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Allow RESUME NO with LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE

Allow RESUME NO with LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE to be sure that the table is really empty.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Specia Register to change INVALIDATECACHE default in Db2v12

We have PeopleSoft Payroll application running on Db2 v12 z/OS. We noticed that the default value of INVALIDATECACHE in RUNSTATS has been changed from YES to NO in v12. This change has huge impact on the performance because RUNSTATS for temporary ...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Db2 V12 Change MODIFY RECOVERY To Delete Non Expired Data Sets

In Db2 V12 MODIFY RECOVERY with DELETEDS, DELETEDS specifies that cataloged image copy data sets are to be deleted when the corresponding SYSCOPY records are deleted. When we run MODIFY RECOVERY with DELETEDS, non-expired disk data sets are ...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Is a defect

Provide sample JCLs of DSN1COPY and CHECK DATA for DB2 release migration step

Provide sample JCLs of DSN1COPY and CHECK DATA in SDSNSAMP library for migration step 2: Verify the integrity of DB2 table spaces, of the DB2 11 Installation and Migration Guide. I opened a PMR 93407,122,000 for this problem. The number was flagge...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Enhance system profile table usage by allowing combination of filtering categories

Using system profile tables to control remote connections/threads is a very useful feature and hence it is more and more used.During our tests, we found out that we have the need to combine DSN_PROFILE_TABLE filtering categories. Currently, for ex...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Apply security restriction in Db2 table only via database connector tools (but not from database objects)

There are few use cases where Db2 table access must be restricted only from DB connector tools(eg; SPUFI, QMF or DSE in IDz or any other DB visualizer) but not from the database object itself. To explain further, we do have home grown tools(x1) us...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Allow all access paths in a cursor with FOR UPDATE

Due to the haloween-problem, some access paths are blocked for cursors with the FOR UPDATE-clause. Also for multi-row-fetch and FOR UPDATE there are restrictions if there is a IN-subquery
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Delay the insert into PLAN_TABLE, if EXPLAIN MODE is YES

We want to use SET CURRENT EXPLAIN MODE = YES in long running jobs like DSNTIAUL or DSNTEP2 to get more information, what was going on. If these jobs only ran select-statements a long running UOR is generated, because the insert of the access path...
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Get More Control over Implicitly Created Tables

MR0125102748 GGDB209017Enhance the CREATE DATABASE statement with ne option comparable the the Bufferpool-clauses
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Increase CPU-priority of Online Reorg-job

MR0123086823 GGDB208006 Give us new options on REORG SHRLEVEL CHANGE with which we can decide to a) setup an increase of the CPU-priority step by step with every LOGAPPLY-cycle b) set the CPU-priority to a very high value (like priority of DBM1- o...
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration