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Db2

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DBM parameter just for DB2diag file

Currently we have db2diag files as part of dbm parameter (DIAGPATH) and all the files (db2diag.log, events,nfy,bin,stack,stmm,dump) going into the same directory. The challenge is in case of issues, we see huge dump files produced (sometimes 40gb ...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

Hybrid blu column / row tables

Create a new table type wich allow to mix row / column organized table.
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Enable "Handle Numeric Data Errors" for DRDA servers

On the iseries/AS400 it's possible that a table contains non numeric data in a numeric column.In order to allow access to such tables, without getting an exception, there is a "Handle Numeric Data Errors" for OleDB connections:http://www-01.ibm.co...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Federation 1 Not under consideration

Build spatial functions for Banco do Brasil

Banco do Brasil needs the following functions on DB2: Compound Line String and Oriented Point, functions that are part of the ISO 13249 They sent us the link to compare the functionality against Oracle: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/appdev.1...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Spatial 0 Not under consideration

New admin view to retrieve the object characteristics

Add a new admin view ADMIN_ALL_OBJECTS to retrieve the object type and characteristics from any objects
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Codepage SERVER option for DRDA Wrapper and IBM DB2 data sources of Federation Server

When the code point size differs between the federated database and the remote data source, you can get truncated data returned or insertion or update failures. For DB2 datasources (DRDA Wrapper) we need to manually adjust nickname column size or ...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Not under consideration

Online remove member

Request to support online member removal from pureScale
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration

Add a new security role to read the logs

Add a new security privileges to allow and restrict the log reads and history file.
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Future consideration

Bufferpool Purge without database deactivation

Ability to purge the bufferpools (perhaps specified by bufferpool name) without deactivating the entire database. While dirty pages can be flushed from bufferpools with the flush bufferpools command, the bufferpools cannot be entirely purged witho...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Document the client_prdid for each Fix Pack release of db2jcc.jar and db2jcc4.jar drivers

When Java applications connect to DB2 via the JDBC Type 4 JCC driver, the only version-specific identifier visible from the DB2 server (via an application snapshot) is the client product ID of the driver, such as JCC03000. This value is currently ...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 2 Not under consideration