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DB2 V5 was first announced by IBM as V4.2. However, late in 1996 IBM changed plans and switched from a point release to a full-fledged new version. DB2 V5, generally available since June 1997, offers the following features.
LARGE tables (up to 254 partitions; approx. 1TB).
Multiple stored procedure address spaces.
Table renaming.
ASCII server support.
Native TCP/IP.
DCE security.
DDL-based support rows per page (up to 255).
Workstation GUI install.