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Db2 for z/OS

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REOPT(ALWAYS) on statement level additional to package level

MR0123086821 GGDB208004 Make it possible to state REOPT(ALWAYS) additionally to the bind option as a clause at the statement level.
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

FORMAT INTERNAL with REORG DISCARD

REORG with DISCARD does not support FORMAT INTERNAL like UNLOAD and LOAD. REORG with DISCARD is used in many use cases for Archiving OLD data. Having FORMAT INTERNAL in REORG with DISCARD would be good if DISCARD dataset is in INTERNAL format for ...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

z/OS sever does not return Arabic data if substr is used for LIKE predicate. String transformation is needed as part of proce

z/OS sever does not return Arabic data if substr is used for LIKE predicate. String transformation is needed as part of processing. Host: z10 – z/OS V1R11DB2 for z/OS version 8.xx (PUT level is current as site is in the process of migrating to D...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

PIVOT/UNPIVOT functions in DB2 for z/OS

Currently, the DB2 for z/OS SQL does not support any functions for PIVOTING / UNPIVOTING data. This results in extremely complex SQL whenever a matrxi/cross tab report is required. Such reports are very common in open systems databases.
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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