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Db2 for z/OS

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Add support for PDS input files to PRESORT in LOAD

The Utilities Enhancement Tool (UET) provides support for the PRESORT keyword for LOAD. It will sort the input file and pass it to LOAD to perform the LOAD. It will accept the input file as being a PDS and perform a PRESORT. UET will be withdrawn ...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

new DB2 SQL/DDL > DECLARE (GLOBAL) TEMPORARY VARIABLE

Db2 v11 introduced CREATE VARIABLE. pretty handy... but it must be created in advance. How about a dynamic SQL/DDL equivalent? DECLARE TEMPORARY VARIABLE xyx OR DECLARE GLOBAL TEMPORARY VARIABLE xyz It would be useful for anyone (ie. the sam...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

same SQL functionality fo...

The customers of IBMs DB2 products (LUW and z/OS) expect that the existing differnences between the SQL functionalities are getting less from DB2 version to DB2 version. This - 85095,077,724 - is an example for a new functionality in DB2 LUW with ...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

message to indicate a table lock escalation is being attempted

To indicate a table lock escalation is being attempted, either through DSNI031I or via a new message.
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

COPY UTILITY enhancement

Actually:Incremental image copies are not allowed when:- No full image copies exist for the table space or data set that is being copied-After a successful LOAD or REORG operation, unless an inline copy was made during the LOAD or REORG job.Add a ...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Fix timeout errors during pending alter materialization reorgs

We're using DB2 z/OS V10 and tried using pending alter for making online schema change on an SAP table to increase a PBG table's DSSIZE from 4 GB to 64 GB. When we ran the SHRLEVEL CHANGE reorg to implement the pending alter, the reorg caused SAP ...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Profiles ; time between DSNT771/2I messages made variable

Currently when a Profile is triggered (warning or exception) DSNT771/2I are issued every 5 minutes as long as exceptions/warnings are met in the timeframe. When an exception is triggered (maximum connections from IP for instance) the issue will oc...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Bypass Package BIND/REBIND Locks for EXPLAIN(ONLY)

We have an analysis tool that we use to analyze potential changes in access paths. For timeliness of analysis our need is to use this tool during the business day. The tool uses EXPLAIN(ONLY) as a BIND parameter. Based on system workload, we exper...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Change DSNARNMG to have a user define task name

Currently there's a hard coded name in module DSNARNMG. That program always tries to start a task called: DB2UDSMD. That is unacceptable for some installations where they have job and task name standards. This RFE is to add a new ZPARM to allow th...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow threads which use the accelerator (IDAA) to go inactive

Today, once a distributed thread has had a query offloaded to IDAA, that thread can never go inactive again. The desired behavior change is to allow distributed threads which utilize the accelerator to follow the same rules for going inactive as a...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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