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suryakanth HM
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Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Bangalore
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Hi to all,
AS i Know, Db2 is more popular and widely used database nowadays. But i saw somany projects till today using IMS. Infact the next project of me, needs the same. SO i would like to know from anybody, Is ims completely differs from Db2 ?
HOw many days are required to learn it ?
Suggest me a good ref. book ?
And also i would like to know if i have given projects involving db2 and ims which one should i opt and why ? |
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priyesh.agrawal
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Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 1448 Location: Chicago, IL
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Is ims completely differs from Db2 ? |
IMS is a Hierarchical DB, while DB2 is a Relational DB. Structure for both is completely Different. You can say, both are not related in any manner.
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HOw many days are required to learn it ? |
It simply depends on your approach and the way.
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Suggest me a good ref. book ? |
Steve Eckols is one of the best to begin with.
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which one should i opt and why ? |
I m working on both, so can't say which one you should go with.
Regards,
Priyesh. |
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suryakanth HM
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Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Bangalore
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Thanks Priyesh for your valuable suggestion.
one more question of mine is,
1. I heard people saying that IMS is going to die completely in matter of times. Is it ture.? Because i wanna be choosy in selecting when i have the
options of both kinds of projects with me. |
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priyesh.agrawal
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Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 1448 Location: Chicago, IL
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I heard people saying that IMS is going to die completely in matter of times. Is it ture.? |
It can be true up to an extent as now some IMS DBs are getting migrated to others.
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wanna be choosy in selecting when i have the
options of both kinds of projects with me. |
If it is like that........DB2.
Regards,
Priyesh. |
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