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Db2

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Simplify shadow tables replication

Integrate the CDC engine in the DB2 engine and allow to configure the replication with SQL commands.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

List node & db directory using SQL

Create two new functions to list the content of the database and node directory.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Restore with a new table name

Add a new feature to allow to restore tablespaces with new names of tablespaces and tables
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

create new TS type called staging or workarea

Create a new Tablespace type called staging. Any objects in this TS will not be backed up or logged.
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

allow "COMMENT ON" statement to add comments longer than 254-char to 2000

254-char long field too small to store comments attached to added objects (views, nicknames, columns, indices) when apps migrated from ORACLE to DB2
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Future consideration

Server Tracking Tool

Mirat | Suits Your IT Asset Discovery Needs Overview For the last several years, companies are moving towards IT diversified environment which includes cloud, virtual, and mobile devices. The companies decided to make a common place for connecting...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / BigSQL 0 Future consideration

Revoke on function blocked by depended objects.

The revoke on a function is being blocked due to dependent on the target object. revoke EXECUTE ON FUNCTION "xyz"."aaaaaa"(DATE) from PUBLIC SQL0478N The statement failed because one or more dependencies exist on the target object. Target object t...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Future consideration

an equivalent of admin_move_table using sql replication

An implementation of admin_move_table using sql replication to allow migration of tables using RI.
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Replication 0 Future consideration

Start Commandline-Script in Stored Procedure

It will be nice to start a Commandline-Script like test.sh from attachement in DB2-Stored Procedures. In db2 commandline call it allready works: db2 " select * from (VALUES '`sh /tmp/test.sh`') AS TEMP(Testoutput) " Commandline Result: TESTOUTPUT ...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Future consideration

In IDA, provide "Space Evenly" buttons along with the "Align" buttons

When creating a diagram, it is common to have groups of symbols that need to be arranged evenly, so that the spacing is consistent between the symbols. Currently there is no way to do that automatically, requiring the user to attempt to do that by...
over 3 years ago in Db2 0 Future consideration