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Db2 for z/OS

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Load Format Internal needs to validate if columns of internal format record is compatible with the table being loaded.

Load Format Internal needs to validate if columns of internal format record is compatible with the table being loaded. Recently this was partially addressed with APAR# PI71965; however, this APAR only checks if the record is greater than the maxim...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DSN1COPY to support LOB INLINE COPY as input

More than 80% of our data consist of LOB data. In case of drop recovery we depend on utilities such as DSN1COPY. Without this feature provided DSN1COPY cannot be used for drop recovery when we have to use a LOB INLINE COPY as input.
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add catalog information about how a compression dictionary was created (INSERT, LOAD, REORG)

Db2 is able to create a compression dictionary by INSERT, LOAD and REORG. If INSERT and LOAD are responsible, than the first x rows were not compressed (Db2 reads them to build a proper dictionary). If REORG is responsible for creating a compressi...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Generate async IFCID 317 with async IFCID 316

When DB2 writes an asynchronous IFCID 316 record, there is no way to obtain the complete SQL statement text because it is no longer in the dynamic statement cache. We need for DB2 to make the SQL statement text available in an asynchrounous IFCID ...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Allow system administrators to specify bufferpool sizes in "M" or "G", rather than pages.

With big memory and bufferpools measured in gigabytes, sizing pools by number of pages becomes tedious and error-prone. A 1GB pool requires one to specify -ALT BPOOL(BPx) VPSIZE(262144). A 5GB pool would be VPSIZE(1310720). Most users use "round" ...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

MFA should be supported when logging with Data Studio

Multifactor Authentication is not currently supported to connect to DB2 using Data Studio. We are using MFA (Factor TOTP) to connect to TSO, CICS and other products. However we cannot connect through Data Studio as it does not support MFA.
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

LOAD with DISCARDS 1 should not require a discard data set

We wanted to load two partitions at partition level: //LOA001 EXEC #DB2UT, // SYSTEM=T, // SYSTEMID=L, // COND=(4,LT), // SYSUT1=Y, // LARGE=Y, // SAR=N //SYSREC01 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=VTDBM.UL.VETB0040.REC.PART1 //SYSREC02 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=VTDBM.UL.VET...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Drop Nested SQL Native Procedure or Function without having to drop dependent objects

Would like to be able to drop a native stored procedure or function that has dependent objects without having to also drop the dependent objects (usually another native store procedure).
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Permit wildcard on OBJECTSCHEMA of SYSAUDITPOLICIES

We need to activate native DB2 audit policy using SYSAUDITPOLICIES catalog table. In this table we can use wildcard (i.e. '%') for OBJECTNAME column, but no for OBJECTSCHEMA We have different schemas in our subsystem so we need to define more poli...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Update new V12 RTS catalog columns after reorg

In Db2 for z/OS v12, there are new catalog columns in the RTS tables such as:SYSIBM.SYSTABLEPART-TYPE-PAGENUM-BPOOL-PGSIZE-DSSIZE- MEMBER_CLUSTER-COMPRESSRATIO SYSIBM.SYSTABLESPACE-PAGENUM -INSERTALG -PQTY-STORTYPE -STORNAME -VCATNAMEetc. These ...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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