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Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc)

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New privilege for IMPORT into a restrictive database

Granting DATAACCESS authority works but is not a desirable option as the user would get access to all tables. Granting CONTROL or INSERT/SELECT, without DATAACCESS, returns SQL0551N. As a result customers are left on their own to pursue and figure...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Security / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

DB2 Reorg: Improve Lock Contention

Enhance Reorg:--> Reorg ... allow read access with range partitioned tables--> Options to avoid lock timeouts ---> specify max time for swap phase, restart delay for non-succeeding swap phase, deadline for reorg completion ---> allow i...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Reorg online with a mapping table

It will be very helpful to have a new reorg online with a mapping table like on DB2 z/OS with the same performance level.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Allow public alias in export/import command

Db2 11.1 says that Public aliases can be used only in SQL statements and with the LOAD utility. (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEPGG_11.1.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.sql.ref.doc/doc/r0000910.html) Please support export and import utiliti...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Support for old system date

Db2 v11.1 can't start when system date is old(ex.2013/06/18).The error message is that the license has expierd. Even if Db2 is evaluation version.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

DB2DCLGEN needed for PLI for AIX

DB2DCLGEN needed for PLI for AIX
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Supress ALLOW WRITE ACCESS REBUILD for ATM if offline window available

As described in PMR (I will upload all material in PMR), the REORG INDEXES ALL FOR TABLE ... ALLOW WRITE ACCESS REBUILD can cause a deadlock with the application. This behavior is not acceptable and we request a change in this design to avoid such...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Enhancements to DB2 Ingest

In DB2 Ingest , need an option to specify that character delimiters are to be parsed as column data, when the data files do not have a character delimiters, like nochardel file type modifier in load.
about 8 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Alternate load copy path

New option to specify an alternate load copy path during a load of a table.
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Improvements in db2relocatedb tool.

Database relocation in DB2 (db2relocatedb) – is a nightmare. It's a total black box, which executes in an offline and non-recoverable mode. Nobody knows if it's succeeded (even when it returns successful execution message) or failed or when it r...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration