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Db2 for z/OS

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Exclude TEMPLATE utility from IFCID 3

As for each call of the TEMPLATE utility an accounting record is written and as we use lots of TEMPLATE utilities, the overall utility accounting records are diluted. So we need the possibility to exclude the SMF data for TEMPLATE utility calls fr...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Additional Option to 'Act...

The command 'activate function level ... ' with and without option TEST checks if a Function Level is eligible for the group. However members that are quiesced or failed etc.. are not included in the check. Please provide an additional option to a...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DSNL046I should provide more information on what application triggered this message

Good day, I have DSNL046I at one our existing DB2 masters. None of our DB2 Services is using Crytography services, so the message it's right. I tried to know what was triggering this message in order to see whether I could do anything to improve i...
almost 4 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.
over 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...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

A need for a differentiation between PARTITIONED and DATA PARTITIONED indexes to avoid DPSI misuses

Hello IBM Db2 development team, could you please pay attention to the following observation and idea for an improvement from one of our customers (Deutsche Bank AG): Background: In a world where IBM have been continuing to make the mainframe an at...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Clarify message DSNX905I to distinguish type of DB2 Procedure or Function abend

Allow for automation of rules to identify if a START PROCEDURE or START FUNCTION should be issued to respond to the outage.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Commit sequence of stored procedure

Change the commit sequence of stored procedures, so all URs are committed in the same order that the stored procedures ended.
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

PIECESIZE-limitation for indexes

MR121710128 GGDB210014
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support DECFLOAT in COBOL

DECFLOAT was introduced in DB2 9 and has just recently been enhanced to be usable in indexes. However the datatype is not supported in COBOL and FORTRAN and only "tolerated" in REXX (as a DOUBLE and then without NAN, SNAN or INFINITY). As a mainfr...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration