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Db2 for z/OS

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Allow use of Wildcards in RLF (Governor)

Hallo, we are using reactive governing. The SQL statements are restricted overtechnical userids or over collectionsWe woulld like to be able to use Wildcards in the selection of the criteria,
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Return SQL error when DBA attempts ALTER DDL with both pending and immediate changes, instead of returning "0" and "losing" a change.

We recently opened an SR TS005591497 with support when we found that an ALTER to a LOB tablespace specifying both PRIQTY and COMPRESS returned SQLCODE 0, but the PRIQTY was "lost". IBM support pointed out the following: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Is a defect

remove STOP DATABASE SPACENAM for ALTER TABLESPACE USING STOGROUP

Currently STOP DATABASE SPACENAM is a prerequisite of ALTER TABLESPACE USING STOGROUP We wish DB2 can remove this restriction.
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

The sample programs should support the DECFLOAT data type.

I am trying to use DSNTIAUL to unload a table with a DECFLOAT data type. I am encountering a failure. I would really like for the sample programs to support the DECFLOAT data type.
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow a Db2 z/OS Server to request clients set other JDBC Data Server Driver parameters, such as minTransportObjects or maxTransportObjects

In FL502 of Db2 13, IBM offers MODIFY DDF with the "RQSTWLB" option which allows the Db2 server to tell clients to enable Sysplex Workload Balancing (enableSysplexWLB=true) as long as the client doesn't explicitly set WLB to "false". It would be b...
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Db2: Recovery of Mainframe Db2 databases without applying changes.

When the DB2 is performing a recover it uses log and copy files, it may be some sitations where the log contains changes that we dont want to restore. For exemple we may have inserts made by an authorized program and also updates performed by an u...
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable temporal history to catalog to query DDL at points in time.

Having the ability to enabling system temporal history for catalog objects that contain schema information would allow the ability to rapidly restore a table to a prior point in time that has had a schema change.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Support JSON index on array in DB2 Z/OS as it is in DB2 LUW

support json index on array in db2 for z/os in order to have adequate performance in the ultimate database for mobile,as it already is in databases not so ultimate
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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...
almost 2 years 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...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

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