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Informix Query Engine generates bad query/explain plan

There are situations where two or more columns from the same table are related to each other. For example, product_type and product_code from the products table are related, since only certain product_code values can be associated with a given pro...
about 10 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Not under consideration

Compatibility mode / new function mode

Enable compatibility mode and new function mode like DB2 z/OS. The compatibility mode will allow to use the binaries of a new db2 version without using the new features. The new function mode will allow to use the binaries of a new db2 version and...
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Intermediate commit in singleton delete / insert / update

Add a new WITH clause to store the commit interval which will triggers intermediate commits in the mass delete / insert / update.
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

db2move copy option for partitioned tablespaces

Please implement tablespace map for db2move copy option for partitioned tables, the above pmr has more details on the issue. db2move accepts a tablespace map, but if the souce database has a partitioned table it just fails with a syntax error when...
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Automatic propagation of a significant application name

When a java program connects to the database, the application name is usually db2jcc_application. This behavior can be overridden by setting the appropriate properties in the DB2 driver. Unfortunately, it is rarely done (from my experience). It co...
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration

Restore only data

It should be allowed to restore only the data of a table if the data and indexes of a table are stored in different tablespaces.
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Install - Use an alternative method to get the glibc version

profile.platform core dumped when calling /lib64/libc.so.6 after updating bash. Subsequently, Red Hat patch addressed the bash problem (see https://access.redhat.com/articles/1200223). Request is to use another method to get the glibc version with...
about 10 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 6.1.1 2 Not under consideration

Enhancements of the package cache monitoring

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about 10 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

[Cluster Management] EGO - Harvesting - Configure VSH CPU and memory thresholds at per ESXi host level

Our environments has huge amount of VMware vClusters. Each vCluster contains dozens ESXi hosts. We plan to create 2 to 4 VMs on each ESXi hosts under VSH control. If the VSH threshold configuration only can be changed cross all hosts in a vCluster...
about 10 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Product functionality 3 Not under consideration

WLM monitor and control total private sortheap usage

Concurrent private sortheap heavy queries run out of system memory and cause systems reboot. ISAS 7700 environment with DB2 v10.1 FP4 on AIX. There are 16 physical nodes running 122 database partitions. The catalog node and coordinator are on one ...
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Workload Management 0 Not under consideration