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Db2

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Optimizer should ignore RTRIM when calculation filter factor

When the optimizer calculates the filter factor for a predicate which uses RTRIM, it just returns the default value. (0.04)It should ignore the RTRIM and use the COLCARD of the column stats instead. Refer to Case: TS001114316
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

DSMTOP should use the same color schema as DB2TOP

DSMTOP should use the same color schema as DB2TOP. Currently, DSMTOP uses a grey background which makes viewing of the metrics difficult.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

Enhance IBM My Notifications with Affected DB2 Version Information

Currently we subscribe to the IBM 'My Notifications' email (see: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEPGG_10.5.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.admin.trb.doc/doc/t0060379.html or https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686621) so we rece...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Db2 LUW 11.1 needs to be certified with RedHat 8

Db2 11.1 needs to be certified with RedHat 8 to allow customers to install on RedHat 8.
over 4 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Require really fast fuzzy text search

Current fuzzy search using text search indexes is really slow. Need a subsecond answer for millions of rows.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Text Search 0 Not under consideration

Support JSON data over RESTful services

Support JSON data over RESTful services
over 7 years ago in Db2 / NoSQL 0 Not under consideration

IBM Data Studio needs to show and manage ALL GRANTS on SCHEMA level

Currently Data Studio 4.1.4 does not correctly show or allow you to manage all GRANTS to SCHEMA via the GUI interface. If you view properties of a User, Group or Role, under Privileges the SCHEMA tab only shows ALTERIN, CREATEIN, DROPIN, but not a...
about 2 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Do some more checking when Db2 fixpack is installed - like will fixpack be working after instance upgrade

On my test computer Linux x86_64, Db2 v11.5.8.0 is installed and I decided to upgrade to v11.5.9.0. 1. I checked prerequisite and everything was successful. ./db2prereqcheck -i -s -v 11.5.9.0 2. I installed Db2 server and installation was s...
about 1 year ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Federation Support for Microsoft Access Database

Most of the retail customers use MS Access for maitaining small to medium databases and would like us to consider them while developing solutions. Unfortunately DB2 LUW 11.5.7 does not have any federation support for MS Access. We have to do a rou...
about 2 years ago in Db2 / Federation 2 Functionality already exists

Parallel Runstats collection on a partitioned-table(RIMS)

[JPMC EDW] Currently, when a Runstats is performed on a partitioned-table, each partition is processed sequentially. This can prolong the duration of Runstats operation, especially for very large tables where Runstats duration is concerning. Ideal...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration