It was accessible via SQL dialect from within COBOL programs but was originally all part of the "system"

I see this at work sometimes. On IBMs zOS it is possible to read data from the database without going through DB2 SQL itself. This is also the reason why DB2 handles shemas and users in a quirky way.

devs

The government doesn't use SQL (or Elon has never used SQL)

zuspotirko

> It was accessible via SQL dialect from within COBOL programs but was originally all part of the "system" 

I see this at work sometimes. On IBMs zOS it is possible to read data from the database without going through DB2 SQL itself. This is also the reason why DB2 handles shemas and users in a quirky way. 