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A identity in the DSN_STATEMENT_CHACHE_TABLE that uniquely identifies a SQL statement

The hash columns, STMT_HASHID2 and QUERY_HASH, in DSN_STATEMENT_CHACHE_TABLE the STMT include prepare attributes, bind parms, package and so on, with the actual SQL statement. We would like to have a identity that is only based on the actual SQL s...
6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Performance optimization for COUNT(*) via physical leaf page scanning

When performing index-only COUNT(*) operations, accessing pages in the B+ tree's logical order can lead to excessive random I/O if the index is fragmented. We request an option to utilize sequential prefetch based on the physical layout of leaf pa...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Display DSNT741I message to MSTR address space regardless of source.

Currently, after the start profile command is successful, the system will generate DSNT741I message. This is relayed back to wherever the command was issued. I'd suggest also displaying the command in the master regardless of the source.
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

APPLCOMPAT use reporting to build a upgrade plan

APPLCOMPAT for packages can be queried from the catalog, but this doesn't mean that the thread runs at that level. Since the introduction of APPLCOMPAT, no old values have been deprecated or removed. However, it seems normal that this will happen ...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Allow standard CSV file as input to zload

zload is a fantastic use case and can be used by many who are currently sending data to z/OS and then using a scheduler to load into Db2. The current version of zload requires input files to be in blocked format. This is unnecessarily restrictive ...
9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

DSN-Command -STA PROFILE GROUP

DSN-Profiles are managed using catalog tables DSN_PROFILE_TABLE and DSN_PROFILE_ATTRIBUTES, but are not automatically activated upon insert / update. Instead a DSN-command -STA PROFILE must be executed. In a Db2 datasharing system, I can only have...
10 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

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about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Functionality already exists

Enable customers running 24/7 to create unique indexes

Our Internet and Mobile applications are used 24/7 and we do not have any batch windows nor any maintenance windows. When creating new indexes on existing tables the a CREATE INDEX operation generates an unwanted outage when created with DEFER NO....
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Future consideration

Utility History support to expand to record Utility Phase Level execution details

Utility History and the related object level history is a very welcome new addition. What will also be really useful will be the utility object level phase execution details e.g. CPU and Elapsed at every phase in the utility execution. This will p...
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Supporting clang++ 16.0.6 & up in spectrum symphony 7.3.2

A lot of applications are using clang++ at Morgan Stanley, we'd like to have spectrum symphony officially supporting clang++ 16.0.6 & up. clang++-16.0.6 clang++-18.1.3 clang++-20.1.5
about 2 months ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted