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Application Development

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Allow called Programs in z/OS to execute SQL without requiring the main program to be started with a DB2 plan.

When it becomes necessary for a called program in z/OS to execute SQL statements it is only possible when the main program is alredy called with a DB2 connection (DSN and Plan). While the required modification seems minor, it is next to impossible...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Future consideration

Control/Force RTS Fabrication

There exists a fundamental issue whereby if a query predicate is > HIGH2KEY then the optimiser always estimates cardinality of 1.For date/time related columns this is an issue as there may always be data beyond HIGH2KEY even immediately after r...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Alias for REST Services

Db2 REST services, with versioning enabled, sets the first service created via the BIND SERVICE command to be the default service. at this stage the URL and the REST service are in sync and the URL need not reference the version as DB2 will invoke...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Future consideration

Support the INLINE Optimizer Guidelines in SQC

The Inline hint is not working in .sqc due to C-style comment syntax.This feature really makes the query tuning simple.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

dmctop for ppcle

While exploring dmctop I did not find a version for power machine. So IBM engieneering requested me to submit a request for the same.
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 1 Future consideration

Add more debug information for error [22001] [IBM] [DB2/NT64] SQL0302N

Ticket TS003868349 In a real-life application, I had a headache with error [22001] [IBM] [DB2/NT64] SQL0302N "The value of a host variable in the EXECUTE or OPEN statement is too large for its corresponding use." Namely, in an application which de...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Union all View (or common table expression of a UNION ALL) lead to HSJOIN

Case #0000086 Worked with developer and provided following explanation:When there is a join between a UNION ALL view (or a common table expression of a UNION ALL) to another input (let's named it Z), to be able to utilize index access on the table...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

EF Core driver needs to support value convertors

Your DB2 Entity Framework Core driver does not support value convertors. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/modeling/value-conversions Value convertors are really useful with databases to do things like: Translate Y/N fields to proper boolea...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 1 Not under consideration

WHERE/GROUP BY clasue on column alias

Would be very userfull to wite WHERE/GROUP BY clasue on column alias. Very usefull for developers who are using OLAP Functions or other operations on column.
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Allow RESTSERVICEDEFAULT on BIND SERVICE

When using BIND SERVICE to implement new Db2 REST services it would simplify integration with existing change management systems to allow the specification of the default version on the BIND SERVICE. This may be accomplished by using REBIND PACKAG...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration