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DB2 SQL run in eclipse are limited to eclipse buffers, add option to send output to file outside of eclipse.

When running a DB2 Script, there is a limit for output records. If the number is to high we get a warning. give us the ability, instead of a number of records limit allow us to give a file name out on our drive where the file will be written direc...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

IFCID 62 gives DDL notification on all executions, even ones that fail

The event notification occurs even if the DDL fails. A return code and reason code field would be a good addition to the API
about 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

MR0427112852: QueryTimeout property cannot terminate a stored proedure on z/os platform

QueryTimeout property in JDBC Type 4 driver doesn't work for DB2 forZ/OS, when a stored procedure active for the thread.blockingReadConnectionTimeout is able to stop the stored procedure on db2for z/os, when timeout is reached. Unfortunately this ...
over 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 should be enhanced in order to use a parmlib dataset to contain initialization parameters (ZPARMS), rather than requiring

DB2 should be enhanced in order to use a parmlib dataset to contain initialization parameters (ZPARMS), rather than requiring an assembly and link-edit of a load module to contain them.
over 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DB2 IFCID fields too small to accomodate data

As described in PMR 46301,820,820 the following fileds in DB2 needs to be changed to handle binary overflow which is common on customer installation:- Number of getpage requests. F QBACGET- The number of requests to lock a resource. F QTXALOCK - T...
over 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Alter IX / TS page size at individual partition level

For MSOR application: For very large TS / IX with thousands of partitions, deployed in a 24 x 7 environment, the restriction of having to alter page size at the TS / IX level rather than by individual partitions is unrealistic for customers. The c...
over 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Index-Only tables

request, xref MR1113081118 For a table where all columns are used in the primary index, allow only the index definition rather than having to define tablespace and indexspace, or have the table use an index access like process, rather than a table...
over 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 z/OS v10 - Change the ALTER native_SQL_proc REGENERATE statement to accept APRETAINDUP, APREUSE, and APCOMPARE options.

This change needs to be made so customers can REGENERATE NSPs in DB2 Version 10 for VSCR and potential CPU savings without changing access paths. Furthermore, the same reasons used to justify adding APRETAINDUP, APREUSE, and APCOMPARE options to t...
over 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DSNTIAUL sample code size limit

DSNTIAUL sample csect provided with DB/2 V12 has a size that span two 4K pages. To address these 8K it uses two base register, but in case we have to modify code to adapt it to our need the remaining space is too short so there is a need for a thi...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

A new system config report to report delta changes (for DB2 Z/OS)

We have walked through with Jason Sizto on this item. We are on DSM V 2.1.5.2 and it runs on Linux. Our DB2 runs on Z/OS. • Currently, comparison reports are generated weekly and result will show differences for every generation period.• For mos...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration