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Db2 for z/OS

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Add SET CURRENT QUERY ACCELERATION WAITFORDATA setting into Profile Table in Db2 for z/OS

When Waitfordata setting is required for HTAP queries in IDAA for dynamic SQLs, waitfordata should be defined either in zPARM or as a register setting in application before the SQL statement which requires application change. It would be better to...
9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Specia Register to change INVALIDATECACHE default in Db2v12

We have PeopleSoft Payroll application running on Db2 v12 z/OS. We noticed that the default value of INVALIDATECACHE in RUNSTATS has been changed from YES to NO in v12. This change has huge impact on the performance because RUNSTATS for temporary ...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

I would like to force the use of the "DEFER" option on the creation of an index (using Zparm to make it optional).

We have DBAs that at times (accidently) run a "CREATE INDEX" and fail to include the "DEFER" option. This is rather easy to do because the reverse engineering tools fail to create syntax with the "DEFER" option. The creation of indexes can be very...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

VIRTUAL_INDEX_USED column in plan table

MR0218096957 GGDB208030Mark all rows of a statement in the plan_table with an Y in a new column VIRTUAL_INDEX_USED when a dependency to a virtual index exists.
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Open Cursor with Hold

MR021809690 GGDB208033Add a new thread based accounting-class-2- and a package based accounting-class-7 counter ????????????????????????OPEN CURSOR WITH HOLD???????????????????????? which will be incremented whenever a OPEN statement with option H...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

IFI READS support for IFCID 105

IFCID 105 contains information needed to map DBID/OBID values to object names. This information is produced on the STATS interval and contains mapping for EVERY object currently open to DB2. On large systems, thousands of IFCID 105 records may be ...
10 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Db2 V12 Change MODIFY RECOVERY To Delete Non Expired Data Sets

In Db2 V12 MODIFY RECOVERY with DELETEDS, DELETEDS specifies that cataloged image copy data sets are to be deleted when the corresponding SYSCOPY records are deleted. When we run MODIFY RECOVERY with DELETEDS, non-expired disk data sets are ...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Is a defect

When dropping table retain OBID for when recreating that same table

Any account that utilizes QREP should want this option of retaining OBID
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Reduce locking on XML-auxiliary tables

Locking on XML auxiliary tables can be very CPU cost intensive and can lead to problems with the threshold LOCKS PER USER.Tune DB2s locking algorithms so that locking on XML-auxiliary tableswill be reduced.
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Materialized Query tables in DB2 z/OS with refresh immediate option

MQT's - Materialized Query tables - are a well known feature in all advanced relational database systems. The DB2 family has this feature since more than 10 years. If you look at this functionality in DB2 LUW and DB2 z/OS the MQT functionality loo...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 6 Not under consideration