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Unique Index, where one specific value can be duplicate

MR0125102749 GGDB209018Enhance the create index similar to the UNIQUE WHERE NOT NULL clause
almost 14 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add timestamp to all -DISPLAY command outputs

More and more companies are using multiple DISPLAY commands to track for problems or usage statistics etc. The problem is that the TIMESTAMP when the command was issued is not in the output (apart from DISPLAY BLOCKERS) It would be really good to ...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Load Format Internal needs to validate if columns of internal format record is compatible with the table being loaded.

Load Format Internal needs to validate if columns of internal format record is compatible with the table being loaded. Recently this was partially addressed with APAR# PI71965; however, this APAR only checks if the record is greater than the maxim...
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Sample job for RECOVER of catalog and directory

Db2 deliver a sample job (DSNTIJIC) to COPY the catalog and directory. If we have to RECOVER one or more of these jobs it is vital that they are recovered in the right order and the right way. As this is so important Db2 should include a sample jo...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Provide possibility to alter a COLUMN from NOT NULL to NULL and vice versa

A table was defined with COLUMN A NOT NULL but it is not posssible to remove the NOT NULL clause afterwards!
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhance DSN1COMP to allow more than one input per job step

Currently only one full copy image may be included in each job step //jobname JOB acct information//COMPEST EXEC PGM=DSN1COMP,PARM='FULLCOPY'//STEPLIB DD DSN=prefix.SDSNLOAD,DISP=SHR//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A//SYSABEND DD SYSOUT=A//SYSUT1 DD DSN=COPY0...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

CREATE TABLE ...LIKE support for AoT Tables

Currently, A CREATE TABLE statement must not contain a LIKE clause that references an accelerator-only table. It is documented in https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPEK_12.0.0/codes/src/tpc/n270.html
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

LOAD with DISCARDS 1 should not require a discard data set

We wanted to load two partitions at partition level: //LOA001 EXEC #DB2UT, // SYSTEM=T, // SYSTEMID=L, // COND=(4,LT), // SYSUT1=Y, // LARGE=Y, // SAR=N //SYSREC01 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=VTDBM.UL.VETB0040.REC.PART1 //SYSREC02 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=VTDBM.UL.VET...
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

REPORT RECOVERY - new syntax requested to externalise just the image copy and log datasets

REPORT RECOVERY provides the CURRENT and SUMMARY keywords but even for these options the job output is either very verbose (Unit of Recovery, SYSCOPY entries, Archive log datasets, volume numbers for the LOG datasets etc) or too little (just the v...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Add a message to report orphan threads in DB2

Due to TCPIP abend, there are several orphan threads in DB2 causing contention issues on resources. There is no message to report these orphan threads. Having a report helps us to avoid contention issues sooner by cancelling the underlying orphan ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration