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    Add time option for expensive trace

    I am hearing customers are having issues or aren't wanting to execute expensive traces due to risk. How about adding a timer option to these types of traces so they will run and then automatically turn off to prevent issues and help adoption/confi...
    12 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    DB2 Plan invalidation

    As of V13, a DB2 Plan packlist can point to specific packages. If all versions of the package are freed the Plan is invalidated. We've had a number of instances where programmers have removed programs no longer in use and invalidated active plans....
    7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Syntax-Verification of DSN_PROFILE_TABLE and DSN_PROFILE_ATTRIBUTES entries upon insert / update

    Db2 Systemprofiles are configured via the two tables DSN_PROFILE_TABLE and DSN_PROFILE_ATTRIBUTES and are filled by the customer. Some fields are restricted to specific values for proper function. However, there is no errorhandling, in case of inv...
    10 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    We would like to have global variable to specify work directory in shared location separate from Config directory

    Shared directory for high availability in spectrum symphony cluster usually reside on NAS shares. Since work dir is part of shared directory folders, when NAS shares are backed up using snapshot, work folder with history/paging creates large size ...
    about 2 months ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

    64-bit db2 COBOL pgms full support

    Make COBOL DB2 programs (programs SQL) fully 64-bit compatible (right now, a 64-bit COBOL pgm would have to call a 31-bit subroutine that does the DB2 stuff; the main pgm cannot do that)
    7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Enhanced Instrumentation for workfiles

    A possibility through IFI and/or a new command -DIS WORKFILES to get an “asis” use list of all work pools (Sort , DGTT, Work etc.) This data is crucial for tuning the number, size and type of the work spaces that we all have. The output should be ...
    almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

    IFC processing - Avoid writing a LOGREC for an expected 0C4 abend.

    Reduce number of entries for 0C4 abends in LOGREC. For instance 0C4-38 abends at Csect DSNWAACT Offset X'1118' is an expected abend and thus it shouldn't be written in a logrec. This abend0C4 is expected and DB2 FRR recovery routine retry the move...
    7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Improve visibility of choosen access path after rebind

    We are using Db2 AI for z/OS with and without validation of the provided optimizations in SQL Optimization.For the option "with validation" you can see in the details table from the improvement which access path would be choosen after the rebind.I...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 AI for z/OS 0 Submitted

    Allow CTEs in EXPLAIN FOR

    Currently explain-statements with common table expressions likeEXPLAIN PLAN FOR ( WITH ONE AS (SELECT IBMREQD FROM SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1) SELECT * FROM ONE);fail with message SQL0199N because the WITH is not supported.So EXPLAINing statements with CTEs...
    5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review

    Suppress RACF violations normally written to DB2 DIST JES message log.

    Lately we had a technical user issuing the same SQL statement over and over again without having the proper access to a table referenced in the SQL statement. The DB2 subsystem is under RACF security control, so an access violation generates a RAC...
    6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

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