Check this out:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data...data/ud71-ann/

Also, DB2 UDB has a high level of integration with .NET .

Larry Edelstein

1000101011 wrote:

> Hello all
>
> A client of ours is using IBM Unidata (U2 product line) V6 and now
> wants to migrate away to something more dynamic. When I say dynamic I
> mean industry recognized and able to support a development environment
> that is specifically .NET and C# orientated.
>
> The current choices that they are looking at are very simple: SQL and
> SQL.
>
> Having had a short amount of experience with DB2 V8, I would like to
> throw it onto the table as a strong contender(personally I prefer DB2
> by a long way to SQL) and I believe I have a strong case for it after
> IBM's recent announcement of Unidata being able to write to a DB2
> backend database(s).
>
> I believe that there is, or soon will be, a driver that will allow
> Unidata to write to a DB2 backend? would this be a good path to
> migration, as I guess the normalisation of the data would otherwise be
> quite a laborious time consuming exercise (I have never done it). How
> difficult is it to get hold of this (the client receives major
> releases) and is it possible for me to build a test environment to
> evaluate this possibility (using the freely downloadable evaluation
> version of DB2 if possible)? Any links to cost comparisons?
>
> The platform they are currently using is Solaris 9 (SPARC), personally
> I would quite like to see a comparison on Linux, Solaris and AIX (my
> experience is primarily SUN) out of curiosity, I would like to build
> these environments myself.
>
> I'd also be quite keen on recommended an application server for them,
> though with .NET, this could be difficult away from MS own product
> line. I have a short amount of experience with WAS 4/5, does this in
> anyway support .NET (other than J2EE)? Obviously WebLogic has limited
> support of .NET.
>
> Any tips etc would be greatfully appreciated
>
> Many thanks
>