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Db2 for z/OS

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flood of console with I/O error messages when Db2 is always tring to allocate/open LOGCOPY1 first for each LOG-READ request

Customer would like to avoid a flood of console with I/O error messages. The test environment and scenario is as follows.environment: - DB2 V11 DATA sharing (We have three MEMBER DB1A, DB2A, DB3A) - Q-Capture(IIDR for DB2 V10.2.1) server is runnin...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Current authorization session variable

We would like to have a session variable that would identify the current authorization in use by a connection. By "current authorization", I would like it to identify the package owner of the package being executed for static sql or dynamic sql us...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

in DB2 v.11 env. question on use of httpgetblobfile

Problem description and business impact customer in z/os v2.2 and db2 v.11 have a question on function httpgetblobfile: the function (db2xml.httpgetblobfile but also db2xml.httpgetclobfile) has in input a varchar with the url and a clob with the h...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Backout also if system errors occours using 'load resume yes backout yes'

Load resume yes backout yes should perform the backout process also when some system error occurs (ie.: space constraints on utility datasets), primarily in case of DISCARDS 1 specification.With this choice the customer wish to prefer the preserva...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow SYSTOOLS and SYSFUN schemas to be permitted separate from SYSCTRL

Currently, SYSCTRL is required for creation of procedures/functions with schemas SYSFUN or SYSTOOLS, i.e. when running DSNTIJRT. We would like schemas such as "SYSTOOLS" and "SYSFUN" to be able to be permitted/granted separately from SYSCTRL, as S...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Make XML tablespaces more portable

Currently, there are 3 different internal structures that Db2 uses for the implicitly created table inside an XML tablespace: 3 columns, 5 columns with the START_TS/END_TS fields as BINARY(8), and 5 columns with the START_TS/END_TS fields as BINAR...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Performant SQL Windowing functionality

We tried to use the syntax for windowing in SQL as an alternative to using subselects. Most other DBMSs perform a lot better with the windowing syntax, but we can only see less performance using it. The reason we want to use it is basically to get...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

zDb2 should provide option to not write RACF statistics without coding any Db2 Signon Exit (DSN3SSGN)

Banca d'Italia, for many good reasons, wants to get rid of any user written assembler exit, including DSN3SSGN .They use DNS3SSGN only with the specific purpose to not collect RACF statistics and so they have modified it by adding STAT=NO on each ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Index on expression should be used when outer join is rewritten (by the optimizer) as an inner join

When coding the following query (or, generalized query), an index on expression for UPPER(RTRIM(TABB.COLA)) is not used: SELECT ... FROM .... TABA LEFT JOIN TABB ON .... WHERE UPPER(RTRIM(TABB.COLA)) = ? In the above query, it is (originally) writ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Expand RETPD in template to 5 digits

RETPD parm in the template should allow 5 digits with a value up to 93000
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

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