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Commit sequence of stored procedure

Change the commit sequence of stored procedures, so all URs are committed in the same order that the stored procedures ended.
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Informix incremental backups (L1)

Hi, L0 and L1 backups of informix are taking almost same time since it seems that is limited by disk reading performance: we are using IBM spectrum backup to backup. From IFX logs we see that they are using /usr/informix/server12/bin/onbar_d...
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Future consideration

FAP Service.properties - Password Encryption

Hi, at our client Atlantic Group d.d. during upgrade of PA,CA,CC client set request to eliminate all hardcoded passwords on any file on all models. We successfully eliminated them by using inbuilt encryption (e.g. in PA) or if password was in .bat...
over 2 years ago in Cognos Controller (On Prem and On Cloud) 0 Future consideration

Enable alter partition values on XML tables

We use a lot of XML tables today on our environment. We need to alter the limitkey defined for partitions in DB2. According to the manual, the DB2 correct behavior is to return sqlcode -109 when alter table partition (XML TABLE) is executed.
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support different applications recursive direct connect to SSM

We have currently configured our recursive application to use two different applications (parent and child), in order to accommodate the hostfactory restriction of using ondemand for parent application and spot fleet for child application. In doin...
over 1 year ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 1 Future consideration

Request to have a Auto Loader of Platform Connections Page instead of "Show More" Option

On the Platform Connection Connections Page while you try to browse your existing connections after limited connections got listed we have a "Show More" Button which then updates/shows the next available connections, If we have more than 150 to 20...
over 1 year ago in Connectivity 0 Under review

Allow the setting of a global option make LOAD jobs fail if a PRESORT cannot be performed

UET will be withdrawn from support next year and its use needs to be removed. To do this the newly provided support for the PRESORT keyword in the LOAD utility needs to be the same and consistent as the functionality that UET provided for PRESORT....
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add support for PDS input files to PRESORT in LOAD

The Utilities Enhancement Tool (UET) provides support for the PRESORT keyword for LOAD. It will sort the input file and pass it to LOAD to perform the LOAD. It will accept the input file as being a PDS and perform a PRESORT. UET will be withdrawn ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Include SYSPACKSTMT.STMT_ID in GET DIAGNOSTICS data

The SQL Standard for GET DIAGNOSTICS includes details about the actual statement being diagnosed - COMMAND_ FUNCTION / _CODE and DYNAMIC_FUNCTION / _CODE. The Db2 implementation includes none of these. Making it, effectively, impossible to identif...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Manage Customizations is admin only function

We need to be able to grant developers who do visualizations and/or extensions the ability to manage and customize them. Currently the only individuals that can do this are administrators.
almost 4 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration