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7.4 Enabling compatibility
The Oracle compatibility features that are provided by DB2 are in two categories:
enabled by default and disabled by default.
Certain features, including the following features, are enabled by default.
Implicit casting or weak typing that reduces statement modifications (see
“Implicit casting” on page 107).
Synonyms that let you use nonstandard syntax and features like MINUS (see
“Oracle SQL support” on page 111).
Support for DB2 functions and compatible Oracle functions like
TO_TIMESTAMP (see “Built-in functions” on page 108).
Support for built-in modules for perf ...