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Increase maximum numbers of columns in an index key from 64 to 120

Db2 has the lowest limit of allowed index columns compared to the competitors.
over 7 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

In the "Availability" alerts correct the "Log Space" to operate on current space usage rather than top usage. I don't see this as an enhancement - I see this as a fix for a broken feature.

Currently when you exceed the threshold there is an alert raised. Once the usage drops the alert does not drop. The only way to 'close' the alert is to stop/start the database ('Deactivate') - ie an exclusive outage. In a production database this ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Submitted

To provide the option to filter the system objects metadata when audit policy enabled against db2instance user id for db2 luw database in audit captured data.

When native audit with execute category is enabled on db2instance user id , by filter options on system objects schema ex : SYSTOOLS reduces the huge amount of captured data when there is a huge number of tables in an OLTP database continuously up...
over 1 year ago in Db2 0 Submitted

Alias for REST Services

Db2 REST services, with versioning enabled, sets the first service created via the BIND SERVICE command to be the default service. at this stage the URL and the REST service are in sync and the URL need not reference the version as DB2 will invoke...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Future consideration

Let Physical Detach and Attach Operations on the same table run at the same time

Today there is no timeout on Detach Physical Phase and Attach alter cannot run on the same table at the same time as Detach alter. Some detach alters are taking over 20 hours to finish placing daily partitions at risk of not being created. Also th...
over 7 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Support S3 Buckets with Object Locks

Db2 already has an integration that supports directly writing/reading to/from to S3 buckets. Unfortunately this integration currently does not support buckets that use object locks. In such a case the following error pops up in the diagnostic log:...
about 3 years ago in Db2 1 Future consideration

Db2 Warehouse Developer Edition coomon container for version 11.5.7 and 11.5.8

Db2 Warehouse Enterprise edition v.11.5.7 and 11.5.8 common container are delivered and available for push via IBM Cloud repository. Due to unknown reasons Db2 Warehouse Developer Edition v.11.5.7 and 11.5.8 common containers are missing and are n...
about 3 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Warehouse 2 Not under consideration

Improve performance of retrieving large result sets

Performance of Db2 client/server communications in a network environment needs to be significantly increased in cases where large amount of data (100s of MB or more) are being moved between Db2 server and remote client. This needs to be provided n...
over 7 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

I hope add 'UPDATE CASCADE' like 'DELETE CASCADE'.

System: BASActor: DBA and Developers.
about 9 years ago in Db2 2 Not under consideration

DB2 LUW : Trusted contexts over IPC

There are many applications where application and DB is co-located in the same server. User impersonation via trusted contexts helps control the access of the database for individual users even though a common technical ID is seeded in application...
about 3 years ago in Db2 1 Future consideration