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Db2

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InsteadOF SQL

It is common in the database world (DB2 but all the others I have worked with are the same) to have a separate product installed that generates code and submits it to the database for processing. Eventually, you will encounter SQL that doesn't per...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Enable 'db2move' to change definitions during COPY SCHEMA

Using a list of schemas with db2move COPY schema function allows to copy a database content including function and procedure definitions from one database to another,And in the default mode "DDL_AND_LOAD", it copies definitions and loads data usin...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Compression for automatic DB2 backups

DB2 LUW includes a solution for automatic backup creation, which is enabled by AUTO_MAINT and AUTO_DB_BACKUP parameters and configured by the 'AUTO_BACKUP' maintenance policy XML..The policy XML file does not allow to specify options to enable bac...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0

Rewind the current database from logs

Opposite to roll forward, it will be great to have the possibility to perform a rewind of a database (in roll-forward state or normal one), to a previous state with the logs. It will be like uncommit, or a general rollback.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Add CLP commands not supported by ADMIN_CMD to CLPPlus

Some CLP commands are neither supported by CLPPLUS or ADMIN_CMD. BIND, REBIND and the various REGISTER commands for XSR are particularly troublesome examples. This means that we have to revert to CLP processing rather than doing everything in CLPPLUS
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 2 Not under consideration

Add more coordinate system into DashDB, like GCS_WGS_1984_MAJOR_AUXILIARY_SPHERE

Now I am trying to migrate the IBM IOC database from DB2 to DashDB on Bluemix. However, when running the following cmds to create the resource, db2 "call db2gse.ST_create_srs('WGS84_AUX',300,-180,100000,-180,null, null, null, null,null, 'GCS_WGS_...
over 6 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

make FS/Db2 generate some good remote execution plans against big Mongo collections

Problem statement/pain points - refer to what elaborated in TS012101437 for details *for multi-way joins (>2), FS/Db2 currently always generate bad remote SQL execution plans involving full scan of some large collections w/ no filters pushed do...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / NoSQL 0 Future consideration

Case TS000932532 - Load should be able to bypass a GENERATED-ALWAYS-from-variable column

ProblemA load on a table containing a certain type of GENERATED ALWAYS column fails with the very odd message "Unexpected load gencol section".Research pointed out that LOAD cannot handle in any way a GENERATED ALWAYS column getting its informatio...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

LOAD should allow collecting STATISTICS without USE PROFILE option for row based tables

LOAD collects "default" statistics like auto-runstats when loading into BLU (RUNSTATS ... WITH DISTRIBUTION AND SAMPLED DETAILED INDEXES ALL).I assume this got not changed because the fear of incompatibility with existing behavior. Therefore pleas...
about 6 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

ALTER TABLE LOCKSIZE TABLE for BLU tables

ALTER TABLE LOCKSIZE TABLE is an easy way to save lock list and lock acquire for tables that just get accessed by a single application at a given time.
about 6 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration 0 Not under consideration