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Db2 for z/OS

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DSN1COMP - include support for 'EXTNDICT' with Huffman dictionaries

produced an object module that can be link-edited into a program
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 6 Future consideration

EXPLAIN PACKAGE - Populate all EXPLAIN tables

EXPLAIN PACKAGE only populates the PLAN_TABLE It should allow for the population of explain tables
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable RENAME TABLE on tables with triggers

SAP is working on enable the Zero Downtime solution (ZDO), which uses RENAME TABLE to switch between old and new table definitions, also for SAP systems that use a sidecar (SAP SLT - System Landscape Transformation). For SLT, SAP defines triggers ...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2MSTR could issue a message at startup when there is an APF library problem instead of making an abend S0C4 in DSNYASCP

Sometimes we are having changes in APF libraries and if one or more libraries are not authorized, the MSTR address space will fail with an abend S0C4 in module DSNYASCP An informative message providing the name(s) of APF libraries causing problem ...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide table function that collects DSN1COMP data

For sake of brevity, I will confine this request to DB2 index compression analysis, but it also applies to tablespaces. When have more than 100,000 indexes in our various Production DB2 systems. We want to know which of these indexes are the most ...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

REORG with the DISCARD WHEN ... and AUX YES option on a table that contains a LOB column should end with an error

When doing a REORG with the DISCARD WHEN ... and AUX YES option on a table that contains a LOB column , DB2 list the message 'DSNU124I Æ 286 09:07:08.23 DSNURFIT - AUX YES SPECIFICATION IS IGNORED AND AUX NO IS IN EFFECT FOR CURRENT UTILITY EXECU...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Functionality already exists

Add SHADOW for REBUILD INDEX SHRLVE CHANGE

Differences between REBUILD INDEX SHRLEVEL CHANGE and REFERENCE. Reference PMR:13307,124,672
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Db2 V12 Add Column HIGH_POSS_FUNCTION_LVL To SYSIBM.SYSLEVELUPDATES

Want an easy why to know the current HIGHEST POSSIBLE FUNCTION LEVEL and to track history of HIGHEST POSSIBLE FUNCTION LEVEL. Currently we are issuing the command, parsing the output, and storing it in a Db2 tablle.
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Shorter Suffixes for from precompiler generated COBOL-variables

In older versions of DB2 the COBOL-variable for VARCHAR-columns was:nn VARCHAR-COL1-X 49 VARCHAR-COL1-LL 49 VARCHAR-COL1Today the suffixes generated by the Db2-precompiler are much longer and lead to problems if the column-name, which was extended...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

QW148TTK unreliable when thread is in-doubt

IFCID 0148 Monitor Detail Record 2 field QW148TTK is incorrect when the thread being reported is in-doubt and as evidenced by cross-checking with DB2 -DISPLAY THREAD output. Requesting either a correct QW148TTK for in-doubt threads or a means to d...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration