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Db2 for z/OS

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Please do not make stabilizing dynamic query again after a REBIND with APPLCOMPAT a normal behaviour

Hello, We're DB2z 12 FL508. This is a SAP/R3 application on 2-way data sharing. We stablized access path of some dynamic SQLs and they worked very well. Note that the packages were at APPLCOMPAT V12R1M500 when we did this. Lately, the packages wer...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

PIVOT/UNPIVOT functions in DB2 for z/OS

Currently, the DB2 for z/OS SQL does not support any functions for PIVOTING / UNPIVOTING data. This results in extremely complex SQL whenever a matrxi/cross tab report is required. Such reports are very common in open systems databases.
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 lock escalation should be able to break-in into UOW running REL(DEALLOCATE)

At DB2 12 CERT (V12-CERT-2017) we discussed the following scenario : Changing CICS work to run REL(DEALLOCATE) from REL(COMMIT) was made possible in DB2 11 as BIND and DDL can now break-in. The change should give a CPU-reduction. However running b...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Externalise the table name from the "as locator" clause in a create external procedure statement.

This is required to reverse engineer DDL for external stored procedures
about 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Retain image copies after clone drop/create

This blog by Robert Catterall has a good description of the challenges faced in using clone tableshttp://robertsdb2blog.blogspot.com/2012/12/db2-for-zos-clone-tables-and-active.htmlRFE 119032 addresses a part of the outage condition that may occur...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

EXPLAIN PACKAGE - Populate all EXPLAIN tables

EXPLAIN PACKAGE only populates the PLAN_TABLE It should allow for the population of explain tables
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2MSTR could issue a message at startup when there is an APF library problem instead of making an abend S0C4 in DSNYASCP

Sometimes we are having changes in APF libraries and if one or more libraries are not authorized, the MSTR address space will fail with an abend S0C4 in module DSNYASCP An informative message providing the name(s) of APF libraries causing problem ...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

CONCURRENTACCESSRESOLUTION (USECURRENTLYCOMMITTED) - missing UPDATE support

For a new application we decided to use BIND option "CONCURRENTACCESSRESOLUTION(USECURRENTLYCOMMITTED)". In this case we didn't expected to run into a timeout for a SELECT statement, but received the following error: DSNT408I SQLCODE = -911, ERROR...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Request to convert classic partitioned to UTS PBR by partition

Would like to see if it could be considered to perform an alter classic partitioned tablespace and then reorg by partition instead of the entire tablespace. While I agree it may be more housekeeping, some of the tablespaces we eventually will need...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide Profile support for new KEY LABEL option

KEY LABEL will likely be implemented at the application area, which means that there could be hundreds/thousands of objects impacted. The current solution presented is: User objects - Set a key label using SQL interfaces (V12R1M502) • ALTER / CRE...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration