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Db2 for z/OS

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remove STOP DATABASE SPACENAM for ALTER TABLESPACE USING STOGROUP

Currently STOP DATABASE SPACENAM is a prerequisite of ALTER TABLESPACE USING STOGROUP We wish DB2 can remove this restriction.
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

The sample programs should support the DECFLOAT data type.

I am trying to use DSNTIAUL to unload a table with a DECFLOAT data type. I am encountering a failure. I would really like for the sample programs to support the DECFLOAT data type.
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Db2 zOS: Provide support for period-clause FOR PORTION OF BUSINESS_TIME for update operation within MERGE statement

Idea is to extend functionality of MERGE statement in Db2 z/OS by providing support for the period clause FOR PORTION OF BUSINESS_TIME for an update operation (and delete operation) within the MERGE statement. The statement would look like this: ...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

improved estimation for potential use of Huffman Compression

Requirement for more accurate estimates of DASD space savings when using Huffman Compression. Problem is that estimates produced by DSN1COMP can be significantly inaccurate i.e., as much as +/- 30%. The solution required is a new option on the REO...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Allow use of Wildcards in RLF (Governor)

Hallo, we are using reactive governing. The SQL statements are restricted overtechnical userids or over collectionsWe woulld like to be able to use Wildcards in the selection of the criteria,
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DISPLAY PROCEDURE add ability to filter started/stopped procedures

the current -DISPLAY PROCEDURE only allows to display all procedures with a scope of group or local, in all statuses. The ability to filter on procedures that are in a particular state would be significant for error checking and system up time.
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DSNTIJRT need option to DISABLE GRANTs

When using DB2/RACF security you might have a requirement from your security auditors, that you don't perform any GRANT at all. This could be a general parameter in DB2OPT or a procedure specific option GRANTTO(NONE) in CFIGIN (both in the DSNTIJR...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Planned for future release

Update DB2 (DDF) to use a stronger Hash Algorithm in the DDF global authentication cache feature

Presently, DB2 DDF is using MD5 Hashing in the DDF global authentication cache feature. This hashing cipher is long considered weak and guidance is that it should no longer be used. We ask IBM to consider a change to DB2 to up level this feature t...
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future 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 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add DSNTIAUL comments support in SYSIN

We normally use DSNTIAUL with several SELECT statment coming from other applications. We would like to use them in the SYSIN statement but because some of this queries has the comment row that begins with '--' characters, it does not work. To allo...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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