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Db2 for z/OS

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Support GROUPING SETS and SUPER GROUPS by IDAA

Because GROUPING SETS and SUPER GROUPS are not supported by IDAA, the sqls that contain these features canot be accelerated. Please see also pmr 06487,999,756
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

new DB2 SQL/DDL > DECLARE (GLOBAL) TEMPORARY VARIABLE

Db2 v11 introduced CREATE VARIABLE. pretty handy... but it must be created in advance. How about a dynamic SQL/DDL equivalent? DECLARE TEMPORARY VARIABLE xyx OR DECLARE GLOBAL TEMPORARY VARIABLE xyz It would be useful for anyone (ie. ...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DGTT - declare and use in one SQL statement (basically, this RFE is extension to syntax and functionality of DGTT)

Sometimes we use DGTT to hold complex result sets with many columns. We must DECLARE the DGTT first… and then second, INSERT into the DGTT The DECLARE requires us to think about each column name and type if we list them explicitly.OR. We can DEC...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

IBM Unload to support parallelism for LOB Tablespaces

We are trying to unload large LOB tablespaces in a performant manner. Please see PMR 76429 999 866 in relation to this. IBM Unload currently issues misleading messages saying parallelism will be invoked. However this is not the case and the utili...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Multiple windows for SQL Results

When using the Data perspective to run SQL you have to independently click on the SQL results to view the result for each run in the right hand window. Suggestion would be to make it possible to break out each result into its own movable window, b...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Update new V12 RTS catalog columns after reorg

In Db2 for z/OS v12, there are new catalog columns in the RTS tables such as:SYSIBM.SYSTABLEPART-TYPE-PAGENUM-BPOOL-PGSIZE-DSSIZE- MEMBER_CLUSTER-COMPRESSRATIO SYSIBM.SYSTABLESPACE-PAGENUM -INSERTALG -PQTY-STORTYPE -STORNAME -VCATNAMEetc. These ...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Extraction of all queries running on IDAA

It is not possible to extract all the queries running on IDAA
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

MGMTCLASS is not adopted by LISTDEF

MGMTCLASS is not adopted by LISTDEF USE CASE: //SYSIN DD * TEMPLATE COPYTEM1 DSN('DBQ1F.&DB..&SN..N&DSNUM..&UQ.') MGMTCLAS FCRET10
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 does not use a FlashCopy (Imagecopy) that has been migrated by DFHSM.

DB2 does not use a FlashCopy (Imagecopy) that has been migrated by DFHSM so we have check for this in RECOVER, which is a potential case for error/mishandling. DB2 should do a recall of recall of a migrated Flashcopy/Imagecopy as with all other ...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 11 Not under consideration

Bypass Package BIND/REBIND Locks for EXPLAIN(ONLY)

We have an analysis tool that we use to analyze potential changes in access paths. For timeliness of analysis our need is to use this tool during the business day. The tool uses EXPLAIN(ONLY) as a BIND parameter. Based on system workload, we exper...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration