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IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers


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Application Development

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Convert DB2 GBK database to GB18030 without database re-creation

SEAC ( State Ethnic Affairs Commission ) issued a new regulation recently. Database codepage GB18030 is required for information systems in sectors of government and public service. DB2 has the limitation of having to re-create database if databas...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

MERGE INTO statement failed with SQL0104N (inconsistent with DB2 Z/OS)

he following query, which works well on DB2 Z/OS, failed with the syntax error(sql0104n) ................................................ MERGE INTO SME.MEC_GNRL_PRDT_BRNH_BLNC A USING ( VALUES ( :H_iinou_date, :w_irltvr_enty_id, :w_iprdt_id, :H_i...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Enable db2dsdriver.cfg for JDBC

Enable db2dsdriver.cfg for JDBC. JDBC parameters should be seen by the JDBC tools.
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Change How db2sqljbind Handles Package Comments

Currently when the COMMENT ON Package fails that is done as part of db2sqljbind, a the db2sqljbind gets a return code of zero and terminates normally. Development said that this was done because sometimes the comment is too long to fit in SYSIBM.S...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Increase size of GRAMMER column in XSROBJECTS system table to fix PMR 61685,L6Q,000

DB2 validation of the XML schema can't happen because the GRAMMER column of in XSROBJECTS system table is defined to small. Information is in the PMR
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

JDBC Driver log message to WAS SystemOut.log should be one line long

Current DB2 JDBC Driver may generate error messages in multiple lines format. Looking at the message, it seems that the line feed is unexpectedly inserted in the midst of whole message. DB2 support team responded to PMR 34710,69F,760 that it works...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

To enable DB2 stored procedure module refresh in online.

Hello, I am a Client IT Architect in IBM Japan. My customer is NTT Data, a large System Integrator in Japan. NTT Data has gotten the contract with National Tax Agency in Japan in June 2015. They have a plan to develop applications of National Tax ...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 1 Not under consideration

New admin view to retrieve the object characteristics

Add a new admin view ADMIN_ALL_OBJECTS to retrieve the object type and characteristics from any objects
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Add nanosecond as a unity of measurement

As the nanosecond can be specified in the timestamp(12), adding the measurement unit for the nanosecond would be consistent
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

DYNAMIC PL/SQL CURSORS ARE CLOSED AFTER A ROLLBACK

Oracle maintain the cursor after not only commit but also rollback operation. On the other hand, Dynamic PL/SQL cursor in DB2 is closed after rollback and reports SQL0501N. Customer is strongly demanding the feature enhancement while it is necessa...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration