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Db2

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DB2 V9.7

When doing the case sensitive search, the index on ALT_IDENTIFIER is used correctly, and the query takes around 0.2 seconds as expected. When doing the case insensitive search, the optimiser correctly uses the V_N1999152021 column rather than the ...
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Text Search 0 Not under consideration

Use trusted logging with db2audit to protect audit data from instance users and root

On Aix there is a trusted logging which can be used by syslog and AIX auditing. It would be nice if db2 can use this as well to store its audit data. At the moment it is written to Audit Data Path. It would be nice if this can be a character mode ...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

Add Container Management Software PodMan to Db2Rest API

Docker is not allowed in our environment. Podman is lighter. We are Openshift and Redhat so Podman fits better for us. Containers running in Docker should work with Podman with little or no changed.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / NoSQL 0 Not under consideration

Schema Transport in PureScale

Add Schema Transport Support in PureScale. Allow ESE to PS and PS to ESE across codepage transport at the schema level.
almost 8 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

Skip REORG evaluation if offline maintenance window equal 1 or 2 hours

Reorg table can be run twice during offline maintenance window. This is not acceptable behavior because it can exhaust the window time on the same table. Secondly, it is also possible to put in queue the same REORG TABLE that will be run the next ...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

DB2_DMU_DEFAULT=IMPLICITLYHIDDENMISSING, if set at instance level then we should not need it to be specified again in import command just like 9.7 clients

We are facing an issue for version 11.1. FP5 where we are able to load the data into a table with a column in a table which has IMPLICITLY HIDDEN column, In the past we were able to run the import and not specified the column name and it has worke...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Add an ooption to export column names in the csv file

Add an option to the export utility to include the column names in the del file.
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

ADMIN_MOVE_TABLE Allow implicit PACKAGE BIND by the application

ADMIN_MOVE_TABLE change to allow an implicit PACKAGE BIND by the application. Currently Db2 marks the PACKAGE (SYSCAT.PACKAGES) as inoperative by marking VALID = 'X' which requires an explicit bind. This causes an outage in a 24x7 environment. S...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

DB2 z .

Hello, At the present time CP4D does not support certificate based authentication to DB2z for replication on DB2 open databases. We are forced to use a generic user with password which is not secure and not recommanded. Could you please develop th...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

DB2Z-Allow for EXCHANGE DATA function on Clone table to NOT put packages in VALID status of 'A'

We have processes that use the clone table feature to allow for non disruptive load operations. When we do the exchange data the packages on the primary table move to a VALID STATUS of 'A' when they had a status of 'Y' previously. This creates iss...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration