Porting to DB2 Universal Database Express Edition Version 8.1 from Microsoft SQL Server 2000

Amyris Rada, DB2 Information Management Software, IBM Toronto Lab, IBM

Team Lead, i2 Partner Integration Center

Summary: This article introduces the IBM ®DB2® Universal Database™ (UDB) Express product and its capabilities, discusses porting databases and applications, and describes the most important aspects of porting applications from Microsoft SQL Server 2000 to DB2 UDB Express.

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Date: 01 Aug 2003
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Overview

DB2 Universal Database Express Edition V8.1 (DB2 UDB Express) is a tailored database offering for the worldwide small and medium business (SMB) market, with focus on enterprises of size 100 to 1000 employees. It combines the power, function, and reliability of an open industry-standards-based relational database with simplicity in packaging, installing, and deploying at a minimal investment cost. DB2 UDB Express meets the data management needs of SMBs positioning themselves for e-business on demand.

This article describes the differences between the two products in database options, data definition language (DDL), data modeling, SQL considerations, data conversion, and application conversion.

Highlights include:

Why port to DB2 UDB Express?
Data types conversion
Administration issues
Implementation differences
Programming interfaces
Terminology map
DB2 CLI vs. ODBC function map
Conversion tools

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