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Db2 for z/OS

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INTERPRET Function for Packed-decimal Data

We have some old tables with a CHAR column where we store a record formatted by a Cobol Program. It contains a mix of display data and packed-decimal data. To use that data we have to read it in a Cobol program and interpret it using a Cobol copyb...
7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

FL LEVEL support

In Db2 12 the Functional Level is currently *not* externalized in various places where it most definitely should be. Notably the PLAN_TABLE, IFCID 316 and IFCID 401. If you are attempting tuning you *must* know under which FL level the SQL in ques...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Support more granular system parameter settings

Support the ability to set system parameters at the application level.For example, allow parameters to be specified based on specific:- plan- package (specify collection, package)- authid or role- client info properties DB2 should have the ability...
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Introduce or Change Reorg for managing commits when generating Identity column values during the Reorg

When an identity column is added to an already existing and populated table, the table is put into a Reorg Pending status and thus unavailable to the applications. When the Reorg is run to resolve the status it generates the identity column values...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Future consideration

Db2 To Provide A Way To Override Certain Implicit Table Space Parameters Default Values

TSYS has QMF applications running in 6 UAT and Production Db2 environments. There are approximately 2,600+ client users running QMF queries and procs for their applications in those Db2 environments. Many of the users are creating temporary tables...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Support DB2 LUW Specific Functions that are Missing in DB2 z/OS

State of California Office of Systems Integration (OSI) uses Db2 LUW in AIX environment, to support Child Welfare Reporting Caseworkers. We are working on a proof of concept to demonstrate transitioning of reporting workloads from Db2 LUW to IDAA ...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Full Column Match and I1 Access on SQL with Correlated Sub-Queries Containing Column Expressions and Supporting IoE

Some queries with column expressions - DATE(A1.EFCTV_TS) <= DATE('04/05/2020') for example, and an Index on Expression to support the expression are achieving I1 access while others are not. It appears this is because of how the query is curren...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DISPLAY TERMINATED DUE TO INSUFFICIENT MESSAGE SPACE

Applications moving to the cloud have significantly increased the number of locations accessing Db2. Current limits within the -DISPLAY LOCATION command prevents the command from displaying all possible locations. This idea is to remove this limit...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Drop partition in UTS PBR RPN tablespaces

Dropping partitions in a tablespaces can only be done by dropping and re-creating the entire tablespace In earlier versions of DB2 for z/OS you could not add partition to an existing tablespace. Consequently we created about 60 tablespaces with 25...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Planned for future release

Modify the DSNJU003 utility to allow it to define anything stored in the Db2 BSDS

When creating and new Db2 member, we must bring it all the way up before we can create the bufferpools, size them, and set the thresholds. We would like the ability to defined them prior to starting the Db2 member/subsystem. When creating an alias...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration