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Db2 for z/OS

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Deliver DSNHBNFE from SDSNSAMP in EBNF format

The DSNHBNFE member delivers a formal definition of the Db2 syntax in BNF format. However, tools like ANTLR can generate lexers/parsers automatically if the language is delivered in a EBNF format. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Backus%E2%8...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 13 Not under consideration

Have GET generate a useful Swagger doc for REST services that call native SQL SPs

Within a REST client like Postman or SoapUI, you can call the URI for a Db2 REST service with the GET command and the client will, from information passed to it from Db2, build a Swagger document that describes the data being sent to/from the REST...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Enhance message 00F30034 with plan name

Enhancement of message 00F30034 with plan name in question. The message text today is"The authorization ID associated with this connection is not authorized to use the specified plan name or the specified plan name does not exist." Please add a va...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Add catalog information when a Compression Dictionary was created

The compression dictionary date created is currently not available to help identify the age of the dictionary. The age would also help to identify dictionaries create before upgrading to the latest release.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add a builtin table function that splits a character string

Db2 12 adds the useful LISTAGG function that aggregates a set of string values into a single string.It would be good to have an inverse: a table function SPLIT that takes a string and a separator, and returns a table of string values.The signature...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add/improve support for JSON Publishing and Parsing functions

Currently the JSON functions on DB2 z/OS are lagging behind other platforms (LUW, iSeries) by atleast 3-4 years. There is no support for building JSON document using functions like JSON_ARRAY, JSON_OBJECT, JSON_ARRAYAGG, JSON_OBJECTAGG which are a...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 8 Not under consideration

MVS CANCEL should issue DB2 CANCEL THREAD first

Db2 and z/OS development should work together to integrate MVS CANCEL command and DB2 CANCEL THREAD. Since the DB2 recommended action is first Cancel thread in DB2 and then issue the MVS CANCEL, the MVS CANCEL command should automatically cancel d...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Enhance DPfD support so that statement cache, thread storage, DDF Comms buffers and any other areas that may contain SPI data are marked as eligible for redaction

We tried DPfD (Db2 APAR PH15940) but found that an SVC dump of Db2 still contained SQL statements in the dynamic statement cache after redaction (using BLSJDPFD). We appreciate that bufferpools are redacted, but we are concerned that SPI may be ca...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Register all dependencies in SYSPACKDEP

Today SYSPACKDEP records the dependencies of packages - but not dependencies related to RI. That means that a user or a tool needs to run additional queries to understand all dependencies to e.g. answer the question: which packages do I need to RE...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Enhance the DISPLAY LOG COMMAND to show if a specific active log dataset belonging to one member of a data sharing group is allocated to 1 or more other members in the data sharing group.

This command would be useful to allow DB2 SYSPROGS/DBAs to see if a specific active log dataset belonging to one member of a data sharing group is allocated to 1 or more other members in the data sharing group. This would allow the REMOVAL PENDING...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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