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Send IFCID 317 data to SMF when stmts leaves cache

There is currently no way to get the text of a dynamic SQL statement when it leaves the cache. If one has IFCID 316 turned on, one can collect the SQL usage metrics in SMF, but not the text. One can get the statement text if one uses the EXPLAIN s...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DB2 - exhaustive space search issue when APPEND option hits

System : DB2 V9 for z/OS with 2-way data sharing environment The Customer is using DB2 V9 and when they change the table as APPEND YES, In the case the APPEND option hits the end and no extend can be taken, it will also use exhaustive space search...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Allow control of bufferpool selection on implicit tablespace create

Currently if you issue a CREATE TABLE and just specify a DATABASE, an implicit tablespace is created. It only uses the default bufferpool set at installation, panel DSNTIP1. Since the database is known, the default bufferpool specified for the dat...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Do not reset the STATSLASTTIME column of RTS after a RECOVER

is it possible to not reset the STATSLASTTIME column of RTS after a RECOVER ?
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Implicit logged temp tables should use logged spaces listed in DBSPAETEMP

The documentation suggests that logged temp tables will be stored in any logged dbspaces listed in the DBSPACETEMP parameter/client environment variable. Yet when selecting from a view based on a union query, we find that the root dbspace is alway...
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Row Change Timesatmp with Precision 12 and Timezone

Row change timestamp is sensitive to changing from daylight savings time to standard time since it doesn't support TIMESTAMP WITH TIMEZONE and other precisions than 6.Applications have two requirements that could be combined and solved by the row ...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Alter Index add column

When altering index adding columns ' the index status change to rebuild pendig ' need to put in in change pending and let appliction use this index until rebuild or reorg the index , and then rebind packeges
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Allow all access paths in a cursor with FOR UPDATE

Due to the haloween-problem, some access paths are blocked for cursors with the FOR UPDATE-clause. Also for multi-row-fetch and FOR UPDATE there are restrictions if there is a IN-subquery
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow the DECLARE-part of a cursor in EXPLAIN

Over the years options you can use in a cursor were enhanced more and more, but you still can only explain the SELECT-clause of the cursor. But sometimes access path are considerably different, if you use a rowset cursor.
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Get database transaction info on dbaccess

Onmonitor has disappeared on 12.10. dbaccess → Database → Info should have a method to retrieve the transaction level of a database (Buffered, Unbuffered, Ansi, None)
over 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration