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Db2 for z/OS

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LOAD card with RESUME and REPLACE on same table

Today there's no error message/info message that if you run a load with REPLACE and RESUME on the same table in the same job then you'll run into problem with missing Index-entries for the table
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Is a defect

DB2 V11/V12 Modify Recovery Change

Change Modify Recovery to display the dataset name from ICTYPE='i' (lower case i - BMC cumulative incremental image copies) entries when the row is deleted from SYSIBM.SYSCOPY.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

More Granularity on DISPLAY command authority (display procedure)

We'd appreciate if there was a more granular level of authority to permit schema owners of stored procedures to be able to display status of stored procedures. We are concerned from an audit standpoint that granting system-display privilege would ...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support for masking in IDAA

Currently, IDAA does not support DB2 masks. This results in potentially inconsistent information being returned to user (depending on whether the query is routed to IDAA).
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Improve DB2 messages(etc DSNB601I)

A message indicating a situation in which SQL can not be executed is an information message.If this is an error message, the system administrator can easily find the error.For example, a DSNB601I message indicating that the buffer pool is full.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Audit policy with userid after a DB2 recycle.

Audit trace starting as per audit policy after a DB2 recycle does not contain USERIDs as per original trace. This is causing change captured SMF records due to a DB2 restart. Is it possible to update the audit policy system to capture trace qualif...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Table Values functionality

Is it possible to add following functionality to DB2 zos 10, 11 and IDAA 4.1 and above. Apparently it is supported in DB2 LUW. SELECT S.Year, Q.Quarter, Q.ResultsFROM SalesAgg AS S, TABLE (VALUES(1, S.q1), (2, S.q2), (3, S.q3), (4, S.q4)) AS Q(Qua...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

PARTITION BY clause should be available to create DPSI of Index on expression

IOE (Index on expression) can be DPSI, but when we specify PARTITION BY clause in the DDL to create partitioned IOE, it is failed by SQLCODE -628 in DB2 V11. We can create DPSI of IOE by the following DDL. CREATE INDEX TEMP.INDEX2 ON TEMP.TABLE2 (...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Unexpected DDF/RRSAF rollup records getting sent to accounting trace started with ASID trace qualification

This RFE is in response to IBM Service Request 64334 082 000. APAR PK12365 caused all DDF/RRSAF rollup accounting records to be sent to any active trace requesting IFCID 3 records regardless of trace qualification. This causes unwanted overhead an...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Create Accounting Data Lite record type

The standard DB2 Accounting record has become increasingly bloated over the years. All of the information contained in each record is useful, but much of it is not necessary for basic Accounting purposes. Because the record is so big, and so expen...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration