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Statements (DDL and DML)

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Improve poor query compilation performance due to long lock list traversal in DB2 10.1 and later

Beginning with DB2 LUW 10.1 DGTT-referencing DML started to take catalog locks and therefore we have to free them and potentially traverse long lock chain if the DML is a part of a long-running transaction potentially holding millions of locks. Th...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

DB2 LUW to have option to ignore QUERYNO clause of SQL on DB2 z/OS

The client has many SQL for z/DB2 production environment with QUERYNO clause like the following sample.    SELECT /* Comment */           A_ID,           A_NAME       FROM           A_MASTER       WHERE           ...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

More heavy use of fetch first n rows to optimize the statement

see attachments (error of the server when submitting the RFE)
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Control of Locksize and Maxpartitions for implicitly defined tablespaces.

We must be able to control parameters like locksize and maxpartitions on implicitly defined tablespaces.In DB2 V12R1M504 multi table tablespaces are deprecated, so we need to use implicitly defined tablespaces for QMF useres. Today we use segmente...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

TO_MULTI_BYTE (oracle function)

It is required for higher oracle sql compatibility,
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

PIVOT/UNPIVOT (oracle function)

It is required for higher oracle sql compatibility,
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

connect_by_iscycle in Oracle

When we migrate from oracle application, the connect_by_iscycle is very difficult to implement at Db2 .
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

v11.1.2.2 generates SQL plan missing rownum pushdown available in v10.1+

what reported in TS000061806 - v11.1.2.2+ specific missing rownum pushdown NOT seen in ("DB2 v10.1.0.3", "special_36763", "IP23516_36763", and Fix Pack "3")
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Undo logs are unacceptably large for DELETE statements that require deletion via a cursor.

Submitted on behalf of Gregor Hack (ghack@zeb.de). Undo logs are unacceptably large for DELETE statements that require deletion via a cursor or a truncate of previously partitioned tables.
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Avoidance of deadlock error in DB2 partitioning environment

After our customer delete and create the original table of view table with the partitioning environment, deadlock occurs when they access the view table from each partition at the same time.The view table is invalid when the original table is dele...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration