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Db2

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Externel table support for: parquet, orc (big data formats)

Currently a DB2 external table support file formats like: CSV nad TXT; and there is also support for external cloud locations like S3, COS, Azure. The option to load data directly from a cloud data lake in hadoop file formats like: parquet, orc, a...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / NoSQL 1 Future consideration

Add Federation support for Apache Cassandra

Officially support and optimize performance from Federation (Db2 Linux/Unix/Windows) server to Apache Cassandra databases. We need to support as many data sources as possible as the move towards non-homogeneous data ingestion continues.
about 1 year ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Future consideration

Page-level recovery request.

DB2 is not able to repair a single bad page, i.e. to perform a page-level recovery.This causes a downtime because the only solution is the execution of the OFFLINE procedures, like RESTORE/RECOVER/db2dart.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

SQLCODE SQL0302N should give hint which parameter is too long.

Scenario: prepared statementsError: host variable too longProblem: SQL0302N should give a hint which parameter is affected. Details:Using prepared statements with parameter markers such as INSERT INTO TESTTAB (COL1, COL2) VALUES (?, ?)"); DB2 thro...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Add db2move option to read/write compressed files

Sometimes during a migration diskspace runs low. It would be great to have an option for db2move, which reads/writes files compressed or pipe it through gzip/bz2/... This would lead to a storage reduction during migrations of roughly 80% plus redu...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Add a new security role to read the logs

Add a new security privileges to allow and restrict the log reads and history file.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Future consideration

Make DB2 federation option DB2_TWO_PHASE_COMMIT compatible with HOST and PORT options

The new Db2 11.5 HOST and PORT options (see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5?topic=options-database) remove the need to catalog federated source Db2 databases for standard connections. This simplifies configuration. However, for two phase comm...
7 months ago in Db2 / Federation 0

Add "Do Not run on Startup" Checkbox to the "DB2 First Steps" app.

This is, without a doubt one of the most annoying applications I deal with. When I log on to a database server, it can take a while to start this app, meaning I am in the middle of something when this app pops up in the middle of my work like some...
about 1 year ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Add support AIX 7.1 for Db2 11.5.4

I support my customers system which runs DB2 ESE on AIX 7.1. We were on DB2 10.5 and upgraded this Summer to 11.5 which compatibility reports showed as a supported configuration. Now that we are looking at applying 11.5.4 fixpacks, I'm finding the...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Operating System/Virtualization 2 Not under consideration

Add URL Shortener to KC Pages

If you try to properly source knowledge center or promote a feature within knowledge center (say via twitter or linked-in), you copy and paste a URL that is easily over 100+ characters long. If you lose the ability to cut/paste (say in the PDF of ...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration