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Db2 for z/OS

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PHASE II : Support for python ibm_db driver on z/OS using z ODBC driver

The requirement is to offer connectivity to Db2 on z/OS natively by using the z/OS ODBC driver. The python driver has been enhanced to successfully compile on the z/OS platform, and basic validation and regression suite validation has been done. W...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Create an API for IFI reads (306) so Log-Reading Software does NOT need to be APF-Authorized

Like a lot of shops, we replicate a lot of our Enterprise data from our programmatic Db2 for z/OS environment to other Db2s and other off-platform DBMSes for MI and analytics, and for high availability. IIDR now provides the ability to do this vi...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Allow Db2 ESAF interface with IMS to use PSB in place of loadmodule

Currently when a thread is created between IMS->Db2 the Db2 ESAF exit uses the Load module name to link to a plan name of the same name (or another name if using RTT load module). In a test environment there may be a scenario where sever...
12 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Avoid impact from query sort usage on more important online transactions workload

Nowadays usage of Sortworks by a single thread is limited by MAXTEMPS or the size of the overall available sortworks if MAXTEMPS is zero. Most time MAXTEMPS works well to protect our regular business against single queries with a lot of sort amoun...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

MERGECOPY only a subset of incremental ICs

System: Db2 for z/OS - UTILITY - MERGECOPYActor: DBA MERGECOPY is used to merge Full IC with Incrementals to build new Full which is far more faster to recover than full + set of incrementals. Merging a subset of incrementals (from the date of ful...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DSNTEP2 OUTPUT LENGTH

I would have a DSNTEP2 version with the output lenth 4096 bytes. Unfortunately I don't have the PLI compiler. Can you compile a DSNTEP2 version with the output legth 4096 and send me the load module so I can link edit an bind it . Many many than...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Enhance TRANSLATE working on character basis

The current TRANSLATE function is working on Byte Basis which is OK for EBCDIC but not for Unicode Data. Please provide a similar function as SUBSTRING which is working on character basis regardless of Underlying codepage! PMR23932,060,618
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Support INLINE xml column

Asking for INLINE LENGTH for XML column like LOB column. It will make more efficient the work for short XML's.
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Ability to work with page size other than 16K for xml tablespace

Today, xml table space must work with page size of 16K. We are asking the ability for all pagesizes, especially 32k to make the i/o more efficient.
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support partition level for PENDING DEFINITION CHANGES after altering to PAGENUM RELATIVE

When altering a table/table space and the state is PENDING DEFINITION CHANGES, in the most of the times we have to reorg the entire object. It take a lot of time and a lot of disk space for the shadow. Of course we do it with SORTDATA NO RECLUSTER...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration