DB2 9 & 10 for z/OS Overview

Migration Planning WorkshopImplicit Casting of string and numeric data• V8 could compare CHAR to VARCHAR; SMALLINT to INT• CHAR FOR BIT DATA -> Binary explicitly in DB2 9• What about archive table with different data types– Select from MY.emp into ARCH.emp gets SQLCODE -401• DB2 10 implicitly casts character or graphic string toDECIMALFLOAT, and numeric back to VARCHAR• Allows for index matching119© 2011 IBM Corporation