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Db2

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Database level optimization guideline

Currently when there is a problem with the access plan of the query, we generally ask customer to use guideline. Sometimes they cannot use guideline and we ask then to use optimization profile. Optimization profile works fine but there is a very...
over 4 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

DB2 User Defined Function(UDF) on zSeries to convert relational data from existing DB2 tables to JSON

I am looking for something similar in Mainframe described to the following URL which is available in DB2 for iSeries and not currently available on zOS DB2. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/sqlp/rbafyjsonpublishing.htm I th...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Analytical Functions 0 Not under consideration

Error SQL0478N should include schema name

When issuing a sentence like: db2 drop audit policy SELECT_ALL_TABLES The returned error message does not include the schema of the problematic object: SQL0478N The statement failed because one or more dependencies exist on thetarget object. Tar...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Document the client_prdid for each Fix Pack release of db2jcc.jar and db2jcc4.jar drivers

When Java applications connect to DB2 via the JDBC Type 4 JCC driver, the only version-specific identifier visible from the DB2 server (via an application snapshot) is the client product ID of the driver, such as JCC03000. This value is currently ...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 2 Not under consideration

Documentation for declare cursor database

The documentation of the DECLARE CURSOR does not include the DECLARE CURSOR DATABASE. However, this is included in other parts of the KnowledgeCenter.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

DB2 LUW RFE for concurrent LOAD on the same table (vote for 68667)

DB2 LUW does not allow multiple concurrent LOAD on the same range partitioned table or any table. For example, if I have 100 partitions. I can not load all partitions using separate partition files concurrently. [Suggesting load and attaching part...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Remove the restriction SQL1407N

When loading a table using a remote cursor on a table containing an XML colum, the load failed with the SQLCODE SQL1407N.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Offline Documentation

I work on a private (for a reason) LAN, without internet access. Myself and other developers and DBAs used to be fine with using a slightly outdated version of the IBM DB2 Information Center, which we downloaded and put on servers inside the firew...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

TSA - Not scalable

TSA Does not Scale, with each database added it consumes 5 - 8% CPU. In our system ZLinux this is the only option we have for auto failover. When we have 10 Databases we are now consuming 50 - 80% CPU just to run TSA and having to pay extra licens...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Not under consideration

The change 'Primary Key Name' is added!

Currently, I know that there is no function to change only the 'Primary Key Name' of Db2. Especially in the case of Primary Key, Unique Index is also created when it is generated! Since the primary key name cannot be duplicated, there is a problem...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Future consideration