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Db2 for z/OS

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TIMESTAMP (6) WITHOUT TIME ZONE NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS FOR EACH ROW ON UPDATE AS ROW CHANGE TIMESTAMP - allow ALTER to be able to change GENERATE ALWAY/DEFAULT

TIMESTAMP (6) WITHOUT TIME ZONE NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS FOR EACH ROW ON UPDATE AS ROW CHANGE TIMESTAMP - allow ALTER to be able to change GENERATE ALWAY/DEFAULT
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

MFA should be supported when logging with Data Studio

Multifactor Authentication is not currently supported to connect to DB2 using Data Studio. We are using MFA (Factor TOTP) to connect to TSO, CICS and other products. However we cannot connect through Data Studio as it does not support MFA.
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Permit wildcard on OBJECTSCHEMA of SYSAUDITPOLICIES

We need to activate native DB2 audit policy using SYSAUDITPOLICIES catalog table. In this table we can use wildcard (i.e. '%') for OBJECTNAME column, but no for OBJECTSCHEMA We have different schemas in our subsystem so we need to define more poli...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add an option to run a failed query again

After running a set of SQL statements in one single go, the SQL Results view shows a twistie with the success or failure status of each individual statement, and of the statement group as a whole. Quite often -- especially when running DDL -- I ha...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Inconsistent locking behaviour between DB2 data sharing and non data sharing environemnt

In below use case, the result is not consistent between data sharing and non data sharing or task B running on same member or different member in data sharing.Client application team is asking for consistent locking behaviour between DB2 data shar...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Remove MEMBER keyword from BIND PLAN command

It is to prevent creation of such obsolete plans - they immediately get rebound generating default collections so why allowing it in the first place? In some environments implementing strict security is not possible so preventing some actions may...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Allow the setting of a global option make LOAD jobs fail if a PRESORT cannot be performed

UET will be withdrawn from support next year and its use needs to be removed. To do this the newly provided support for the PRESORT keyword in the LOAD utility needs to be the same and consistent as the functionality that UET provided for PRESORT....
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add support for PDS input files to PRESORT in LOAD

The Utilities Enhancement Tool (UET) provides support for the PRESORT keyword for LOAD. It will sort the input file and pass it to LOAD to perform the LOAD. It will accept the input file as being a PDS and perform a PRESORT. UET will be withdrawn ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Include SYSPACKSTMT.STMT_ID in GET DIAGNOSTICS data

The SQL Standard for GET DIAGNOSTICS includes details about the actual statement being diagnosed - COMMAND_ FUNCTION / _CODE and DYNAMIC_FUNCTION / _CODE. The Db2 implementation includes none of these. Making it, effectively, impossible to identif...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Provide performance enhancements to address the sort (for uniqueness required) in "distinct" or "union".

When sorting is used to eliminate duplicate entries to satisfy the "DISTINCT" or "UNION" construct, provide the capability for in-stream sort for this uniqueness so the entire result set does not need to be acquired and then sorted. I have seen a ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration