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Db2 for z/OS

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Set DB2 ZPARMs TSQTY and IXQTY to -1

Please would it be possible to set the DB2 for z/OS ZPARMs, TSQTY and IXQTY, to -1? Virtually all of our tablespaces and indexspaces are created with a PRIQTY and SECQTY of -1. It would be really useful to set the default values for TSQTY and IXQ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Allow Functions / Expressions to be used with multi row insert

Please allow expressions and or functions to be used within a multi row insert statement. I have an application inserting 1000 rows via multi row insert and the table has the POINTS columns which needs to be populated using the function ST_POINT. ...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhance DB2 global health monitoring to include "sick DB2" scenario

Enhance DB2 global health monitoring to include "sick DB2" scenario encountered in PMR 34910,082,000. In that particular case, DDF work continued routing to the sick member, instead of to only healthy members, and our customers were severely impac...
about 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Update statistics profile from SYSIBM.SYSFEEDBACK by demand.

We are running under DB2 v12 level 501 Data Sharing 17-way and he is using statistics feedback with profile, but since it is an autonomic process for all objects there are some package access path becoming worst after run utilities with RUNSTATS U...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Removing must-have field specification list in case of UNLOAD SPANNED YES restriction

We propose to remove the Db2 UNLOAD Utility restriction, that the UNLOAD statement must include a field specification list thatspecifies all LOB and XML data at the end of the record, if SPANNED YES is specified.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow for LISTDEF Processing and Template when specifying TOCOPY on a RECOVER

Details: 1) Site has multiple tablespaces that use a consistent naming scheme for image copies.2) Manual does not mention use of "TOCOPY" in the "list-options-spec" section of the "RECOVER" page.3) Receive following error when attempting to use a ...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable alter partition values on XML tables

We use a lot of XML tables today on our environment. We need to alter the limitkey defined for partitions in DB2. According to the manual, the DB2 correct behavior is to return sqlcode -109 when alter table partition (XML TABLE) is executed.
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Build Compression Dictionary on Insert, if triggered by update or delete

There is already code that a compression dictionary is built, if rows are inserted into an empty partition. A compression dictionary is however not created if these inserts are triggered by update-statements, e.g. if you update on of the partition...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add a command to remove a specific retained lock

Under current behavior in a DB2 Data Sharing environment, when a DB2 member crashes and is not able to restart, the application on the other members is stopped by retained locks.In our environment, for some specific applications due to the nature ...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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