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Db2 for z/OS

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A View with Select * should be regenertated without Drop/Create View

We have a lot of views defined with Select *. Since DB2 V8 we have the option to add columns to the base table, but the view does not include the new column, which is ok and accepted. But to get the new column we have to drop and recreate the View...
over 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Data Studio does not support IPV6 addressing

Currently Data Studio does not support IPV6 addressing. We are now running with IPV4 and that works fine but are now testing IPV6 for future use. Data Server Manager does work with IPV6 and Data Studio should as well. We tested with 6 part address...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Planned for future release

Update DB2 (DDF) to use a stronger Hash Algorithm in the DDF global authentication cache feature

Presently, DB2 DDF is using MD5 Hashing in the DDF global authentication cache feature. This hashing cipher is long considered weak and guidance is that it should no longer be used. We ask IBM to consider a change to DB2 to up level this feature t...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Provide capability to set DSSIZE for implicitly created LOB Auxiliary Tablespaces

Currently an implicitly created LOB Auxiliary TS DSSIZE is set to 4G and does not adhere to the zparm IMPDSSIZE or the base TS DSSIZE. We would like the capability to influence the default DSSIZE for LOBs.This would also make it consistent with th...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Issue command DISPLAY DB CLAIMERS on a LOAD SHRLEVEL NONE when DRAIN fails in UTILINIT phas

We faced situations in which LOAD SHRLEVEL NONE jobs abends with S04E and Reason Code 00C200EC during UTILINIT phase. When this abends occurs, LOAD was unable to DRAIN all the claimers, once it is SHRLEVEL NONE, before beggining LOAD data into tab...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow application to decide what to do when a timeout occurs (-911 vs. -913)

In time-critical processes, it can be important to be able to react to timeout conditions in Db2. In Db2 V13, there is new functionality that allows an application to override the default timeout setting (the CURRENT LOCK TIMEOUT special register)...
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Online change of indexes

We would like to be able to alter indexes as an online change, regardless of whether it is a duplicate index or a unique index (in the latter case it will often be the addition of include columns). We often have changes to indexes in connection wi...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Add schema to ifcid 62

Hi! I use IFCID 62 to track DDL usage and I have always found it a little bit annoying that the SCHEMA name is not part of the IFCID062 ouput. You get everything else but not the schema... this makes it difficult to impossible to see exactly what ...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Begin / End COMMIT instrumentation for DRDA, CICS/IMS

Complex CICS/IMS or DRDA transactions (involving multiple programs with an implicit Commit at the end) are incorrectly presented on the Omegamon Accounting Report/Trace. By design the costs of the tough SYNC (COMMIT) operation are added to the las...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

Command to display the DB2 early code

Customer wants to apply new early code with REFRESH DB2, EARLY by automation software. To be sure that they apply new code, they want to display the early code before the REFRESH DB2 command. Unfortunately this command is not yet implemented, and ...
almost 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration