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ALSM full mirror log support

Today, ALSM only extract once from primary log path. If mirror log path gets used, ALSM does not extract on mirror log path.
7 months ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Future consideration

Automatic Lock-Escalation from Row- to Extent-Level

Db2 is mainly using row-level locking and tries to avoid lock-escalation to table-level. This behavior is helpful in most of Db2s use cases, but there are some particular situations when locking on a higher level than row would be beneficial. Cons...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Add new STATUS codes to SYSIBM.SYSTABLESPACE to reflect different states of the tablespace

This would provide the requestor who wants to do a one stop shopping when looking for a state such as Advisory Reorg of all the tablespaces in that state.
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Add DB2 Support for Named Curve X25519

Client is currently using named curve X25519 for some applications connecting to DB2 which is not currently supported. There is a need to provide support for this named curve as it could create potential issues with future applications that may be...
5 months ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

Add Arm64 support for Net.IBM.Data.Db2-osx

I am trying to use the dotnet library Net.IBM.Data.Db2-osx on an Apple Macbook M3 Pro, but it fails to work. I was told it is because the library does not support Arm64 systems. Can we add Arm64 support? See this thread for back story.
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 4 Functionality already exists

Have the DB2 CLP Support Database Names Greater Than 8 Characters

The DB2 CLP does not recognize database names or aliases that are greater than 8 characters. Please enhance it to support longer database names.
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Enhance correlated subquery cardinality estimate with stat views

Peoplesoft application extensively uses correlated subqueries on EFFDT to check that EFFDT = (SELECT MAX(EFFDT) FROM ...). Cardinality estimations can be derived from PK, but this sometimes is not sufficient. We need to be able to get EFFDT estima...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

DB2 v11.5 Bind File and Package Name List

IBM published a technote "DB2 Bind File and Package Name List" https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987465 listing all the names of the bind files of the different versions of Db2. It needs to be extended for Db2 11.5
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 7 Not under consideration

Copy-on-Write for Namespace Separation/Tenants

With the new namespace separation feature in 12.1, you could end up with a lot of duplicate data. If tenants could be created in a copy-on-write or delta aspect it would allow for each tenant to only consume space for the delta, instead of a full ...
6 months ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration

Generate UUIDs in DB2

Oracle (sorry to compare!) has ability to generate a UID. We are looking for this function in DB2 Zos and LUW. Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) -- In Oracle Oracle sequences are frequently used to provide unique numbers for primary keys where an...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Application Development / Other/Unknown 3 Future consideration