LAPTOP i7

For two major releases, DB2 has included an industrial strength feature for running applications originally written for Oracle Databases flavour of SQL and PL/SQL. The performance for it is excellent -- many people have reported significantly faster performance after switching their applications to DB2.

Oracle compatibility feature is now part of the free DB2 Express-C edition.

Serge Rielau wrote up a fantastic article on running your Oracle applications on DB2 10. All of it applies to DB2 Express-C.

Next steps

• Download DB2 Express-C 10
• Run your Oracle applications on DB2 10
• Learn DB2 at Big Data University