I've had a little DB2 experience and it's a solid DB. It has all the features you could ever want and *awesome* support. I've never used it with Perl, though so I'd be interested to know how well the DBI covers it. Of course, it goes without saying that I'm talking about DB2/UDB - which is the open system version. DB2 for OS/390 is by far the gold standard. Not even one open systems DB can touch its solid performance and reliability standards. But it's like Ferris says, "If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up." 

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