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Db2 for z/OS

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Alias for REST Services

Db2 REST services, with versioning enabled, sets the first service created via the BIND SERVICE command to be the default service. at this stage the URL and the REST service are in sync and the URL need not reference the version as DB2 will invoke...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Delivered

Enabling DAE to supress flood of duplicate Db2 dumps in all situations

Reoccuring Db2 dumps should be supressed by DAE. In certain situations DAE is not able to supress dumps, which are part of a flood of Db2 dumps. This was observed in the second level of recovery from a Db2 abend. In our case the Db2 recovery routi...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Choose statement concentration in JDBC on a per-statement level

Statement concentration is a good thing if you have software that is not well written and uses literals where it should use parameter markers. However, there are cases where using a literal helps the optimizer make a better decision. Statement con...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Allow application to decide whether lock escalation should occur

Db2 for LUW has an instance-wide configuration parameter DB2_AVOID_LOCK_ESCALATION that controls whether lock escalations occur or applications receive an SQL error. It would be good to have a similar feature in Db2 for z/OS -- of course, not sub...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Caching of plan authorization

When using Db2 external security using SAF (RACF), Db2 does not cache authorization information for plans. This is a different behaviour than for packages and routines, that have their authorization information cached. 
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Make parent business temporal table updatable

Business temporal tables that are parent table in referential integrity relationship cannot be updated in a way that reflects the time dimension of the data. As described in the attached document there is no way to change any column value from a s...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Capture Connection Security Type in SMF accounting data

This would allow to determine the security type (i.g., Kerberos or not) and track Kerberos adoption based on individual transactions. Unfortunately, the IFCID 319 data cannot be correlated with the specific transactions.
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Remove 32768 limit to DSMAX

DSMAX field (DSMAX subsystem parameter) The DSMAX subsystem parameter specifies the maximum number data sets that can be open at one time. How DB2 enforces the limit depends on the DSMAX value: • If the value is 32,768 or greater, new OPEN state...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

basic IVP tests delivered with Db2 code to do performance tests/compares adjusted to code changes

Hi, due to the performance problems we faced in migrating to Db2 V12, we have an urgent need for IVP performance tests. Of course, we do have a development and acceptance environment, but we can't simulate the same workload as in our production en...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

DB2 MQ Listener - Reconnect and resume processing after DB2/WLM outage

System: DB2 MQ ListenerActor: Business User needing new feature DB2 MQ Listener is used for integration of consumer/investment banking product offerings, improving customer experience. Description: We encounter service interruptions with the Liste...
about 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered