I agree, it has been very helpful to me. I am glad that I started this
thread because it has proven to be filled with lots of valuable
information.
Thank you.
-Jessica
"Frank Dodgers " <db2udbdba-ezmlmshield-x72867724.[Email address protected]
06/29/2005 11:39 AM
To: "LazyDBA Discussion" <[Email address protected]
cc: (bcc: Jessica L Bemis/IT/VGI)
Subject: Re: DBA Role
I have found this thread to be very interesting and not rubbish as all. As
DBAs we need to have both a micro and macro perspective of our work. I
have
learned quite a bit on this thread, one cannot know where he is going
without knowing where he as been.
Frank Dodgers
Evergreen Information Systems
Oracle/DB2/Linux/AIX Certified
303-810-6625
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sathya" <db2udbdba-ezmlmshield-x84392135.[Email address protected]
To: "LazyDBA Discussion" <[Email address protected]
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 8:44 AM
Subject: RE: DBA Role
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am sure we have enough discussed this matter. Please stop all the
> rubbish talks on this matter
> or else do a one to one correspondance without involving the group.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>
> "Gary Fahrlander "
> <db2udbdba-ezmlmshield-x89879007.[Email address protected] on 06/29/2005
> 10:36:22 AM
>
> To: "LazyDBA Discussion" <[Email address protected]
> cc:
>
> Subject: RE: DBA Role
>
>
>
> Oh look, a database complex.
>
> I know the things IMS, ADABAS, DB2, UDB, SQL Server, Sybase and Roscoe
> (and
> more) can and can't do.
> But wait, there's more...
> I know what VSAM, GTAM, GSAM and many more can and can't do.
>
> You imply that your current flavor of database is the BEST? You've got
to
> be kidding!
>
> What database system will you be working on in 5 years? 10 years? 20
> years? Will you be a plumber by then? I probably will unless I end up
as
> a
> WalMart door greeter. :-)
>
> Reminds me of the old OS wars... who won? The company with the best
> product or the company with the most sales?
>
> Get off the soap box Gary!!
>
> Okay? Ok!
>
>
>
>
>
> "Krnic Ivan B. "
> <db2udbdba-ezmlms
> hield-x84016549.x To
> [Email Address Removed] "LazyDBA Discussion"
> A.com> <[Email address protected]
> cc
> 06/29/2005 08:45
> AM Subject
> RE: DBA Role
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> May I suggest some casual reading on IMS version 8, 9, and 10.
> See all the things IMS can NOT do.
>
> Ivan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken farmer
> [mailto:db2udbdba-ezmlmshield-x45423281.[Email address protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:40 AM
> To: LazyDBA Discussion
> Subject: Re: DBA Role
>
>
> Santosh_Nambiar wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>> Everybody is talking about DB2/Oracle/Sybase/Sql server....How about
>> IMS/IDMS...I am at the beginning of my career and am working as a DBA
> on
>> DB2 Mainframe...i thought IMS would be a good option to learn after
> DB2
>> as they are on same platform...but now, do I have to look into AIX....
>
> I used to use IMS/DB back in the mid-eighties. That was a mildly
> unpleasant experience - typical mainframe cryptic commands, and the
> database is only fast for those queries that it is specifically designed
>
> for. Need to know anything else and it's both a lot of work and slow.
>
> Meanwhile, I haven't seen a new app go to IMS/DB since probably 1989.
> But quite a few moved from IMS/DB to its relational competitors. I'd
> consider it a serious dead-end.
>
> ken farmer
>
>
>
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