Re: Searching for info on databases

Jaco Roesch wrote: > > Hi > > I'm doing research for a project and need technical and general information > on any database program. > > I want to know how to access the database, which front-end to use, the > maximum size of the database and speed comparisons with other databases. > > Please e-mail any replies cause of the size of the newsgroup. > > Thank you Jaco Roesch Your Question is more likely to be completely answered with a DOS or Windows Database, since DB2 is much more powerfull and flexible than those which run on a Microsoft Operating System. DB2 can have many different "Front Ends". DB2 runs on multiple platforms and provides essentially identical results. DB2 has the experience in database technology from IBM. IBM has been in the database business since the early 70s. IBM defined the standards for SQL, actually the invented the language. DB2 is as fast as any database providing you have the horsepower to run it. DB2 has referential integrity built into it. Lately some Windows database software has made attempts to add this feature. DB2 is inherently stable from my experience with it. DB2 hardly ever crashes. Data recovery is built in too. Transaction logging, long a problem with DOS and Windows database systems is built in, making application development very simple. DB2 can operate on a stand alone machine or on a network. DB2 is accessed through SQL. The SQL front end does not really make any difference except for the "Fastness" of the language containing the SQL statements. -- \