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Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.)

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Utility to increase a tablespace's page size(RIMS)

currently, this can only be done by recreating the tablespace/tables, and Export/Load all the Data, very onerous.
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

DB2 registry variable granularity(RIMS)

Ability to specify object table and space map rules at a tablespace level (example, DB2_OBJECT_TABLE_ENTRIES at tablespace level).
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

display/report size of individual Index (not whole index object)(RIMS)

At present the size of an index is reported only in aggregate for all indexes on a table. It would be ideal to know the actual index size in bytes per individual index;
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

way to make 'COMPRESS YES' the default for all CREATE TABLE/INDEX statements.(RIMS)

Customer would like a means to be able to make 'COMPRESS YES' the default behaviour for CREATE TABLE and CREATE INDEX statements. Since the customer's enterprise-data-warehouse database is used by many vendor applications, it's onerous to modify v...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Add functionality during database migration to allow existing tablespaces to be reduced automatically(RIMS)

In V9.7, the internal structure of a tablespace has been slightly changed to allow a better way to reduce its space when it is no more needed. This is externalized by a new option in the 'ALTER TABLESPACE' command : 'REDUCE [MAX]' The point is tha...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Hybrid Indexes(RIMS)

I recently inquired with IBM regarding what I am calling hybrid indexes, ie: indexes that reference normal columns as well as nodes within an XML column. This is not currently available, however, in the communications Melanie requested that I pa...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Support REOPT within REBIND_ROUTINE_PACKAGE system procedure(RIMS)

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almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

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