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Allow 3 different options for statement concentration.

We would like 3 options for statement concentration. It is importantthat all three options are available. 1. No concentration. (already exists) 2. Concentrate queries that have no parameter markers (Current DB2 concentration) 3. Concentrate querie...
about 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

IFCID 366/376: include SQL text in the trace records

The analysis of IFCID 366/376 is done via SMF records. When these records are available (one day delay), it is nearly impossible to match the statement ID to a statement in dynamic statement cache, because the statement might be already discarded....
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhance RACF ENF 79 signalling for grouping class profiles relating to DB2 objects

We found that if someone has successfully executed e.g. a Stored Procedure with access granted via a RACF grouping profile and then you remove their access to that grouping profile alongside relevant RACLIST REFRESH command, they can still execute...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

CSWL for PREPARE that calls a TBF

Currently, a PREPARE statement that calls a TBF with literals doesn't benefit from CSWL - concentrate statement with literals (even with this is explicitly requested). This causes high resource usage for the PREAPRE and avoids usage of the DSC. In...
7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

DSN1COPY support for XML data in all cases

DSN1COPY does not currently supports XML table restore on another DB2 subsystem or in the case of a dropped XML tablespace. This lack can be easily bypassed by an UNLOAD / RELOAD in the case of a copy to another DB2 subsystem. But in the event of ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

select ... from final table ( update table for portion of business time from ... )

the problem is that an update table for portition of business time can effect more than 1 row and if this is made in a bitemporal environment the System Start is set to the first change timestamp. But you didn't know the exact time you have to rea...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

RTS Temporal samples for housekeeping and cleanup

There are no samples for (a) how to cleanup the RTS history tables(b) how to calculate e.g. REORGSPACE
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Dictionary last build date

MR0622114827 GGDB211003
almost 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enhance Db2 System profiles to allow exceptions

System profiles are being used to control applcompat levels for distributed connections. This is being done by trapping on the default db2 driver COLLECTION NULLID then setting the attributes to another collection using a higher applcompat. This w...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Enhance the -904 REASON 00E30305 with the root cause of the failing AUTOBIND

The APAR PH13350 enhancement writes a notification DSNT408I SQLCODE = -904, ERROR: UNSUCCESSFUL EXECUTION CAUSED BY AN UNAVAILABLE RESOURCE. REASON 00E30305 , TYPE OF RESOURCE This is a useful notification but it can be quite difficult to find the...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration