www-128.ibm.com — Drupal has long supported MySQL and PostgreSQL. With IBM jumping in and writing a library for DB2 Express-C support, Drupal is accessible to even more companies and institutions. Great article on Drupal's database layer and some very valuable code to boot. Thanks IBM!
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bpevansOct 17, 2006
But isn't it nice to have that option if you're a Drupal user? Better to have and not need than to need and not have. And It's not as though the effort came out of Drupal's resources. It may be useful to shops with DB2 dba skillsets where they don't want yet another dbms to manage internally.Perhaps a simple "thanks IBM" is in order?
kunalthakarOct 17, 2006
IBM developerworks is probably the coolest technical reference site out there. IBM (or rather, the site contributors) have been doing great work in writing articles about all kinds of technical topics.
tehmothOct 17, 2006
at least it "supports" it, unlike lots of other open source web applications for whom the whole world is a MySQL database running on Linux. MySQL: the Access of the Open Source Database world.
robertdouglassOct 17, 2006Submitter
Saying that the majority of modules use REPLACE INTO is highly exaggerated. A quick grep of the contributions repository reveals 15 modules out of nearly 400 that use REPLACE INTO, and most of the 15 are either completely obsolete or total crap. A couple notable exceptions exist.
bean1975Oct 17, 2006
There is an ongoing Oracle support effort, I would start from <a class="user" href="http://groups.drupal.org/taxonomy/term/748">http://groups.drupal.org/taxonomy/term/748</a>
moduloOct 18, 2006
@tehmoth: wait, so what are you saying, that IBM is trying to influence people to use their products? TEH HORRORZ!! TEH HORRORZ!!
perfectreignOct 30, 2006
Hey, this is highly cool simply due to the fact that the Big Blue is giving street creds to another OSS project. Though I can't see my web host ever deciding to support DB/2 over MySQL, this might be better for the suits out there (like me) who have to come to the table supporting a piece of software with some corporate backing./me likes!