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Db2 for z/OS

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    Add STMT_HASHID2 in IFCID 316

    Can you add STMT_HASHID2 (referred in DSN_STATEMENT_CACHE_TABLE) field to the IFCID 316 record? It would be very handy in identifying normalized SQL statement text(s).
    6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Simplify REVOKE by REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES and RETAIN OBJECTS

    1) REVOKE of old grants is complex due to many things that might not be revokable in the same revoke - if one fails the entire statement fails. Usually privileges are revoked due to a person leaving or moving into different a different role . REVO...
    about 2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review

    Change Load Backout YES delete log process

    During execution of LOAD RESUME YES BACKOUT YES SHRLEVEL NONE LOG NO DISCARDS 1, if 1 duplicate row is funded, all rows loaded will be backed out, regardless if there was just 1 duplicate. DB2 call Data Manager back out all the other rows writing ...
    6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Allow Override of Allocated Data Sets in Batch CLIST Input (DSNTIDOM) in DB2 Migration/Install

    In Db2 for z/OS, the DSNTIDOM input member defines parameter values that control how the installation/migration/function‑level activation CLIST generates tailored JCL jobs and artifacts when run in batch mode. DSNTIDOM corresponds to the panel fie...
    about 1 month ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Enable discard reorganizations on catalog history tables.

    Enabling historization for certain catalog tables can result in very large tables that can be difficult to purge, particularly if they are in LOCKSIZE ROW and without LOCK ESCALATION, as is the case, for example, with the SYSIBM.SYSTABSPACESTATS_H...
    3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review

    Reverse engineer ZPARM to ASM format like in DSNTIJUZ

    Very often the source code of any given ZPARM for a Db2 for z/OS subsystem "disappears". Be it holiday, be it by accident, be it CANCEL after submit... Whatever the reason, the problem is the same: You have a running version of the ZPARM that does...
    6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    SQL function LAG (and other passthrough OLAP functions) – implement natively Db2 Z !

    SQL function LAG (and other passthrough OLAP functions) – implement natively Db2 Z ! Db2 Z provides some OLAP functions that are only available as passthrough functions that are only available via an “accelerator” https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2-f...
    4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Under review

    Allow ALTER TABLE xxx COLUMN yyy SET NOT NULL

    The ability to change nearly everything about a column is really cool in Db2. Sadly, the one thing that you cannot easily change is the NULLability of any given column. This is definitely a requirement all over the place and currently can only be ...
    7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Display DSNT741I message to MSTR address space regardless of source.

    Currently, after the start profile command is successful, the system will generate DSNT741I message. This is relayed back to wherever the command was issued. I'd suggest also displaying the command in the master regardless of the source.
    9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Db2 start command message output and return code

    If a Db2 database is in RO mode at database level and you issue a -STA DB(DBName) SP(TSName) ACCESS(RW) command via batch, it outputs "DSNTDDIS 'START DATABASE' NORMAL COMPLETION" which is misleading because the table still cannot be loaded therea...
    6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

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