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DB2 - exhaustive space search issue when APPEND option hits

System : DB2 V9 for z/OS with 2-way data sharing environment The Customer is using DB2 V9 and when they change the table as APPEND YES, In the case the APPEND option hits the end and no extend can be taken, it will also use exhaustive space search...
almost 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Unexpected data truncation occurs in external JAVA stored procedures using VARCHAR type parameters

Unexpected data truncation occurs in external JAVA stored procedures using VARCHAR type parameters; whenever they contain any hex '00' character somewhere in the string data. If a JAVA stored procedure updates a variable such as x'C100C2', the pro...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Do not reset the STATSLASTTIME column of RTS after a RECOVER

is it possible to not reset the STATSLASTTIME column of RTS after a RECOVER ?
almost 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Db2 member must stay up during SCA rebuild failure, for reliability

see issue TS002525622: Db2 DS member down during rebuild SCA ABEND=S04F During rolling disaster tests, we noticed that during a SCA rebuild structure failure, the db2 who owns the rebuild also went down. This behaviour seems to contradict with...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Use of identify for database connections

When connecting to multiples databases with the "same" user, it is necessary to define the same user for each connection. But, when the password is changed for the user, then it is necessary to change the password for each connection. This could b...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Create zparm item to change locksize default for implicit create table

Ibm, Due to our huge DW/Analytics environment in DB2 z we have a lot of tables created by users without details about tablespace and database, so these tables are created with default values of DB2. However, the locksize default is "ROW" and can n...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Setting REORG_LR_TS in SY...

REORG_LR_TS in SYSIBM.SYSTABLEPART is set for all tablespaces except for the directory objects
about 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

force a timeout of threads that are holding latches for a specified period of time

Due to HW failure a thread was 'hanging' in db2 system holding a latch. Db2 system will remain in that status for ever. We were not able to identify the thread, and it was not possible to cancel the thread externally. Are looking for Db2 to 'timeo...
about 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Update Line Items in Resource Plan via CLI/API

I am requesting the capability to update line items in a traditional resource plan via CLI/API. This would include updating the owned slots, share ratio, slot maximum for a specific consumer path and specific time period in the resource plan. The ...
over 6 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3 0 Planned for future release

DB2 accounting information

We are using the DB2 accounting information as a source for resource usage counts. We use for this purpose the accounting fields described in DSECT DSNDQXST (generated with the macro DSNDQXST). We find counts for the SQL statements SELECT, INSERT,...
over 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration