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Db2 for z/OS

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Dynamically update security exits without having to recycle DB2

We have a situation where customized source code had rebuilt because the original was lost. If we have to make multiple changes to get this to work, we have to recycle DB2 each time which is not practical for a prod environment. Even when insertin...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB5T DB2:AFS:DB2 Message ==> DSNT234I

Being able to do a REBIND PACKAGE collection.* without a FLAG option and NOT receive DB5T DB2:AFS:DB2 Message ==> DSNT234I-DB5T MESSAGE LIMIT EXCEEDED
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Need Ability to REORG a Tablespace Specifying a Logical Partition Range

The customer is defining a partitioned DB2 table as CREATE TABLE TEST.PART_ROLLOVER ( COL_1 CHAR(1) NOT NULL , COL_2 DATE NOT NULL ,PRIMARY KEY (COL_1) ) WITH RESTRICT ON DROP IN TEST.ROLLOVER PARTITION BY ( COL_2 ) ( PARTITION 1 ENDING AT ( '2009...
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

new IFCID for archive table

Auswertung der Accounting Daten bietet keine Informationen, ob Archiving stattgefunden hat. Der Grund dafür ist, dass die Accounting Trace Daten (IFCID 3) diese Informationen nicht enthalten.Informationen über Tabelle Archivierung werden nur ges...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

SQL Error Code -305 & -803 in Program DSNTRIN After DSNTIJRT job run Case TS007245993

Hello Team, We are getting sqlid error code -305 & -803 in program DSNTRIN after submiiting DSNTIJRT job while applying Db2 mainteance.DSNTIJRT job run fine without any issue but in log we can see the errors.SELECT does not have a null-indicat...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

IFCID 62 change to add creator/owner and timestamp

Add more complete object identification by including Creator/Owner in IFICID 62 DDL notitification API.
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Alter Database CCSID to UNICODE

The CCSID of a database is only allowed to be ALTERed within the encoding scheme (in this case EBCDIC) and only to/from the euro-equivalent CCSID of the original EBCDIC CCSID. This is a legacy restriction at the design level. After converting all ...
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

control size of UOW after an alter to rotate partition

requesting that DB2 generate reasonably sized URs when performing a mass delete action against a table with DATA CAPTURE set to CHANGES. in a specific case, we were rotating partitions on a base source table which was being replicated with data ca...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow certain Table ALTERs when Table has defined View(s)

Allow certain Table ALTERs to be performed if the Table has a defined VIEW. The attached file contains the Table DDL and ALTER statement for this RFE's Use Case.
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DB2 for z/OS Statistics Interval allow at 1 second

DB2 for z/OS Statistics trace interval minimum value is not granular enough for some diagnostic situations. Allowing it to be set a a more granular level would be helpful (lower interval).
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration