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    Misleading Statement in Db2 documentation on CSBs of given Fixpack

    The automated implementation of updates to the most recent CSB would be significantly easier, if one could rely on CSB number only. So, it would be helpful for customer's processing of CSBs and its implementation. In Description for CSBs, e.g., he...
    over 1 year ago in Db2 1 Submitted

    support "fixed record length" for load/import with UTF8

    Load and import do not support "fixed record length" for MBCS.The field offsets have to be specified in bytes only.There is no possibility to let the data movement tools "think in letters, instead of bytes".
    over 9 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

    RUNSTATS should collect stats on all nodes in DPF.(RIMS)

    Make runstats DPF aware.
    almost 11 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

    Security Patching

    Security fixes to be delivered separately from fix packs and easier to install (e.g., just a zap) for db2 connect. Large installation base require complex scheduling to get security patches updated. Security patching is critical due to regulatory ...
    over 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

    Externel table support for: parquet, orc (big data formats)

    Currently a DB2 external table support file formats like: CSV nad TXT; and there is also support for external cloud locations like S3, COS, Azure. The option to load data directly from a cloud data lake in hadoop file formats like: parquet, orc, a...
    over 4 years ago in Db2 1 Future consideration

    Add the new IF EXIST functionality to db2look

    The new syntax IF EXISTS for CREATE and DROP TABLES (see https://ibm-data-and-ai.ideas.aha.io/ideas/DB24LUW-I-259) should also be generated by db2look on demand. This would help and simplify migration scenarios with db2look. This should also be av...
    about 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

    Avoid SQL0955C Sort memory cannot be allocated to process the statement. Reason code = 3

    It would avoid Db2 errors and interruptions. Every customer using Db2 BLU who ran (or will run) into SQL0955 RC3 errors would benefit.
    over 5 years ago in Db2 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...
    over 8 years ago in Db2 0 Future consideration

    No Column Information shown when viewing Indexes

    When exploring Indexes, when an Index is selected, It shows a great many things about the Index, except it does not show the Columns that make up that index. I have went to different views (Dependencies, Alter) but the Columns that make up the ind...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Under review

    Ability to create BigSQL table from a single environment (i.e. QA) against parquet files stored in two different Cloud Object Storage (i.e. QA and PROD)

    We create a number of simulated test data in our QA environment COS with BigSQL tables and Data Virtualization. Before upgrading from CP4D 3.0 to CP4D 3.5, we ran some simulated test BigSQL queries in our QA environment. Now that our QA has been u...
    almost 5 years ago in Db2 1

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