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My votes: Db2

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Support JSON data over RESTful services

Support JSON data over RESTful services
over 7 years ago in Db2 / NoSQL 0 Not under consideration

DB2LOOK schema flag adjustment

There are two useful DB2LOOK flags that are often used: "-z" for specific schemas and "-t" for specific tables. I can give a list of tables, but a SINGLE schema. There are use cases where I want to capture DDL for more than one schema (which break...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS) should be able to use a DB2 file as input from iseries

Very often a user gets a list of (hundreds or even thousands) similar changes to make. He gets the list of course in excel or text file and needs to type these in a green screen (5250 emulation). In Client acces there was a neat solution for this:...
about 2 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Future consideration

DISPLAY UTILITY Enhancement

Add more granularity to the DISPLAY UTILITY command by added a STATUS filter. We may have a hundred utilities running at once, I would like to be able to pull up just the STOPPED ones.
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 1 Not under consideration

Allow DB2 to export data from a base table in normal state even if index tablespace is in Rollforward pending state

DB2 should allow exporting data from a base table (tablespace) in normal state even if the index tablespace is in Rollforward pending state (or other abnormal state). This would allow us to rebuilt the table without losing data.DB2 should also alt...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

API(or Utility) to display to native DLL and jdbc driver version of DB2 z/OS

Hi IBM,Can IBM provide Utility or API to determine the native DLL and jdbc version of JDBC drivers? websphere application server z/OS is able to throw error in case of any mismatch between native DLL and jdbc driver versions?. why can't this can b...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Not under consideration

DB2 instance to be greater than 8 characters

No description provided
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Parallel Runstats collection on a partitioned-table(RIMS)

[JPMC EDW] Currently, when a Runstats is performed on a partitioned-table, each partition is processed sequentially. This can prolong the duration of Runstats operation, especially for very large tables where Runstats duration is concerning. Ideal...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

The option ordinality is used in XML queries but the overall performance is very slow

We use the for ordinality option in our queries but the over all performance is very poor.There is a specific XSCAN needed when ordinality is specified which takes a long time. this XSCAN produces a sequence of XML ELEMENTS. This sequence is then ...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Invalid maximum timestamp value availble in DB2

In reference to this Db2 for z/OS idea (link), we need the same functionality for all platforms including Db2 for LUW. I quote the text from the other RFE: Currently there is documented maximum timestamp value available in DB2 as '9999-12-31-24.0...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Data Types 0 Not under consideration