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Db2

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db2logscan should be able to read compressed logs

The utility db2logscan, which is now bundled with Db2 is not able to read compressed logs. So with compressed logs we cannot estimate the recommended sync settings for HADR.
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

timeout option for log archiving sessions / db2vend on WINDOWS

We work with DB2 on WINDOWS and an external vendor (EMC Networker) for backups and archive logging. If network or the vendor have a problem, the archive logging forever tries to use the vendor process and in the meantime writes to a FAILARCHPATH o...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

db2 "export to employee.del of del modified by coldel\t select * from test1"

DB2 Export cannot export data with a two-digit delimiter (\t). If I want to export data separated by \t, DB2 will not be able to support it
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 3 Future consideration

MON_GET_CONNECTION is lacking CODEPAGE of connection

A 3rd party application connects to Db2 and we get SQL0302. The 3rd party vendor figures out, it is a double conversion to UTF-8One of the most valuable debugging informations was the codepage of the connection to the database, which is available ...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

TIMESTAMPFORMAT option in the CREATE SERVER clause

When performing federated queries from Db2 to Presto, it seems that the option TIMESTAMPFORMAT ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5?topic=options-jdbc ) for setting the timestamp format of the data source does currently have no impact when speci...
5 months ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Submitted

Automate Online Reorgs

Currently, automatic reorgs can only be performed offline. The additional functionality we are looking for would be the ability to perform automatic in-place/online reorgs. The benefit of that is users still have full table access during the proce...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Future consideration

Can't create a nickname on a table containing a STRUCT datatype

Can'create a nickname on a DRDA table containing a geospatial column . Problem description and business impact Using DB2 ESE 10.5 FP8 (and the Spatial Extender component) on Redhat 7.2, I can't create a column on a DRDA remote table containing the...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Not under consideration

No Column Information shown when viewing Indexes

When exploring Indexes, when an Index is selected, It shows a great many things about the Index, except it does not show the Columns that make up that index. I have went to different views (Dependencies, Alter) but the Columns that make up the ind...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Under review

Add Q Replication Monitoring to Db2 Console

IBM configuration, management, and monitoring GUI tooling for the IBM InfoSphere Data Replication (IIDR) Q Replication component is comprised of Q Replication Dashboard (deprecated) and Replication Center (sort of deprecated) with prior hints that...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Not under consideration

XML type support in Db2 stored procedure debugger

XML data type is not supported in Db2 stored procedure debugger in Data Studio or Visual Studio add-in. We are developing our support for SEPA and ISO 20022 projects using Db2 z/OS native stored procedures. They both heavily depend on XML. It woul...
about 3 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Future consideration