IBM DB2
History
Relational database originally developed for IBM mainframes, later adopted to AS/400 midranges as SQL/400 and to IBM OS/2 as Database Manager.
Mainframe
- Apr 1985: DB2 V1R1 (for MVS) - announced 1983-06-07
- Mar 1986: DB2 V1R2
- Jun 1987: DB2 V1R3
- Sep 1988: DB2 V2R1
- Sep 1989: DB2 V2R2
- Oct 1991: DB2 V2R3
- Dec 1993: DB2 V3
- 1995: DB2 V4 (for MVS/ESA)
- Jun 1997: DB2 for OS/390 Version 5
- 1999: DB2 Universal Database for OS/390
OS/2-Versions
OS/2 Database Manager
- 1988: IBM OS/2 EE 1.0 Database Manager
- 1989: IBM OS/2 EE 1.1 Database Manager
- 1990: IBM OS/2 EE 1.2 Database Manager
- 1990: IBM OS/2 EE 1.3 Database Manager
- 1991: IBM OS/2 Extended Services with Database Manager
DATABASE2 OS/2
DB2/2 is a 32-bit implementation, also available as DB2/6000 for AIX
- 1993: IBM DATABASE2 OS/2 1.0
- 1993: IBM DATABASE2 OS/2 1.0.1
- 1994: IBM DATABASE2 OS/2 1.2
DB2 Common Server
Common base for OS/2, UNIX and Windows NT
- 1995: IBM DB2 2.1 (Server & Single user)
- 1996: IBM DB2 2.1.1 - included Visualizer Flight
- 1996: IBM DB2 2.1.2
- 1996: IBM Database Server for OS/2
DB2 UDB
- 1997: IBM DB2 UDB 5
- 1999: IBM DB2 UDB 6.1
- 2001: IBM DB2 UDB 7.1
- 2002: IBM DB2 UDB 7.2
OS/2 tools that can access DB/2 databases directly
Publications
- David C. Baker; William L. Banning; William W. Myre: Creating Applications With the IBM OS/2 Extended Edition Database Manager - Addison-Wesley 1989, ISBN 0-201-15302-5
- Howard Fosdick: The Best Book of OS/2 Database Manager – Hayden 1989, ISBN 0-672-48436-6
- Howard Fosdick: OS/2 Data Base Manager: A Developer's Guide - Wiley 1989, ISBN 0-471-50803-9
- Anthony S. Rudd: Implementing Practical Database Manager Applications - Ellis Horwood 1991 - ISBN 0-13-454174-X
- Anthony S. Rudd: Implementing Practical DB2 Applications - Springer 2013, ISBN 3-540-19953-5
Links
Articles
- Rick Weaver: Getting Object-Oriented with DB2 for OS/2 V2.1 - Personal Systems Magazine, Jul/Aug 1995
- Chris Fierros: Database Recovery with DB2 for OS/2 - Personal Systems Magazine, Jul/Aug 1995