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An enhancement to allow switching the character type handling method for retrieving multibyte data from char and varchar types in the ODBC connector by using an environment variable.

When retrieving multibyte data from char or varchar columns through the ODBC connector, DataStage currently requires the corresponding target column types to be set to nchar or nvarchar, depending on whether the source system handles the data base...
2 days ago in Information Server  / DataStage 0 Submitted

Make UTF-8 validation optional for user functions

Please add an option to the CDC config to switch UTF-8 validation on and off. This can be narrowed down to %USER functions - currently CDC always does UTF-8 validation for such definitions, even if a column is marked 'binary'. In our environment, ...
about 1 month ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Under review

The level of bundled open-source components should be clearly stated in the Release Notes or Technotes at the time of DataStage release. Additionally, the impact of differences in open-source components on DataStage should also be clearly indicated.

Currently, there is no mention of open-source components in the Release Notes (e.g. https://www.ibm.com/docs/ja/iis/11.7.0?topic=rn-infosphere-information-server-version-1171-fix-pack-5-releasenotes) or in the installation-related information prov...
4 months ago in Information Server  / DataStage 1 Not under consideration

Sequence number, row number of the record

When using MySQL DB as a source and in case of multiple transactions done in the same commit cycle, there is no way to know the sequence of executed transactions. In the journal control fields, there is a commit cycle id (CCID), this is same for m...
6 days ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Submitted

CDC could check in advance whether the log record provided by IFI 306 can be discarded, as in cases of records originating from utilities such as REBUILD INDEX.

Today we have some REBUILD INDEXES that run on very large NPI indexes, as consequence of LOAD INDEXDEFER NPI. These REBUILD INDEXES last some hours to finish. We noticed IBM CDC for Db2 z/OS follows units of recovery (URs) generated by these REBUI...
26 days ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Submitted

Add support for heterogenous DDL replication from a DB2 LUW source to a DB2 LUW target

Our customers use CDC 11.4 to replicate tables between DB2 LUW 11.5. When adding new column or altering column in these replication tables, they hope to minimise the replication downtime between the source and target DB. However, the CDC only supp...
11 days ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Submitted

Schema Validation using Avro File Format under File Connector stage (AvroStreams)

Schema Validation exists with old avro1.x version but not with Avrostreams. Schema vadliation should be always available Avrostreams which avoid CLASSPATH setting.
about 1 month ago in Information Server  / DataStage 0 Submitted

We need the Oracle Instant Client to be supported by CDC Replication Engine.

We are requesting IBM official support for the Oracle Instant Client with CDC Replication. These items have been identified by IBM as potential exposures with the Oracle Instant Client: - No official support for CDC with Oracle Instant Client. Ora...
about 2 months ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Submitted

IBM CDC replication - Target scenario - Mongodb Atlas or Mongo DB CE or EE. CDC Engine for this specific target does not proceed with replication if collection is blank or not created. We need replication to work BAU even if target does not have corresponding collections and/or data in the collections.

1. Customer has already requested and asserted it as a missing feature. 2. In the absence of this feature, customer has requested for an utility which will automate the creation of collection and/or dummy row with the matching datatype at par with...
16 days ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Under review

Make CDC throw an event and bring down the subscription on IBMi CDC agent to ensure it no longer consumes CPU cycles

We understand that if a table has got a DDL change, all subscriptions in which the table is used, have to be updated. But since human mistakes are possible, this high CPU consumption could be prevented if in the continuous mirroring been started a...
24 days ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Submitted