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| System |
| Name |
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IBM DB2 |
| Version |
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Last Stable Release 11.1 , released in april 2016 |
| Drawbacks |
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high license costs. Applicable for transaction systems in large enterprises |
| Advantages |
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ACID compliant. |
| Languages Supported |
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C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
JCL
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic |
| Website |
-- |
www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/db2 |
| XML Support |
-- |
yes |
| JSON Support |
-- |
yes |
| Brief description |
-- |
IBM Db2 was the name introduced by IBM in 1983. The names DB2(tm) and Db2(tm) refer to database-server products developed by IBM.
IBM Researchers invented Relational model and SQL Format. |
| Database Model |
-- |
Primarily a relational database |
| Technical Documentation |
-- |
www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPGG |
| License |
-- |
Commercial |
| Cloud-based / SaaS |
-- |
Available in AWS, Azure Clouds. Available as a SaaS option in IBM Cloud |
| Implementation Language |
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C,C++ |
| Operating System Supported |
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Linux
Windows
|
| Options for Integration / Access API |
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JSON Query,
Xquery,
JDBC,
ODBC |
| Consistency |
-- |
Highly Consistent |
| Foreign Keys |
-- |
Yes |
| Streaming Support |
-- |
No |
| Analytics Support |
-- |
Need to buy Netezza |
| Data Storage Schema |
-- |
Relational Database |
| Notable Users |
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Most of the Fortune 500 Companies |
| Key Differentiator |
-- |
Go To Database for IBM Mainframe Systems |
| Concurrency |
-- |
Yes |
| Partitioning |
-- |
No |
| Replication |
-- |
Yes |
| Secondary Indexes |
-- |
Yes |
| SchemaLess |
-- |
No |
| SQL Query |
-- |
Yes |
