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Db2 for z/OS

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restrain Db2 trace for IFCID 233 by stored procedure's package name

Case number: TS002818593 When start Db2 trace IFCID 233, there is no effective way to restrain the trace by stored procedure's package name. Currently there are two package related parameters when comes to restrain the trace: PKGPROG XPKGPROG Th...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Cross-Invalidation due to pcloset/p-lock negotiation avoidance

Problem Statement / Pain points : Whenever there is no R/W activity and PCLOSET threshold is reached, pagesets SWITCH OUT of GBP dependency and the pages in our Bufferpools are cross-invalidated . Thereafter when R/W starts again, pagesets SWITCH ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Class 2 In-DB2 CPU times are often zero

With DB2's current IFI implementation, class 2 times are updated when a class 2 event occurs. Consequently, when IFCID 148 is requested for a thread that is In-DB2, no CPU times can be seen until the SQL statement ends. IFCID 148 must reflect the ...
about 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Users of OMEGAMON for Db2 would like to see counters for number of bound & executed REST statements.

New fields would be added to the instrumentation facility for IFCID 148 and IFCID 3.
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Support BIDI in DB2 REST API

we create db2t rest services that select string with hebrew letters from db2 table . The hebrew letters in the result ,display in a opposite direction (In The REST message) letters in db2 'אבגדהו'letters in the result (rest) 'והדגבא'
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Enhancement to Display Procedure Command - V12-CERT-2017

Would like the ability to further filter procedures by their status when using the display procedure command.
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

V12-CERT-2017 - Support for Range-list index Scan in rowset Cursors

Range-list index scan is not supported for a cursor with rowset positioning. Rowset positioning is very popular as multiple fetch is very efficient for reading several rows from a result set. Range-list index scan is very efficient for SQL paginat...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

V12-CERT-2017 PBR RPN: Reduce DSSIZE per Partition

With PBR RPN, it is possible to set a DSSIZE for one or more partitions. While it is possible to set a greater DSSIZE for a partition, it is currently not possible to set a DSSIZE smaller than the one for the Tablespace. When setting a smaller DSS...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Provide an easy way to de-allocate the underlying Linear dataset when needed without dropping and recreating table spaces and index spaces.

Component: DDL? Data Definition Language? There are cases when a table has change its usage and may remain empty for a very long time or not use anymore but still required to be defined in Db2. In this case, it would be good to have a better way o...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

new DB2 DDL for DECLARE GLOBAL TEMPORARY VARIABLE

DB2 Version 11 introduced the CREATE VARIABLE which allows a DBA (or someone) to define a "variable" which can be used by anyone (for example, in dynamic SQL in batch) This is a useful DB2 object. But, I would like to see the capability to DECLARE...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration