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Db2

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support array fetches for embedded SQL COBOL applications

With Db2 Version 11.1 Mod3 Fix Pack3 iFix001 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, the CLP command precompile or prep now supports EXEC SQL statements like this: EXEC SQL FETCH c1 FOR :cnt ROWS INTO :pname, :deptEND-EXEC. However, DB2 precompiler services...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 2 Delivered

db2diag.log change ZRC=0x82100101 Sever and Error message to Informational

IBM support has informed us that the following messages can be ignored, if so, then they should not appear as "Severe" or "Error" in db2diag.log, suggest we change them to "Info": MESSAGE : ZRC=0x82100101=-2112880383=SQLP_LOG_NOT_ACTIVE "Log need...
about 2 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 3 Delivered

Include failure / warning counts in mon_get_pkg_cache_stmt

It's currently not possible to monitor the failure rate of an SQL statement. For example, count of dupkey on INSERT. Likewise for 'soft' errors (warnings) like +100 - row not found on INSERT or DELETE. High rates of these can be a significant drai...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Delivered

Request for SKIP LOCKED DATA for DB2 LUW

Our products are implemented in all 3 relational databases. We are converting the current application level lock handling into database level locks. In one scenario, the application looks to fail when it is not able to get the required lock in the...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 2 Delivered

Solution for flushing (and replacing) cached external 64 bit routines (db2fmp processes)

Solution for flushing (and replacing) cached external 64 bit routines (db2fmp processes) We are running in our online production environment thousands external db2 routines per minute. Because of its performance we are forced to cache these r...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Configuration Parameters 0 Delivered

Check log files during log archival

To detect as early as possible that there are storage issues or file system issues in log dir, checking the checksum of log files during log archival would help to identify issues early, fix the issue and allow to take a new backup to get database...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 1 Delivered

Provide source IP connection information on db2diag.log for all cases of SQL30082N events

Db2 not always provide the source IP connection information on db2diag.log entries, where authentication failures happens - SQL30082N This is a regular footprint on db2diag entries, when an authentication fails to connect to the database. 2020-04-...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Delivered

Externalize dictionary information using ADMIN_GET_TAB_DICTIONARY_INFO for BLU tables

BUILDER,BUILD_TIMESTAMP,SIZE,ROWS_SAMPLED and are important information to be able to determine how good a dictionary might be.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration 1 Delivered

Allow usage of NX842 hardware compressed backup together with backup encryption

NX842 allow backup compression without CPU overhead, but cannot be used in conjunction with encryption feature.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 1 Delivered

Enable hostname validation in Db2 using TLS/SSL

When connecting to a Db2 database via TLS/SSL, the client must compare the hostname it used to open the connection against the server name in the server certificate. This is currently not an option in Db2. It's required to prevent man-in-the-middl...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Delivered