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    Send IFCID 317 data to SMF when stmts leaves cache

    There is currently no way to get the text of a dynamic SQL statement when it leaves the cache. If one has IFCID 316 turned on, one can collect the SQL usage metrics in SMF, but not the text. One can get the statement text if one uses the EXPLAIN s...
    almost 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Partition tasks for resource sharing

    Group the task for resource sharing. The scope can be for PythonWrapper only
    almost 2 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

    Dynamic setting max limit at client site for PythonWrapper

    Dynamic setting max slot at client level for PythonWrapper. Curently, can only set with profile
    almost 2 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

    Allow control of bufferpool selection on implicit tablespace create

    Currently if you issue a CREATE TABLE and just specify a DATABASE, an implicit tablespace is created. It only uses the default bufferpool set at installation, panel DSNTIP1. Since the database is known, the default bufferpool specified for the dat...
    almost 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    New Function UNHEX

    New Function UNHEX (name subject to change/negotiation) We have a system where all CHAR columns are defined FOR BIT DATA. It seemed genius at the time to save a few bytes of data, not realizing the negative impact in future maintainability and in ...
    almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

    Push up of local predicat...

    In PMR 89848.077.724 you see an example that the DB2 optimizer is not able to push out local predicates that are specified in the correlated subquery to the parent query block. The predicates AND "AVADMIN"."TLORM_DBFE"."MANDANT" = ? AND "AVADMIN"....
    over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Not under consideration

    new DB2 SQL/DDL > DECLARE (GLOBAL) TEMPORARY VARIABLE

    Db2 v11 introduced CREATE VARIABLE. pretty handy... but it must be created in advance. How about a dynamic SQL/DDL equivalent? DECLARE TEMPORARY VARIABLE xyx OR DECLARE GLOBAL TEMPORARY VARIABLE xyz It would be useful for anyone (ie. the sam...
    over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    When dropping table retain OBID for when recreating that same table

    Any account that utilizes QREP should want this option of retaining OBID
    over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    Hostfactory config file audit

    Like SD, RS, we need to audit HostFactory config files including requestors and providers. The information we need is user name, host info, parameter changed, file name.
    almost 2 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 1 Not under consideration

    Provide a 0penTelemetry instrumented Symphony library

    Request to support OpenTelemetry and provide the instrumented Symphony C++ library
    almost 2 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.3.2 0 Submitted

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