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Add columns to the RTS tables

The two real-time Statistics tables in the DB2 catalogue have lots of useful data. But they would much more useful if they had some additional columns: SYSIBM.SYSTABLESPACESTATS#1 #Times row was updated since defined.#2 #Times row was updated sinc...
over 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

The rewrite from non-correlated sub-select to a correlated sub-select should happen in additional cases

This was submitted initially as a case with ID TS002883559. The following query is not rewritten by Db2 (from non-correlated to correlated): SELECT *FROMPDBR111.VLCR004_NODELS TLCRTABLE0X0_ LEFT OUTER JOIN(SELECT * FROM PDBR111.TLCR002 A WHERE A...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

IFCID support for DISPLAY GROUP command

IFCID support for DISPLAY GROUP command
almost 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Securing Table Data from DBA Access

We have an application table that stores a quarterly key to encrypt/decrypt data in other tables, and need to protect these keys from DBA access (roque DBA potential). Using PERMISSION and TRUSTED CONTEXT helps some, but data can still be exposed ...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

accept new CASE format insted of PMR or ETR on Capture Query Environment panel when executing ADMIN_INFO_SQL from within Data Studio

accept new CASE format instead of PMR or ETR on Capture Query Environment panel when executing ADMIN_INFO_SQL from within Data Studio
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Allow Db2 SysAdmins to specify explicit numbers of DIR or DATA entries, as an alternative to RATIO

The Challenge The current mechanism for specifying the number of Directory Entries and/or Data Pages in a Group Bufferpool is the RATIO parameter. This worked well enough when memory sizes were small. With Db2 for z/OS bufferpools in the 10s ...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Spark Log Permission Settings 774 Instead of 770

This is a simple one. The izoda spark history server UI does not have authority to read spark log entries because they are created as 770 instead of 774. When a user runs a spark application, they cannot see the entry in the spark history UI. Inst...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Modify DSNTIJRT/DSNTRIN to make use of new DESCSTAT package bind option

On DB2 ZOS, the JAVA DatabaseMetaData methods are implemented through the use of a set of IBM provided stored procedures. The stored procedures related DB2 packages are bound to DB2 through job DSNTIJRT, program DSNTRIN. The installation procedure...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

For implictly defined XML object, explicitly define TS/IX names

For XML objects, if implicitly defined, provid a way to supply the TS name, IX name, STOGROUP, SEGSIZE, DSSIZE and BUFFERPOOL. The other parameters can be updated using the ALTER statement.
about 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

search with Arabic substring in DB2 on z/OS

The client is connecting from Windows environment on DB2 on z/os. There is a need for the where like '%' predicate operator for most of the applications. The client then needs to search with substring but it is not supported in DB2 on z/Os. which ...
about 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration