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Db2 for z/OS

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optimiser to consider workfile size to determine to use a sort operation

Hi, were coping with a -904 00C90084 or 00C90085 DSNDB07 during a simple left outer join. Apparently the optimiser is not smart enough to determine wether or not to use a sort operation because his lack of knowledge about the sort work file alloca...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

New Db2 REST Service Discovery Authority

Since a security loophole was closed it is now only possible to discover REST services via the Db2 supplied Db2ServiceManager API that the user has authority to execute. We feel this goes against the open API economy that we are currently in, wher...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

New ZPARM for SYSTIMESENSITIVE Bind Option

Please reference CASE TS005056787 ( Temporal Table access path in Plan_Table does not match dynamic explain). This bind option which is set for using a Temporal Timestamp Register was set with a DEFAULT to YES by IBM for all binds that exclude thi...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Set object status to prohibit data access

Before we drop a Db2 table we need to make sure that noone use the object in any way. We solve this now by stopping the tablespace and keeping it stopped for about six months. This means that noone can access the data and noone can run a utility a...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Have new authority for REFRESH of MQT that does not require high privilege levels

We historically have an application batch userid that has DBADM authority. We are limiting all access to this ID to the minimally required authority it requires such as load, imagecopy and runstats at the DB level. When we started converting our t...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

REORG TABLESPACE WHERE LIMITKEY BETWEEN X and Y

With the ADD PART and ROTATE, the logical and physical partitions on a tablespace can be out of ORDER. Current REORG at PART Level is for physical partitions, and requires DBA to search catalog to find all required PARTS.
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Sending a reply from MQ-Listener even when the MSGTYPE is not REQUEST

Currently it is possible to change the REPLY-Queue and REPLY-QueueManager via StoredProcedures which are started by the MQ-Listener if the Message was sended with MessageType = REQUEST. But it is not possible to send a REPLY if the MessageType is ...
9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Externalize DDF Alias level statistics into SMF

Currently we do have SMF data for DB2 system level distributed workload but do not have DDF Alias level statistics with in SMF, only available adhoc option is to issue DIS DDF <alias> DETAIL to look at DDF alias level active dbats and connec...
9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

SQLJ Add support for use of Java Array in IN predicate

We would like to see support of Java type ARRAY for IN-LISTs. The use case would look like: SqljCtx sqljCtx = getSqljCtx(); Array fkpzOfflKtoIdsArray = sqljCtx.getConnection().createArrayOf("TIMESTAMP", fkpzOfflKtoIds); FremdkontoOfflineIterator i...
9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Online Constraint name renaming capability

MR0803067232 DBDB2D/S05008 Expand the ALTER-TABLE–Statement with an RENAME-Clause or add a RENAME-CONSTRAINT-Statement which renames the constraint name online.
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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