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Db2

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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

pureScale async duplexing to secondary CF

CMB is planning to use GDPC in 2 sites which distance is about 50km. The round-trip response time is about 400 microseconds, so the delay on transfer to 2nd CF is too expensive.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 2 Not under consideration

More heavy use of fetch first n rows to optimize the statement

see attachments (error of the server when submitting the RFE)
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Change PureScale GPFS NSD Name at installation time

The Network Shared Disk (NSD) default names are created using the db2icrt command can't be changed at installation time. There is no stanza file to change the NSD default nomenclature.Our payment for our customers refers to unique "vgnames". This ...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration

Online move CF/Member for pureScale

Online move CF/Member to new machine
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Asynchronous activation

Design a new db2 database configuration variable to put the database available very quickly following an ACTIVATE command. As far as I understand, the database activation can last a long time due to the control of the tablespaces. It will be inter...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 1 Not under consideration

DB2 Partitioned Indices Order Preservation and Performance

GTECH is in the lottery and gaming business. They use DB2 as a competitive advantage in their offering. They are an IBM SW Reseller. They are always looking at new ways to leverage DB2, DB2 Blu, DB2 Merge/Backup,IBM Replication IIDR, to gain compe...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Depth First By /Breadth First By support in Recursive CTE

Oracle user can order of the rows by the SEARCH clause of Recursive Common Table Expression. There are two methods, BFS and DFS. For easy application migration, this feature should be enabled.
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

EXIT, GOTO, CONTINUE in a Exception block (PLSQL)

Oracle PLSQL supports EXIT, GOTO and CONTINUE in a exception block, but Db2 doesn't. For higher migration convenience, Please support them.
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Control of Locksize and Maxpartitions for implicitly defined tablespaces.

We must be able to control parameters like locksize and maxpartitions on implicitly defined tablespaces.In DB2 V12R1M504 multi table tablespaces are deprecated, so we need to use implicitly defined tablespaces for QMF useres. Today we use segmente...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration