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Db2 for z/OS

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Record usage of application plan

In our production environment we have about 15000 application plans. Most of them are probably still used but a lot of them have not been used for several years. We want to get rid of the old ones not to have to rebind them at every new release of...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

OPTIMIZER IGNORE INDEX indexcreator.indexname

Looking to replace NPI with DPSI. DSPI is created, and would like to verify that all SQLs that were using NPI, when Rebound/executed dynamically would either a) use either newly created DPSI or another index on the table and b) have run time perfo...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Add schema to ifcid 62

Hi! I use IFCID 62 to track DDL usage and I have always found it a little bit annoying that the SCHEMA name is not part of the IFCID062 ouput. You get everything else but not the schema... this makes it difficult to impossible to see exactly what ...
6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enhance DB2 profile history tables for DataSharing subsystems - column STATUS

DB2 profile and attributes tables have related history tables, SYSIBM.DSN_PROFILE_HISTORY and SYSIBM.DSN_PROFILE_ATTRIBUTES_HISTORY. These history tables contain information regarding enabled profiles and attributes that were processed by a -START...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Native SP needs to be dropped and recreate for SQL TABLE UDF changes

When SQL TABLE UDF is created and used by Native Mode SPs and the SQL logic in the function needs to be changed, the native SPs needed to be dropped and recreated for the logic to take effect.
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

SQL Data Insights - Silent/ Batch execution of the installationscript sqldi.sh

The installation of the SQL DI web application is accomplished through an installation script in an interactive bash session. Here, for each prompt, the user has to respond by either entering requested information or accepting the default. T...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

SQL Data Insights - Usage of secondary Authid = RACF Group while enabling AI for Table

When enabling AI for a table in the SQL Data Insights user interface, there is no option, to set a different/ secondary Authid = RACF Group. Instead the application uses the UserID from the login in the user interface. As a result, the CREATE TABL...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

There should be a table like SYSUTILITIES that contains Db2 Commands that have been issued

There should be a table like SYSUTILITIES , say SYSCOMMANDS, that contains Db2 Commands that have been issued, including the full text of the Db2 command that was issued.
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enhance DB2 System Profile’s history table

Although DB2 profile history tables are available, they cannot currently provide a complete history of enabled and disabled profiles. Actually, a DB2 profile is registered in the history tables only for START PROFILE commands, and only if the prof...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Increase messaging detail after STOP Db2 to provide shutdown status information.

As Db2 continues to allow more and more capacity in a single subsystem - larger bufferpools, more open datasets, etc - the time to shut down Db2 continues to increase. Operational staff has complained repeatedly that they cannot tell whether Db2 i...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration