Hello everybody ,,,
This is my first post in dbforums , but it won't be the last ..

I can not see any general information about DB2 in this forum ,, !!

Well, some specific information about DB2 can not be easily found on the Internet , thus I would really appreciate answers for the following basic questions ... ?


1) When was DB2 established (released) .. ?

2) What is the latest version of DB2 and when was it released ?

3) How many fields can DB2 (latest version) support (scalability) ?

4) What software development tool (web application) does is support such as ASP, ASP.NET ..etc ?

5) What software development tool (windows application) does is support like C, C++, JAVA etc ... ?

6) What OS platforms does it operate on ?

7) How much it costs (latest version) ?

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I believe that answering these information would be very helpful to a lot of users especially for those who want to use DB2 ..

I hope that the answers are numbered (1-7) like the questions . . .

Thanks in Advance ..

you can get most of your information from this forum and the following link:
http://www-306.ibm.com/cgi-bin/db2ww...dex.d2w/report

good luck

Everything you asking for you can find there:
you should visit http://www.db2click.com
as well as http://www.ibm.com

But the only thing I want to notice -
The best way to develop applications for DB2 is EMBEDDED SQL;
DB2 - the only database which supports Embedded SQL in C++.

Example:

class CConnect {
public:
EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
char dbname[9];
char dbuser[9];
char dbpassword[9];
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;

bool connect() {
EXEC SQL CONNECT TO ....
}
};


class CMyRow {
public:
EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
long RowID;
char Name[50];
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;
EXEC SQL DECLARE CDN CURSOR WITH HOLD FOR
SELECT Id,Name FROM Test ORDER BY Name;

bool open() {
EXEC SQL OPEN CDN;
if (SQLCODE) return false;
return true;
}
bool fetch () {
EXEC SQL FETCH CDN INTO :RowID,:Name;
if (SQLCODE) return false;
return true;
}
void close() {
EXEC SQL CLOSE CDN;
}
};

std::vector<CMyRow> vec;
CMyRow row;
row.open();
while(row.fetch()) vec.push_back(row);
row.close();
.
.
.