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Db2

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Automatic Lock-Escalation from Row- to Extent-Level

Db2 is mainly using row-level locking and tries to avoid lock-escalation to table-level. This behavior is helpful in most of Db2s use cases, but there are some particular situations when locking on a higher level than row would be beneficial. Cons...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Kubernetes Operater for Hosting

There currently is an operator to deploy DB2 in Kubernetes. However, the Mange Console has to be hosted separately. It would be very helpful to have an operator that will also deploy the management console.
4 months ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Submitted

Excessive DBHEAP by BLU compression dictionaries

In current design, when SQL statement accesses a table, the compression and expansion dictionaries of that table will be read into DBHEAP and kept there until database deactivation. For column-based table, the memory consumption may up to 100MB. i...
about 8 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 1 Not under consideration

Sparse Index - sub select in where condition

The Where possibility in the Sparse Index is great. To get more flexibility it would be great if you include the possibility to use the sub select in the where condition. This can replace fixed values. Thanks.
4 months ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Add the hidden attribute for index

我们希望给索引添加一个属性visible on/off比如:ALTER INDEX VISIBLE ON (默认属性)ALTER INDEX VISIBLE OFF (索引不可见)当索引不可见以后优化器无法使用不可见的索引,如果需要,直接al...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

IBM Verify Device Deletion (QR/FIDO) Reason Capture

This idea is for ISVA 10.0.7 , the IAM solution does not provide the feasibility of capturing the reasons for deletion of details . This function is important form an audit and security .
4 months ago in Db2 / Security 1 Not under consideration

Make authentication cache independent from IDM calls

It is useful to keep the authentication working fine using the data from the cache even in case IDM has problems or is unavailable. Today, the authentication cache provided by Db2 is able to speed up the authentication process, but if we have issu...
11 months ago in Db2 / Configuration Parameters 0 Under review

Increase the maximum size of a LOB object per table or per table partition

SQL and XML limits https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPGG_11.1.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.sql.ref.doc/doc/r0001029.html The maximum size of a LOB object of 4 terrabyte leads to the necessity of partitioning the table just due to this limit. Si...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 2 Not under consideration

DMC Missing Feature from DSM - Table Comparison

DSM has a feature where you can select a table to compare between databases. This is the only feature that we are missing so we can fully migrate to DMC. Our team uses this for troubleshooting and confirmation.
about 2 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Future consideration

Add Support for Redhat 8 for DB2

We have customers who want to run on Redhat 8 and are not able to do so, this limits our ability to offer solutions to a wider audience.
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Operating System/Virtualization 0 Functionality already exists