Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!dp22+ From: dp22+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Bruce Pinkus) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Need info on mainframe DBMS's Message-ID: Date: 3 Feb 89 18:51:49 GMT Organization: Class of '90, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 15 Hello.. I need the information on one of these packages: IDMS (Cullinet), DB2 and SQL/DS (IBM) and ORACLE)... I need, if you have a moment please Which application development tools are included with the DBMS, if they are easy to use... What otehr development featues are provided, if there is a data dictionary subsystem? How to access this subsystem, and if access is restricted to the DBA or can anyone access it? Thanks very, very much. Sincerely, Dave Pinkus dp22+@andrew.cmu.edu Please CC or respond directly to me, since I don't have time to read this board every day.. Thanks.