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Db2

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Automated Re-creation of Select-Star Views

If a view is created by using a 'SELECT *' statement, the view is not updated when a new column is added to the base table. An example: create table dm_tab(N integer, M integer) organize by row; insert into dm_tab(N, M) values (1, 2); create view ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 1 Future consideration

An analog of LOG_HADR_WAIT_TIME monitor element is needed at the agent level

Sometimes it's very useful to understand HADR influence on the transaction performance. We do have a couple of related elements - LOG_WRITE_TIME and LOG_HADR_WAIT_TIME at the whole database level, but their values can't help us to understand, if H...
about 3 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 1 Not under consideration

Call REST API triggered from DB

Currently we use external script to call APIs on data in DB and write back the result. Instead of using external script (Python, R, Node JS) to take data from the DB and call REST API and then write back the result to DB, it would be a great impro...
over 5 years ago in Db2 2 Planned for future release

db2cfexp lacks SSL configuration data

db2cfexp is a very valuable tool to save and maybe restore configuration data. I noticed, db2cfexp is not exporting SSL configuration and hence cannot restore it.
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Planned for future release

ONLINE REORG INDEX without logging for HADR

Our Application:24x7. HADR synchronous. LOGINDEXBUILD=ON because of HADR. We have large tables with lots of indexes required for performance reasons. Current problem:We are unable to run online REORG indexes for large tables as this overwhelms our...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 2 Not under consideration

Include Prefetch wait time Metrics in monreport.dbsummary() stored procedure

Prefetch wait time numbers are a bit similar to FCM in the sense that they can be really high even in a normal system. Prefetch wait time doesn’t start until an agent attempts to read a page that has already been queued for prefetch – then the clo...
5 months ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Submitted

Remove The Need To REORG A Table Up On Performing Table Alter/REORG Recommended Operations

Today when we perform certain operations aka REORG recommended operations against a table like adding columns, dropping columns, changing datatype of a column, altering NULLABILITY of a column etc. the table will be put in a state called REORG pen...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 1 Not under consideration

Increase the number of ALTER TABLE operations that can be performed online without placing the table in "reorg pending" state

There are a few operations that seem to place the table into "reorg pending" state immediately when it should be possible to treat them as REORG-recommended. For example, any ALTER COLUMN .. DROP COLUMN statement that doesn't affect indexes should...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

DMC Notification Center resolution handling

We sometimes have over 1,000 warnings on a server (image 001) and the Notification Center does not handle the volume well. We can only display up to 30 alerts on a page and we can only CLOSE, DELETE or EMAIL them (image 002). We would love to have...
9 months ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Submitted

Truncate incompatible with online backup command

Db2 online backup for warehouse environments running longer depending on database size, online backup command have a lock incompatibility with Truncate table command which is says backup is not fully online. This should be one essential feature th...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 5 Not under consideration