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Db2 for z/OS

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to determine that the element following the current element is an element in the tables being accessed and not a ‘rename’ and generate an error message

Currently, when compiling a Cobol program if a comma is missing from the second to last field in a SELECT the DB2 pre-compiler will not give an error because it treats the second table element as a 'rename' this creates problems because no error i...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

PIVOT/UNPIVOT functions in DB2 for z/OS

Currently, the DB2 for z/OS SQL does not support any functions for PIVOTING / UNPIVOTING data. This results in extremely complex SQL whenever a matrxi/cross tab report is required. Such reports are very common in open systems databases.
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Revise DSNREXX to allocate specific DB2 load libaries

Allow DSNREXX to have an option that allows allocation of various DB2 load libraties from the init or add call
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement to JSON2BSON UDF

With the increasing adoption of Db2 REST, the use of JSON2BSON UDF also increased. The problem with this UDF is that frequent repetitive calls of this UDF will result in -904 "ROUTINE PARAMETER STORAGE" error. We have gone thru recommendations in ...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE Not recorded in SYSCOPY

LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE utilties should be recorded in SYSCOPY
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Create zparm item to change "VOLATILE" table default for implicit create table

Due to our huge DW/Analytics environment in DB2 z we have a lot of tables created by users without details about tablespace and database, so these tables are created with default values of DB2. However, the NOT VOLATILE is default value and can no...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

ADMIN_UTL_MODIFY Enhancement

Enhance ADMIN_UTL_MODIFY to cleanup INPROGRESS entries that didn't complete in their timeframe. Or have the ADMIN_UTL_EXECUTE process cleanup INPROGRESS entries that didn't previous complete.
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Externalise the table name from the "as locator" clause in a create external procedure statement.

This is required to reverse engineer DDL for external stored procedures
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

JSON support using built in functions instead of UDF

JSON functions in DB2 are implemented as UDF functions and it is understood from IBM that there are performance implications for large volume processing using JSON UDF functions. We would like to request IBM to support JSON functions as Db2 built ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide DSKEYLBL option in TEMPLATE utility

Currently there is no DSKEYLBL option in TEMPLATE utility, so if we want to encrypt the output dataset, we can not influence the allocation thru TEMPLATE.
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration