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Allow fixed MAXLOCKS value even if LOCKLIST is AUTOMATIC

When LOCKLIST is set to AUTOMATIC, the MAXLOCKS setting cannot be set. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/locklist-and-maxlocks-database-configuration-parameters-and-lock-escalations In general this follows the concept of LOCKLIST AUTOMATIC, but th...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 0 Future consideration

Update / Modify the logic for "Virtual Memory in use" alert in DMC.

Proposed Enhancement Description (DB2 DMC – Virtual Memory In Use Alert) DB2 DMC currently calculates VIRTUAL_MEM_IN_USE using the following query: SELECT MEMBER, MEMORY_SWAP_TOTAL, MEMORY_SWAP_FREE, MEMORY_TOTAL, MEMORY_FREE, CAST(( CASE WHEN (ME...
9 months ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Submitted

Add REVOKE... ON VIEW for views

Having a view I would like e.g. to remove SELECT privilege on view from MYGROUP. I have executed: REVOKE SELECT ON VIEW USER1.MYTABLE FROM GROUP MYGROUP And I get error:DB21034E The command was processed as an SQL statement because it was not aval...
9 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 1 Submitted

Stop, start and restart options for the db2 as a service instance

Stopping and starting instances can help optimize resource utilization and One of the primary advantages is cost savings. once the instance is stopped, cpu and memory can released back to the pool in the backend. and during the start operation, it...
9 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on Cloud 0 Submitted

Add database level privileges to SYSIBMADM.PRIVILEGES view

When ever I would like to quickly get privileges for some user I can quickly write simple SQL: SELECT * FROM SYSIBMADM.PRIVILEGES This system view is excellent, it displays schema privileges, table privileges etc. The only issue is that database l...
9 months ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 1 Not under consideration

Save Results as CSV or XLSX in a JOB

CSV or XLSX could only save in a active session. in time of homeoffce you could not log in the hole time and wait for the results. In the case of long queries, you should be able to execute this query in the background as a JOB and then save the r...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 1 Planned for future release

Request for support IMS call with assembler in ADDI callgraph

ADDI cannot show IMS call with assembler in callgraph. Callgraph shows ASMTDLI but nothing beyond. It will be a nice tool for assembler analisys If ADDI support IMS call with assembler.
over 1 year ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Under review

Redesign of cleanup on remote cursor load of LOB data

Customer migrated from DB2 9.1 on Solaris to DB2 9.7 onLinux. As restore is not supported between different endianarchitecture, load by remote cursor was used for datamovement. There was one single table storing about 400 GB ofLOB data (BLOB), tot...
over 11 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

SQLCODE SQL0302N should give hint which parameter is too long.

Scenario: prepared statementsError: host variable too longProblem: SQL0302N should give a hint which parameter is affected. Details:Using prepared statements with parameter markers such as INSERT INTO TESTTAB (COL1, COL2) VALUES (?, ?)"); DB2 thro...
over 9 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

External Table support for Db2 running on Windows

Db2 running under Linux allows currently to use external tables. For testing, production use, migration and completeness those feature should also be available for the Windows (and other OS) platform. Especially as this is a potential replacement ...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 1 Not under consideration