- Another post in that series includes a comment which clarifies what is and is not included in DB2v9.7 Express-C:
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2luw/db2-97-announced-by-ibm-i...
["What is not yet included in Express-C is PL/SQL support, CLPplus or build in package libraries (DBMS_PIPE, UTL_SMTP, etc)."]
- At http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1084150, late in 2009, there had been some debate on the merits/etc. of DB2.
- R.Young is giving the "DB2 9.7 freebie" a spin under Linux: http://drcoddwasright.blogspot.com/2010/06/bill-teds-excelle...
- A bit of search led to a series of articles by Chris Eaton. List at http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2luw, best practices to configure DB2 guides at http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2luw/best-practices-for-db2-fo...
- Another post in that series includes a comment which clarifies what is and is not included in DB2v9.7 Express-C: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2luw/db2-97-announced-by-ibm-i... ["What is not yet included in Express-C is PL/SQL support, CLPplus or build in package libraries (DBMS_PIPE, UTL_SMTP, etc)."]