It's been a while since I actually worked on a AS400 but from my understanding, DB2 is integrated into OS400, the operating system for the AS400.
In the System/36 and System/38 worlds, you used RPG and a bunch of other utilities to create your programs and files. The files were flat files and I think when AS400 came out, this concept was still in place except now the files were stored in a database - DB2. I have seen one application on an AS400. There was no RI, no procs or triggers. The application had its roots in a System/36 system and had been re-written for the AS400. All the logic was in the app and DB2 just stored the data. Yes, you can run a utility (strsql I think) that brings up a screen and you can query the tables stored in the database using plain SQL. You can also bypass the app and directly insert/update/delete data aswell. hth mkb --- Jay Hostetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are going through a merger, and management is > looking to eliminate positions. Here is a brief > summary of my discussion with the new director of > IT: > > Director: "Back when I we were using an AS400, we > didn't need a DBA." > Me: "Then you probably were just using files." > Director: "No, it was a database." > Me: "Could you issue SQL commands?" > Director: "Yes. But we didn't need a DBA. I guess > it was just one of those mysteries of life." > > > My thoughts are that he is using the term "database" > in the generic sense of the word (our "files" are > our database), or he was using some proprietary > database that doesn't even begin to compare to > Oracle. > > For those of you who know AS400s, I would appreciate > some insight that would demonstrate why he needs to > keep me as a DBA. > > Thanks, > Jay > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Jay Hostetter > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: mkb INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
