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    "smooth" way to delete an index by mark the index deprecated before drop

    We would like to have an option to drop an index in a "smooth" way. package invalidation Idea is, that an index could be marked as "deprecated". This should have the effect, that this index is no longer chosen during BIND/REBIND for use in new c...
    10 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Support for CREATE INDEX DEFER YES DEFINE NO would be very usefull for Spaces with a 'high' number of partitions to avoid timeouts on SYSTSTAB.

    When using "CREATE INDEX DEFER YES DEFINE NO", "DEFINE NO" is ignored with SQLCODE 20122 and the VSAM Clusters are created anyway. Doing this for a partitioned index on a partitioned table with lots of partitions (400+) the runtime of CREATE INDEX...
    over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    new accounting trace field to indicate if distributed connection was secure or not

    We have recently enabled the SECPORT in all our Db2 subsystem. And now it is possible for a distributed client to use the SECPORT (instead of TCPPORT) and establish a secure SSL/TLS connection to the Db2. Great. Ideally, I would like to shut down ...
    over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Functionality already exists

    New Authorization for SELECT all tables (DataSelect)

    We use the DataAccess Auth to let Select. Insert, Update & Delete on all tables. But we'll appreciate also a new Auth for letting only Select on all tables. That's why we thought about the name DataSelect.
    over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

    BIFs ENCRYPT_DATAKEY and DECRYPT_DATAKEY* should be able to check with user ID of ACEE

    The BIFs ENCRYPT_DATAKEY and DECRYPT_DATAKEY* are very useful for encrypting and decrypting data (e.g., passwords) that are to be stored in DB2 tables. The programmer does not have to worry about the keys used, as they are stored in the ICSF. When...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    When DB2 writes a message to the DB2 Log, DB2 could also optionally write the contents of the message to a new IBM Catalog Table SYSIBM.DB2_Messages or a user defined table.

    WHY THIS IS A GOOD IDEA Many of our DB2 subsystems and members remain active for several months or more. Searching for a DB2 Message can take a long time in SDSF when analysing and diagnosing problems. Having all of the DB2 Messages in a Table mak...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    DB2 message showing a trace was started

    Today we have situations where people authorized to start DB2 traces sometimes issue START TRACE commands with little qualifications with lead to traces being collected for lots of DB2 threads which ends having impact on general performance of the...
    over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Planned for future release

    Issue an appropriate message instead of a dump in case of 00E20015 occurrence

    A clear DSN... message indicating the problem ASCB is more helpful than a dump. The asid (in R2) could be already another ASCB, so this is ambiguous. The dump could be supressed in my opinion. We have such a lot of cases in which we are forced to ...
    11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

    Increase DSSIZE of SYSTSPKS in DSNDB06 (SYSIBM.SYSPACKSTMT) from 64 GB to 256 GB

    We just finished a clean-up of old, unused packages and did a reorg of SYSTSPKS in DSNDB06 (= Table SYSIBM.SYSPACKSTMT. According to RTS we still see a usage size of 28 GB (= 44.27 % of 64 GB size limit) for this tablespace in large development an...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

    Command confirmation in joblog of DB2MSTR.

    DB2 has many commands which display or alter the status of something. There are a lot of distinct environments from which the commands can be executed (z/OS console, DSN session, TSO DSN command processor, IMS or CICS terminal, special STPs, IFI-i...
    about 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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