RE: Unidata DB

[Vergara, Michael (TEM)]

Unidata is a clone of the PICK operating system from a long way back.  PICK's biggest asset was the notion of 'multivalues'. Instead of a row-and-column view of things, individual data elements could have multiple values in the same row.  It makes for a single table ('file' in PICK/Unidata/UniVerse) where you'd need multiple tables in Oracle, or you'd need to define a 'nested object' in the newer Oracle releases.   My first job was on a Microdata 1600, which ran the REALITY o/s. Dick Pick worked for Microdata in the early days.  The opening page of the manuals always said "Welcome to Reality".  Ahh...the good old days. -----Original Message----- From: KENNETH JANUSZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:44 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Unidata DB Has anyone heard of Unidata DB.  It's relational and from IBM.    Thanks, Ken Janusz, CPIM