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Db2 for z/OS

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    Allow non-intrusive RENAME of Constraint Names

    Allow for a non-intrusive RENAME of any type of CONSTRAINT name. Primary Key, Foreign Key, CHECK and UNIQUE Constraint names should be available for RENAME. Currently, changing Constraint names requires the Constraint to be dropped and re-created ...
    about 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Return SQL error when DBA attempts ALTER DDL with both pending and immediate changes, instead of returning "0" and "losing" a change.

    We recently opened an SR TS005591497 with support when we found that an ALTER to a LOB tablespace specifying both PRIQTY and COMPRESS returned SQLCODE 0, but the PRIQTY was "lost". IBM support pointed out the following: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en...
    over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Is a defect

    Masking function with GRANT per column

    Column masking has been great help in managing sensitive data and complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).But today’s solution to know if a user has access to data without masking is to create a Mask using a CASE with SESSION_...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

    Add the column name to sqlcode -407

    When there are many columns in the sql and there are many rows that affected by the sql, it is very difficult to found the problematic column.For example, if it is an INSERT statement with fullselect, or UPDATE statement that update many rows with...
    about 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Write Current Compression Dictionary to Log

    Write compression dictionary to the Log upon its creation. This would enable true independence of data capture from actual table space availability and/or status. By implication, this might eliminate the need to write the old dictionary to the log...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    Alter (global) VARIABLE command

    It is not possible to ALTER a global variable, it is necessary to do DROP + re-CREATE it. And previously we must DROP all the objects that depends on it: PROCEDURE, FUNCTION, TRIGGER, VIEWS ..., and the packages are marked as invalid. After havin...
    almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Copytocopy utility runs in parallel

    BdB does a flashcopy from one tablespace (one copy for each partition), and they need to do a COPYTOCOPY. Today we use another DB2 utility vendor and it has an option to do parallel copies.We tried to run IBM DB2 Utility, but we didn't find an par...
    about 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Add LOB Support for db2 autonomous storedprocedures

    Currently it is not possible to use lob attributes in autonomous procedures. To insert large data into db2 outside the "normal" transaction of work it would be usefull to have autonomous procedures which supports lob data
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    PLANNAME and PROGNAME in error-message if PROGAUTH(ENABLE) error

    Hi When a program fails e.g. with reasoncode 00F3003B, I want to see in the error message, which row DB2 tried to find in SYSIBM.DSNPROGUATH, i.e. I need program- nad planname.
    over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Allow the ability to set the management, storage, and data classes the SPUFI panels.

    We have a security policy requiring us to encrypt all possible 'Data at Rest'. We use the IBM solution called Pervasive Encryption (PE). Our storage team has defined SMS Data Classes that can be used to allocate encrypted datasets. In order ...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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