why db2 is called as universal database?what is the storage
capacity of db2v9 n what are the advantages of db2
Answer Posted / guest1
IBM developed the RDBMS that can be used in any platform.
Say in Mainframe, Windows, Unix. That why it is so call UDB.
Regarding the space I'm not sure.
Advantages:
1) Builtin security. (Like Grand&Revoke)
2) It provides logical & Physical data independency.
3) You need not open& close as what we are doing in files.
4) Sorts will be internally performed at DSN07DB.
5) Recovery will be easy(Using the utility)
6) you can also create View which are called virtual tables.
This also give greater security on your table.
The above mentioned are few advantages of db2.
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