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Db2 for z/OS

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    Allow REPLACE external SQL SP with Native

    Currently, CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE in DB2 13 has a limitation that " If a procedure exists with the specified name, the existing procedure must be a native SQL procedure". Migration from external SQL stored procedures to Native SQL stored proc...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Under review

    DSNB328I to be issued when all attempts to automatically recover GRECP are exhausted in all scenarios

    During DR testing on several occassions the DBAs at Walmart have found that there are circumstances where neither DSNB328I nor DSNB317I are issued and Db2 z/OS has exhausted all tries to automatically recover GRECPs. In these scenarios they were s...
    almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    externalize stop command failure

    objects remain in STOPP when stop fails with no indication that it failed. a manual start followed by a manual stop is required to cause the object to proceed to a stop state. it's unfortunate, that issuing a start is required since that will allo...
    over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

    CHECK DATA for informational referential constraints

    We use informational referential constraints, i.e. foreign keys defined as NOT ENFORCED for some relationships between tables. When running the CHECK DATA utility for a table with foreign keys defined as NOT ENFORCED the foreign keys are not check...
    over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Option to disable implicit database creation

    A new Zparm which disables the possibility to create the implicit created databases which was implemented in DB2 9.Database name e.g. DSN00001
    about 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Set object status to prohibit data access

    Before we drop a Db2 table we need to make sure that noone use the object in any way. We solve this now by stopping the tablespace and keeping it stopped for about six months. This means that noone can access the data and noone can run a utility a...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Have new authority for REFRESH of MQT that does not require high privilege levels

    We historically have an application batch userid that has DBADM authority. We are limiting all access to this ID to the minimally required authority it requires such as load, imagecopy and runstats at the DB level. When we started converting our t...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Drop Nested SQL Native Procedure or Function without having to drop dependent objects

    Would like to be able to drop a native stored procedure or function that has dependent objects without having to also drop the dependent objects (usually another native store procedure).
    almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    simplified code path for RI checking

    We had an interesting discussion with the development team about this. As I already mentioned, the RI code path is quite different than the R-scan which may use one or more predicates to evaluate the qualifying rows. The main module that is drivin...
    about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Provide possibility to alter a COLUMN from NOT NULL to NULL and vice versa

    A table was defined with COLUMN A NOT NULL but it is not posssible to remove the NOT NULL clause afterwards!
    almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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