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Db2 for z/OS

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Allow for an option in the syntax of a (compiled scalar) SQL function to use RELEASE(DEALLOCATE).

Thread reuse and High performance DBATs are dependent on packages being bound with RELEASE(DEALLOCATE). But, there is no provision for the package associated with compiled SQL scalar functions to have RELEASE(DEALLOCATE) as an option. I have been ...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Zparm to specify maximum amount of bufferpool storage

Please provide a Zparm to specify the maximum amount of bufferpool storage DB2 may aquire for all of the bufferpools.
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

COPY UTILITY ENCHANTMENT

We would like the the COPY UTILITY will have an option to COPY CATALOG and it will know to backup and copy the catalog and directory objects ,every migration or catalog level , the order might be changed and a System DBA who is responsible for the...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 must not abend RC00F3040A when allied address spaces goes on end-of-memory in must complete operations or holding latch

In case of an allied address space going on end-of-memory with its agents are in must complete operation or still holding any latch, DB2 subsystem must be able to handle this situation keeping the data integrity not abending 04F RC00F3040A.
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable temporal history to catalog to query DDL at points in time.

Having the ability to enabling system temporal history for catalog objects that contain schema information would allow the ability to rapidly restore a table to a prior point in time that has had a schema change.
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Don't require WITH GRANT access on tables when transferring ownership on a view

Don't require WITH GRANT access on tables when transferring ownership on a view
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Wrong result from reading Business Temporal Tables with CURRENT TEMPORAL BUSINESS_TIME set to a non-NULL value

When reading Business Temporal Tables we set a value for the special register CURRENT TEMPORAL BUSINESS_TIME in order to get the appropriate result. If it is NULL all rows are read. If it is not NULL only rows for the specified timestamp should be...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Wrong result from reading System Temporal Tables with CURRENT TEMPORAL SYSTEM_TIME set to a non-NULL value

When reading System Temporal Tables we set a value for the special register CURRENT TEMPORAL SYSTEM_TIME in order to get the appropriate result. If it is NULL only the base table is read. If it is not NULL we want both the base table and the histo...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Wrong result from reading Archive Enabled Tables with GET_ARCHVIE set to Y

When reading Archive Enabled Tables we set a value for the global variable GET_ARCHIVE in order to get the appropriate result. If we set it to N only the base table is read. If we set it to Y we want both the base table and the archive table to be...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Replacing data in Archive Enabled Tables using LOAD

In most tables data can be replaced using LOAD RESUME NO REPLACE. In Archive Enabled Tables it cannot. We want to use LOAD REPLACE to replace the existing data instead of having to delete the current data and then load with RESUME YES. The old dat...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration