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Db2 for z/OS

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Message when IFI interface and monitor traces are disabled due to errors

When the IFI abend count reaches some hardcoded number which is not externalized this results in the disabling of all IFI request and MONITOR trace processing. Then when an application tries to use IFI it receives 00E60831 but the msg only goes to...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Change RRSAF authentication to use daily update of RACF statistics rather than STAT=NO

Currently those users of the RRSAF authentication to DB/2, one of which is the Oracle Gateway Server ("Oracle HS Agent"). DB/2 uses the RACF macro RACINIT REQUEST=VERIFY,STAT=NO,... to authenticate the userid/password combination. STAT=NO does not...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Enhance DB2 so that if a racinit fails for a passticket only UserID we see the ICH408I

Please enhance the SAF calls for DB2 for PROTECTED UserIDs that have passticket to omit the ICH408I message if the RACINIT fails
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DSNUTILS/U -Writing SYSPR...

DSNUTILS/U does not allow the contents of SYSIBM.SYSPRINT to be externalized. The information is returned only to the caller. A DBA supporting a bulk load initiated from data stage does not have any visibility into the progress of the load or diag...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Error handling in SOAPHTT...

The SOAPHTTPNC and SOAPHTTPNV routines give the invoker a choice, via an LE environment variable setting, of either handling SOAP faults himself (RETURN_ERROR=YES) or have the SOAPHTTPN routine handle the fault (RETURN_ERROR=NO, the default).Both ...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

ALTER INDEX ADD INCLUDE COLUMN for pk index that also is fk.

Banco do Brasil has a continuos DB2 z/OS performance team that works to improve access path for legacy and new applications and in many cases the DDL "ADD INCLUDE COLUMN " has been used with successful for it but they are facing some cases that is...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Increase the limit of 100 ckpts entries in BSDS

BACKOUT YES specifies the recovery of objects to a prior point in time by a log-only backout. No image copy is restored, it uses the log to backout changes made since the log point that is specified in the TOLOGPOINT or TORBA options. So we sugges...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Display severity code in DSNUxxxxI message

DB2 only provides highest return code at then end of job, often we need to review the output of the reorg jobs to find out abnormal activities. Is it possible to display the seveirty code along with the current text for each DSNUxxxxI message ? Th...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Protocol the SQL in SYSPRINT for DSNTIAUL

We often use DSNTIAUL to access data. At the moment you can't see the executed SQL in the job output. If DB2 protocol this it will be very helpfull. Proposal is to write it to SYSPRINT ( default ) and/or controll the output DD via a paramter.
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

XMLCHANGENAMESPACES function

This RFE proposes an XMLCHANGENAMESPACES function that can be used to create a copy of an XML element node with one or more namespaces being changed. Proposed syntax: XMLCHANGENAMESPACES(XML-Expression, old-namespace-uri--AS--new-namespace-uri)Whe...
about 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration