB2 DBAs out there? Off topic post, please delete if not interested. I am trying to get data out of a DB2 database that I do not have access to. The original spec called for me to create a flat file, which they parse, and query the DB2 DB to get

Re: OT: Getting data out of DB2...any DB2 DBAs out there?

2002-11-13 Thread Thomas Day
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Re: OT: Getting data out of DB2...any DB2 DBAs out there?

2002-11-13 Thread paquette stephane
Beside Oracle, we have db2 mainframe and db2 udb on aix. I've asked asomeone working with DB2 mainframe and there is spufi which is like sqlplus and DB2 Interactive wich is more like the command center on db2 udb. I'll more details tomorrow. --- Thomas Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : I

RE: OT: Getting data out of DB2...any DB2 DBAs out there?

2002-11-13 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
, 40%OCP Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 3:59 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Beside Oracle, we have db2 mainframe and db2 udb on aix. I've asked asomeone working with DB2 mainframe and there is spufi which is like

RE: OT: Getting data out of DB2...any DB2 DBAs out there?

2002-11-13 Thread Mandar A. Ghosalkar
Stephane, If you could have get some db2 odbc driver on your oracle server, you could use hetereogenous services without implementing the transparent gateway product. We are using the Heterogenous services to query a ms sqlserver from 9i using a sqlserver odbc driver. We did not implement

DB link to DB2 on an AS400

2002-09-27 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
I have been asked by damagement on the possibility of of linking Oracle to DB2 so that an Oracle trigger can update a DB2 table. I have been reading some of the fine manual along with reading stuff on metalink. From what I can tell in order to connect to nonOracle data I need to use Oracles

Re: Oracle vs. DB2

2002-08-13 Thread Alexandre Gorbatchev
Mike, Here is pro-IBM :) report: http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/pubs/papers/orac91vsdb272/orac91vsdb272.p df Alexandre Hi Everyone! Well, there's been a lot of Oracle vs. Microsoft traffic on the list, but now my Manglement wants a similar comparison to IBM's DB2. Does anyone know

RE: Oracle vs. DB2

2002-08-13 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Mike eWeek did a head-to-head comparison among the leading databases, including Oracle and DB2. Oracle kicked butt. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,293,00.asp In searching, I found an interesting site that provides links to all sorts of database comparisons. http://www.itsystems.lv

Re[2]: Oracle vs. DB2

2002-08-13 Thread dgoulet
The Director of New Technologies here took a look at Oracle vs. DB2 vs. SQL*Server around the first of the year to see if it made any sense to remain with Oracle (remember my licensing problems of some months ago). Anyway, dollar for dollar he found that their all about the same in features

Re: Oracle vs. DB2

2002-08-13 Thread Steven Lembark
One thing that seems different to me: DBA's at the sites we work in with DB2 seem to swear by it more than at it. This is the reverse ratio I find at Oracle houses. -- Steven Lembark 2930 W. Palmer Workhorse Computing Chicago, IL 60647

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