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Db2 for z/OS

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Db2 member must stay up during SCA rebuild failure, for reliability

see issue TS002525622: Db2 DS member down during rebuild SCA ABEND=S04F During rolling disaster tests, we noticed that during a SCA rebuild structure failure, the db2 who owns the rebuild also went down. This behaviour seems to contradict with...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Use of identify for database connections

When connecting to multiples databases with the "same" user, it is necessary to define the same user for each connection. But, when the password is changed for the user, then it is necessary to change the password for each connection. This could b...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Create zparm item to change locksize default for implicit create table

Ibm, Due to our huge DW/Analytics environment in DB2 z we have a lot of tables created by users without details about tablespace and database, so these tables are created with default values of DB2. However, the locksize default is "ROW" and can n...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Multiple terminators in a file

When writing SQL queries in DataStudio and using multiple and different terminators in a SQL, the IDE does not support it and shows an error.
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

EXPLAIN STMTCACHE CACHED_TS(timestamp-value)

Currently, an EXPLAIN STMTCACHE ALL is the option to externalize the (entire) content of the DSC (dynamic statement cache) into DSN_STATEMENT_CACHE_TABLE. For several reasons, we're using a DSC "history" table. Periodically, we extract the DSC, ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

The rewrite from non-correlated sub-select to a correlated sub-select should happen in additional cases

This was submitted initially as a case with ID TS002883559. The following query is not rewritten by Db2 (from non-correlated to correlated): SELECT *FROMPDBR111.VLCR004_NODELS TLCRTABLE0X0_ LEFT OUTER JOIN(SELECT * FROM PDBR111.TLCR002 A WHER...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Securing Table Data from DBA Access

We have an application table that stores a quarterly key to encrypt/decrypt data in other tables, and need to protect these keys from DBA access (roque DBA potential). Using PERMISSION and TRUSTED CONTEXT helps some, but data can still be exposed ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

accept new CASE format insted of PMR or ETR on Capture Query Environment panel when executing ADMIN_INFO_SQL from within Data Studio

accept new CASE format instead of PMR or ETR on Capture Query Environment panel when executing ADMIN_INFO_SQL from within Data Studio
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Allow Db2 SysAdmins to specify explicit numbers of DIR or DATA entries, as an alternative to RATIO

The Challenge The current mechanism for specifying the number of Directory Entries and/or Data Pages in a Group Bufferpool is the RATIO parameter. This worked well enough when memory sizes were small. With Db2 for z/OS bufferpools in the ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Spark Log Permission Settings 774 Instead of 770

This is a simple one. The izoda spark history server UI does not have authority to read spark log entries because they are created as 770 instead of 774. When a user runs a spark application, they cannot see the entry in the spark history UI. Inst...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration