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Db2

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Allow load modifier options in db2move load (generatedoverride identityoverride usedefaults etc.)

Currently when using db2move utility to export from one system and load to another, there is no way to specify load options for any tables with Identity or Generated columns etc. for which we need to preserve the data values, and the db2move load ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Support IBM DB2 on Amazon Linux2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has End of life as April 2021. We use IBM DB2 11.1.4 Enterprise Edition on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for our MDM instances which is not compatible with the higher versions of Ubuntu -18.04 LTS and above. Same is true for the updated versio...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Add more debug information for error [22001] [IBM] [DB2/NT64] SQL0302N

Ticket TS003868349 In a real-life application, I had a headache with error [22001] [IBM] [DB2/NT64] SQL0302N "The value of a host variable in the EXECUTE or OPEN statement is too large for its corresponding use." Namely, in an application which de...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Online Change of CF_MEM_SZ should be online

It's not possible to change CF_MEM_SZ without stopping DB2 pureScale instance. If you want to add a database or increase memory usage to improve performance, it's not possible without downtime. pureScale should be highly available, but it's not wi...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Future consideration

Add BEFORE and/or AFTER clause to ALTER TABLE

For the ALTER TABLE statement, it's relevant to add an "AFTER ..." OR "BEFORE ..." clause specifying where in the table the new column is to be placed. This statement component exists in DB2 for i and in certain other databases (like Informix and ...
over 7 years ago in Db2 2 Not under consideration

Locally defined functions within stored procedures and user defined functions

Since Db2 10.1 it is possible to define locally defined types and procedures. In many situations locally defined functions are missing.
almost 3 years ago in Db2 0 Future consideration

db2pd -inst attemps to collect PureScale information in a non-PureScale environment

db2pd -inst attempts to collect - quiesceinfo and - iperiodic even though they are not appropriate options for the non-PureScale environment. It seems like db2pd should be smart enough to collect the information appropriate for the operating envir...
over 4 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

Db2 should request logs in both Log Archive Method

When performing a roll forward, and the LOGARCHMETH1 is configured to a external mechanism like Netbackup, and LOGARCHMETH2 is a local disk, Db2 will ask the first method and wait for the log, even if it takes too long for retrieval. In this case,...
over 4 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

DSM HADR data collection is missing Primary_member_host information on repository database

View - healthmetrics.HADR_STATS contains Db2 HADR Standby host details but does not contain primary member host details. The details is required to pinpoint the active side/primary when the DSM connection is setup using alternate client reroute pr...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Not under consideration

Db2 should allow binding its port 50000 on windows to localhost only.

Db2 currently doesn't allow binding its port 50000 on windows to localhost only, this port is left as open port and can be connected from other machines, unauthorized users can exploit this information to test vulnerabilities in the open service a...
over 4 years ago in Db2 2 Functionality already exists