Yes, DB2 install is available for PCs (Windows)
No if you attempt this your father will spontaniously combust
DB2 is a family of relational database management system (RDBMS) products from IBM that serve a number of different operating system platforms. According to IBM, DB2 leads in terms of database market share and performance. Although DB2 products are offered for UNIX-based systems and personal computer operating systems, DB2 trails Oracle's database products in UNIX-based systems and Microsoft's Access in Windows systems.
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One can find an IBM DB2 user guide buy downloading a PDF book for technical information, related tools and technical types from IBM Support. It is available in Versions Eight through Ten.
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The main difference between db2 and oracle is the fact that db2 is owned by IBM corporation and oracle is owned by Oracle Corporation. Both db2 and oracle are extremely powerful RDBMS systems which offer a wide variety of featues to its users. 1.DB2 is an RDBMS from IBM while Oracle is an RDBMS from the company of the same name 2.IBM offers DB2 packaged along with its iSeries hardware and operating system while Oracle is sold as an independent software 3.Most people usually regard to Oracle as superior due to many shortcomings of DB2 4.Oracle directly supports a Java application server where you can deploy Java servlets while with DB2 you would need to employ a Java translator like Tomcat
DB2 is IBM's relational database management system. It runs on multiple platforms including Windows, Unix, VM, VSE, and z/OS. It provides the interface for programs to access data through SQL. It can provide security for data and has utilities to maintain the data.
There are a number of places one can find a DB2 tutorial. IBM, has one on their website. You could also visit user forums, like DBForums, which are aimed specifically at providing DB tutorials.
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