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Db2 for z/OS

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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

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...
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

LOAD utility by pass checking pending status for empty tables

When LOAD utility is run on a referentially integrated table (child table) while both parent and child tables are empty (no rows) let DB2 refer to RTS data and decide NOT to put the table in CHECK PENDING status.
about 3 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...
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DENY Remote Connetions to DB2 if not from a permitted combination of System AuthId and Location/IPAddress with wildcarding

Running DB2 11 NFM. We are trying to ALLOW a remote connection to DB2 on z/OS from ONLY specific combinations of User ID and IP Address via a DB2 mechanism that can be modified dynamically. Simply looking for a way to DENY a connection from remote...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Generic Error Message for Failed Authenticaion

Hi, I would like to know if you could change the error message comes from DB2 for z/OS via IBM Client Driver when a wrong user name or password is given. In this current situation we get two types of error messages one states that USER DISABLED/R...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

DB2 DSNTIJPM catmaint update

The pre migration job DSNTIJPM should check for catalog integrity As far as i can count we have got 11 special catmaint update PTF's with hold data in V 10 the DSNTIJPM job should check if all this special caytmaint updates have been solved before...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add wildcard support to all system profile tables filtering criteria categories

Using system profile tables to control workloads is a very useful feature and hence it is more and more used.During our tests, we found out that we have the need to use wildcards within the DSN_PROFILE_TABLE filtering categories of a PROFILEID. In...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Native SQL Stored Procedure Maintenance Is Invalidating Dependent Packages

For DB2 V10 and V11. When any of following 3 things are done against a NSP (Native SQL Stored Procedure)1. Alter to Activate a version2. Bind Deploy Action(Replace)3. Alter RegenerateAll the packages dependent on the NSP are being invalidated and ...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add Accelerated/NOT Accelerated node to Access Plan Graph when IDAA plug in is NOT installed

When setting query acceleration = enable; externalize the data in DSN_QUERYINFO_TABLE by adding an Accelerated/NOT Accelerated node to Access Plan Graph when IDAA plug in is NOT installed - as is included when the plug in is installed
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration