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Db2 for z/OS

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RI support for tables with mixed encoding schemes

MR012908405 GGDB208012 GGDB207014
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

IFCID amendment to include SQL Text

Currently the ifcid 366 and 376 do not always supply the SQL text, but rely on the explain statement cache to supply it. This means SMF extracts rarely supply the SQL text required for these records.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DSNTIAUL should support input LRECL size of > 80 bytes and not ignore input beyond the first 72 bytes

It is sometimes easy to put SQL all on one record as long as the LRECL of that record is very large. It becomes difficult to parse that SQL so it is divided into 72 byte records. Currently, the IBM utilities have input files that can have a LRECL ...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement ALTER of STOGROUP to be NO-DISRUPTIVE change.

As we all know to perform an ALTER DB.TS/IX USING STOGROUP XXXXX a STOP/ALTER/START process is required which is a DISRUPTIVE change. So, looking for an enhancement on that ALTER process maybe it could be "improved" by putting the involved Db2 obj...
12 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Invalid maximum timestamp value availble in DB2

Currently there is documented maximum timestamp value available in DB2 as '9999-12-31-24.00.00.000000'. However, using this value can lead to various problems which are recognized by DB2 development already as during introduction of temporal table...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Message DSNX241I will not appear after -SET SYSPARM if ENCRYPTION_KEYLABEL did not change

We are running DB2 12 FL 509 and zparm parameter ENCRYPTION_KEYLABEL does not have a value (is null or blank). Even having ENCRYPTION_KEYLABEL set to null, every time I issue a -SET SYSPARM command to reload the same zparm module (after altering o...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

RENAME function for tablespaces

the availability of the conversion of multi-table-tablespaces to UTS-PBG tablespaces is restricted to non-UTS tablespaces (source object). I would like to use this functionality to RENAME a tablespace (when the source is already a UTS-PBG TS) - bu...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

DSM Explain profile

Hello, Our idea is to use DSM so that users, authenticated in DSM with administrator profile, can do EXPLAIN without the need to have DB2 z/OS operation user credentials, as in the case of Data Collection Credentials. We have a generic user create...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Pseudo IFCID 316

When using REOPT(ALWAYS) on a batch package to deliberately avoid filling the Dynamic Statement Cache (DSC) the SQL is, correctly, not inserted into the DSC and is not exrternalized by an IFCID 316. However this then "hides" the workload from moni...
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable UUID as a column type, and generation of UUIDs

As we are moving towards more microservices on Z, and more interaction with cloud services, where UUIDs are much more used, we see a growing need for saving and generating UUIDs on Z. We therefore propose that UUID be made a column type in DB2. Th...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration