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    DSNTIJXZ should create complete DSNTIDxx member

    DSNTIJXZ currently produces a DSNTIDxx member that has a lot of default values, like BSDS name, WLM environments, etc. To be really useful, all relevant values need to be extracted from the running system in order to avoid hunting down actual valu...
    about 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

    Authorization for DROP ALIAS for table or view

    We have sort of a CI/CD pipeline for Db2 objects. We sometimes get into trouble when we need to drop an alias for a table or view. To do that you need ownership of the alias or a high privilege. Ownership cannot be changed for aliases without drop...
    over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

    Db2 for z/OS: Change SETCURRENTVERSION via Reorg

    Now, the Repair Utility with option SETCURRENTVERSION has to be used, to change all v0 tables to the highestVersion. Unfortunately this action is not concurrent. It would be better to have the the opportunity to do that with an online reorg.
    about 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Missing "DROP PERIOD" possibility

    Regular there is a request that we have to read certain data in a consistent state (e.g. likewise moving customer data from one DB2 environment to another) even while concurrent workload is still active and running in parallel against the same set...
    over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Runstats: additional opti...

    Runstats will fail during execution if an object is unavailable or still does not exist (although 'define yes'). Please provide an option to skip those objects and continue with next object.During LISTDEF there is the option e.g. ITEMERROR SKIP to...
    over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Expanding Messages DSNB355I and DSNB356I

    MSG DSNB355I / DSNB356I did not give information for the affected object and page. So any reaction and reason search on these Messages is not possible. Please expand the message information for the object information with DBID.PSID.#partno.#pageno.
    almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    MERGECOPY only a subset of incremental ICs

    System: Db2 for z/OS - UTILITY - MERGECOPYActor: DBA MERGECOPY is used to merge Full IC with Incrementals to build new Full which is far more faster to recover than full + set of incrementals. Merging a subset of incrementals (from the date of ful...
    over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    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

    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

    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

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