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Db2 for z/OS

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Bypass Package BIND/REBIND Locks for EXPLAIN(ONLY)

We have an analysis tool that we use to analyze potential changes in access paths. For timeliness of analysis our need is to use this tool during the business day. The tool uses EXPLAIN(ONLY) as a BIND parameter. Based on system workload, we exper...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Authorization Switching for ADMIN_COMMAND_DB2 and DSNUTILU

ADMIN_COMMAND_DB2 and execution of DSNUTILU need to have the capability to allow for authorization switching. Our developers and application production support teams need to be able to cancel threads relevant to the jobs they support vs having to ...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Use OPTHINT for package with version

Db2 uses the following PLAN_TABLE columns when matching rows that specify access paths to SQL statements: QUERYNO , APPLNAME , PROGNAME , VERSION , COLLID , OPTHINT If I use PKGVERSION(AUTO) during precompile I need to change my OPTHINT every time...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

message to indicate a table lock escalation is being attempted

To indicate a table lock escalation is being attempted, either through DSNI031I or via a new message.
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Process PBG same as non-UTS Segmented When Using LISTDEF

When using LISTDEF with “PARTLEVEL 0”, partitioned by growth tablespaces which were converted from non-partitioned segmented tablespaces are no longer being considered as part of the result set. In order to maintain the same result list I would li...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

COPY UTILITY enhancement

Actually:Incremental image copies are not allowed when:- No full image copies exist for the table space or data set that is being copied-After a successful LOAD or REORG operation, unless an inline copy was made during the LOAD or REORG job.Add a ...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

same SQL functionality fo...

The customers of IBMs DB2 products (LUW and z/OS) expect that the existing differnences between the SQL functionalities are getting less from DB2 version to DB2 version. This - 85095,077,724 - is an example for a new functionality in DB2 LUW with ...
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 Multi-Row Fetch/Insert - COBOL Programming Modell

Customer addressed to IBM that the use of DB2 Multi-Row Fetch/Insert is not well accepted by the developers since it increases the programming complexity a lot and is not ease to use in COBOL. Initial discussions pointed to the already addressed "...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Display group shows status of MAINT for subsystem

The display group command should also show a status of MAINT if a member was started access maintenance.
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Data-partitioned secondary index (dpsi) support for row change timestamp columns

To identify which rows of a table have changed in specified time interval we are using timestamp columns. The values of these columns are set via the "GENERATED BY DEFAULT FOR EACH ROW ON UPDATE AS ROW CHANGE TIMESTAMP" clause. To optimize query p...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration