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Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.)

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Ability to configure threshold for trigger to automatic resize(RIMS)

Some IT service providers for the financial industry in Germany have a high degree of automation. They are using AUTORESIZE for tablespaces. Unfortunately, the threshold cannot be specified and DB2 only extends the tablespace when it is full. In s...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

RP Tables syntax

If the “INDEX IN” option is left off the index goes in the default TSP. There is no way to change this later
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Asynchronous activation

Design a new db2 database configuration variable to put the database available very quickly following an ACTIVATE command. As far as I understand, the database activation can last a long time due to the control of the tablespaces. It will be inter...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 1 Not under consideration

DB2 Partitioned Indices Order Preservation and Performance

GTECH is in the lottery and gaming business. They use DB2 as a competitive advantage in their offering. They are an IBM SW Reseller. They are always looking at new ways to leverage DB2, DB2 Blu, DB2 Merge/Backup,IBM Replication IIDR, to gain compe...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

IBM.ENtityFramework.Core To Scaffold Indexes Properly

We used latest released IBM EF Core nuget packages to add DB2 Support to our application with existing DB2 database. Scaffolding the DB out to Models and usable DBContext time and again. We realized on comparing DB2 server that 90% of the indexes ...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

LUW

Archive-enabled tables and archive tables features not available in DB2 LUW. If this function get added in new version of DB2 LUW or new fixpack release it will help for archive huge table..
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

EHL mode enhancement in pureScale.

Although the feature was enabled by mimicking a sysplex,, it is impossible to apply in the real world.The first reason is that the performance overhead is too much when switching from the not shared state to the shared stateSecondly, it is impossi...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

evaluates sysdate for every row

The query db2 "select count(*) from TIR001.TITYPE where D_E_DEM_DEM=truncate(date(sysdate ) - (DAYOFWEEK(date(sysdate))) DAYS )" evaluates sysdate for every row
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Partial indexes or functional index updates

We would like functional/partial indexes, that is indexes that include a where clause. Currently when there is an index that includes a condition we have to put the condition as part of a field (NAME_IS_BLANK) and then include that conditional fie...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Compression of Primary Key Indexes with Version 10.1 FP 5

While doing some testing with, we noticed that when you create a table compressed, that ALL indexes automatically get compressed. We found out that we have the ability to specify "normal" indexes without compression, but you can not have an uncomp...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 1 Not under consideration