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Db2 for z/OS

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Alter (global) VARIABLE command

It is not possible to ALTER a global variable, it is necessary to do DROP + re-CREATE it. And previously we must DROP all the objects that depends on it: PROCEDURE, FUNCTION, TRIGGER, VIEWS ..., and the packages are marked as invalid. After havin...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Simple and fast recovery of DB2 CF structures.

Currently there is a list of steps on what to do in case of failures in DB2 CF structures.These structures are vitally important for DB2 Data Sharing. I suggest having a single command that allows quick and easy error recovery for these DB2 struct...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Enhance DSNTXAZP

DB2 provides a tool called DSNTXAZP to create a CLIST input member. It reads the default input member AND connects to a DB2 subsystem to read current installation parameters. Currently the tool is not able to discover important prameters like BSDS...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Allow non-intrusive RENAME of Constraint Names

Allow for a non-intrusive RENAME of any type of CONSTRAINT name. Primary Key, Foreign Key, CHECK and UNIQUE Constraint names should be available for RENAME. Currently, changing Constraint names requires the Constraint to be dropped and re-created ...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Explain STMTCACHE By DSG instead of 1 member

EXPLAIN STMTCACHE ALL will only enter data into the DSN_STATEMENT_CACHE table for the member of the datasharing group on the LPAR which it's running. To get all of the dynamic SQL stats, the EXPLAIN has to run multiple times. Have the ability to e...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DIS LOCATION - Show entries for multiple drivers versions from a single server

DIS LOCATION caches the PRDID for the first connection from a remote server. Additional traffic from the same server using different drivers is not dynamically displayed. For example if a test connect uses the JCC driver and all additional traffic...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Add the column name to sqlcode -407

When there are many columns in the sql and there are many rows that affected by the sql, it is very difficult to found the problematic column.For example, if it is an INSERT statement with fullselect, or UPDATE statement that update many rows with...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Allow for LISTDEF Processing and Template when specifying FROMCOPYDDN on an UNLOAD

Details: 1) Site has multiple tablespaces that use a consistent naming scheme for image copies.2) Manual does not mention use of "template-name" in the FROMCOPYDDN line of the "source-spec" section of the "UNLOAD" page.3) Receive following error w...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Copytocopy utility runs in parallel

BdB does a flashcopy from one tablespace (one copy for each partition), and they need to do a COPYTOCOPY. Today we use another DB2 utility vendor and it has an option to do parallel copies.We tried to run IBM DB2 Utility, but we didn't find an par...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Expanding Messages DSNB355I and DSNB356I

MSG DSNB355I / DSNB356I did not give information for the affected object and page. So any reaction and reason search on these Messages is not possible. Please expand the message information for the object information with DBID.PSID.#partno.#pageno.
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration