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Difference between DB2 enterprise stage and DB2 API stage

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:15 pm
by adityavarma
Hi ,

can anyone tell me the differences between DB2 enterprise stage and DB2 API stage.

Thanks in advance

Regards,
Aditya

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:45 am
by wesd
Enterprise - Parallel read and ability to lookup data in tables using Lookup stage. Must have DPF installed on DB2.

API - sequential read and no lookup ability. A basic stage for reading data.

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:59 pm
by vmcburney
There was an article on IBM DeveloperWorks showing how the DB2 Enterprise Stage could run up to 250% faster than the DB2 API stage for retrieving data. See DataStage Tip: Extracting database data 250% faster.