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Compression for automatic DB2 backups

DB2 LUW includes a solution for automatic backup creation, which is enabled by AUTO_MAINT and AUTO_DB_BACKUP parameters and configured by the 'AUTO_BACKUP' maintenance policy XML..The policy XML file does not allow to specify options to enable bac...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0

Dbexport/dbimport validate *_LOCALE vars before accessing data files

When working with UTF8 database, DB_LOCALE and CLIENT_LOCALE are required to interact correctly with the databases. This RFE is about issuing a warning to the DBA when doing a dbexport/dbimport with CLIENT_LOCALE unset, especially when DB_LOCALE i...
about 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Reorg pending status should be in a table like SYSCAT.TABLES

The column that indicates if a table is in reorg-peding is in a table that is not in the schame SYSCAT. This value should be in a table in SYSCAT, because this schema is the catalog, and it is almost standard across versions, and it is a set of vi...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

display startup message about VUE status

Activating VUE in DB2 involves a change to the zparm but there is nothing in the DB2 MSTR log which states that it is active. In MQ you get a couple of messages on startup, including CSQY036I +xxxx CSQYASCP QMGRPROD=VUE, recording product usage fo...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Request to have a Trash/Bin Option/Area inside a Project or Catalog

Having a Bin/Trash Section/Area inside a Project or Catalog can be really helpful. If unfortunately, if any one deletes the Connection or asset’s or any other inside a project or Catalog, we can restore them very quickly without any impact. Real-t...
over 1 year ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Planned for future release

Allow DB2 to Insert more than 32KB data into a CLOB column

SQL Server Management Studio, Toad for Oracle allow inserts with more than 32 KB column size but DB2 doesn't allow the same and this is a show stopper for few projects to come into DB2 ZoS as data fixes by application team is not possible in produ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

In "My schedules and subscriptions," display the current enable/disable status as selected by the user

In My schedules and subscriptions, if you enable/disable the schedule from ... (More), and then Properties or Modify Schedule, the status does not update in the list of schedules/subscriptions. However, when you click ... (More) and then Enable/Di...
about 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

CDC Record type 99 generation to be controlled externally

To generate IMS records for CDC, each DBD must be augmented by adding an EXIT parameter to each segment. This would require a DBDGEN an OLC. We need a command (type1/2) to be able disable and enable type 99 record creation against a database that ...
about 6 years ago in Replication: IMS / VSAM 1 Not under consideration

SYSPUNCH - be able to suppress NUMRECS

Certain processes use load cards created from unload utility using LIMIT 0. This creates NUMRECS 0 that needs to be removed prior to the LOAD.
about 4 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

InsteadOF SQL

It is common in the database world (DB2 but all the others I have worked with are the same) to have a separate product installed that generates code and submits it to the database for processing. Eventually, you will encounter SQL that doesn't per...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

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