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Db2 for z/OS

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DB2 "DISPLAY PROCEDURE" Command To Include Native Store Procs.

Change "DISPLAY PROCEDURE" Command To Include Native Store Procedures
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Revise DSNREXX to allocate specific DB2 load libaries

Allow DSNREXX to have an option that allows allocation of various DB2 load libraties from the init or add call
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Increased flexibility for Resource Limit Facility (RLF)

Currently RLF can govern threads based on the number of service units used. Could it be changed to also cancel thread that exceed either an elapsed time, a number of getpages, a number of sync reads, or a number of async reads. The following would...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Need Ability to REORG a Tablespace Specifying a Logical Partition Range

The customer is defining a partitioned DB2 table as CREATE TABLE TEST.PART_ROLLOVER ( COL_1 CHAR(1) NOT NULL , COL_2 DATE NOT NULL ,PRIMARY KEY (COL_1) ) WITH RESTRICT ON DROP IN TEST.ROLLOVER PARTITION BY ( COL_2 ) ( PARTITION 1 ENDING AT ( '2009...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Command confirmation in joblog of DB2MSTR.

DB2 has many commands which display or alter the status of something. There are a lot of distinct environments from which the commands can be executed (z/OS console, DSN session, TSO DSN command processor, IMS or CICS terminal, special STPs, IFI-i...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

RI – between XML-Object and DB2-Tables

RI – between XML-Object and DB2-Tables
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

For implictly defined XML object, explicitly define TS/IX names

For XML objects, if implicitly defined, provid a way to supply the TS name, IX name, STOGROUP, SEGSIZE, DSSIZE and BUFFERPOOL. The other parameters can be updated using the ALTER statement.
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Remove restriction that FRRECOV to PPRC Primary parameter must be set before BACKUP SYSTEM

Remove the restriction that the FRRECOV to PPRC Primary Volume parameter has to be set before running BACKUP SYSTEM if the ability to restore the DB2 backup to pprc primary volumes using flashcopy might ever be desired.
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

-DIS DB(*) SP(*) ADV(AREST) or -DIS DB(*) SP(*) RESTRICT(AREST)

Also se PMR 75265.010.678 i would like to have a command that specific display the AREST restricted state for pagesets DSNI023I -DEP6 DSNIERST PAGESET WP41001D.SCHEDTS 710 PART (n/a) IS AREST ON BEHALF OF UR A773F44FF5E6. BACKOUT TO LRSN CA1F7C7BF...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Changing partitioning key columns

Most of our tables that are created before DB2 V8 (and even some created later than that) uses the primary key as the partitioning key. The resulting partitioning key therefore consists of many columns, but the significant columns for partitioning...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration