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Db2 for z/OS

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DSNRXXXX tables userID case sensitive problem

Hello,This enhancement request is referenced to PMR 17878,001,862 . Please review PMR 17878,001,862 . We are using db2 10 for z/OS and external security -RACF- on this system . DB2 user's distributed connection type is JDBC / ODBC. They reach db2 ...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Message when IFI interface and monitor traces are disabled due to errors

When the IFI abend count reaches some hardcoded number which is not externalized this results in the disabling of all IFI request and MONITOR trace processing. Then when an application tries to use IFI it receives 00E60831 but the msg only goes to...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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

V12-CERT-2017 Refresh VIEW / CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW / VIEW VERSIONING.

While tables can be altered online; views need to be dropped and recreated, resulting in business impact or planned downtimes (our environment is making extensive use of the ANSI SPARC three level architecture, with many views and views on views)....
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 SQLCA feedback field indicating if this UOW is blocking others

On DB2 12 CERT (V12-CERT-2017) we discussed the possibility of increasing concurrency in DB2. In a typical batch environment we try to balance #of commits towards concurrency using a so-called commit-control-system that will have COMMIT on a numbe...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

PieceMeal Delete without coding application

During CERT (V12-CERT-2017) it was a desire amongst several customers to get a sort of imbedded COMMIT in the new piecemeal DELETE - when running from TSO attachment.-Alternatively to allow procedural language (SQL PL like) syntax in SPUFI/DSNTEP2...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

EXPLAIN Authority - Include Explain of Dynamic Stmt Cache

Include Explain of Dynamic Statement Cache with the EXPLAIN authority or create a new authority that has EXPLAIN plus EXPLAIN STMTCACHE but not all the authority of SQLADM (ie update of DB2 Catalog Tables)
about 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration