I really think that DB2 does not provide the functionality you are looking for.
I suggest you get the source for MySQL (it is open source) and hack that to your heart's content. James Campbell > --------------- MESSAGE db2eug.v002.n204.1 --------------- > > From: Antonios Deligiannakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Calling user code from DB2 > Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 21:41:12 -0500 (EST) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > Hi, > I am using the DB2 Universal Database Version 7.2 for Linux. I > want to build a simplified database, where I will store the information > for each table in a file, and the tuples of each table in a binary format > in that file. I will thus NOT use any tables from DB2 to store the > information. I will have the information stored in a format that I want. > > My question is the following: can I add SQL-like commands to > DB2, so that my user-defined functions for creation of tables and queries > are used? I would like to have some of the functionality provided by DB2 > to be maintained: for example, I want to provide a search function > (possibly by using an iterator), but I do not want to replicate the > functionality of all the commands (like the ORDER-BY clause) that exist in > DB2. This is something that in Informix could be done by using > data-blades. Is there something equivalent in DB2? For example, is there > an extender (or anything else) that might help me with my problem? > > I would appreciate any help on this (links to pages, name of commands to > look for...). > > Thank you in advance, > Antonios Deligiannakis > James A Campbell ===== To unsubscribe, send 'unsubscribe' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For other info (and scripts), see http://people.mn.mediaone.net/scottrmcleod
