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Db2 for z/OS

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Send IFCID 317 data to SMF when stmts leaves cache

There is currently no way to get the text of a dynamic SQL statement when it leaves the cache. If one has IFCID 316 turned on, one can collect the SQL usage metrics in SMF, but not the text. One can get the statement text if one uses the EXPLAIN s...
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Allow control of bufferpool selection on implicit tablespace create

Currently if you issue a CREATE TABLE and just specify a DATABASE, an implicit tablespace is created. It only uses the default bufferpool set at installation, panel DSNTIP1. Since the database is known, the default bufferpool specified for the dat...
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Use Both Workstation Name and APPLNAME (or any other control combination) to Create a Granular Profile

Create more granular DB2 profiles by specifying 2 different control points in the DSN_PROFILE_TABLE.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Timestamp(12) support in SQL

Please update all timestamp related SQL functions, in particular TIMESTAMPADD and TIMESTAMPDIFF, to support picoseconds.
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 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

Retain image copies after clone drop/create

This blog by Robert Catterall has a good description of the challenges faced in using clone tableshttp://robertsdb2blog.blogspot.com/2012/12/db2-for-zos-clone-tables-and-active.htmlRFE 119032 addresses a part of the outage condition that may occur...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 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

Enhance Optimization Hints for Dynamic SQL

The current infrastructure for access path stability for dynamic SQLs does not have a mechanism to do patter matching on SQL statement. If access path stability is needed on a SQL where the predicates have actual literal values and the values chan...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

ABND=513-04 in LMOD DSNUT101 for: REORG AUX YES of a PBG TS (with LOB columns) and when STACK YES is specified for TEMPLATE

Environment: DB2 V10, data sharing, z/OS 1.13 .Currently an 'ABEND513-04 in LMOD DSNUT101' can happen under the following two conditions for REORG tablespace with inline image copy generation:.1) REORG with parm AUX YES is set for a PBG TS with LO...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Need Instrumentation to handle Native Strored Procedures created with the AUTONOMOUS keyword

Need assistance with how to handle native stored procedures created with the ‘AUTONOMOUS’ keyword. One of the benefits of using the Db2 instrumentation interface, is the ability to follow the flow of Stored Procedure SQL from the calling applicati...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 7 Not under consideration

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