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Allow Multi-Key Deletes from Parent Tables

Optim Data Growth currently has a restriction in place to disallow using a multi-key delete strategy on a Parent table. If you attempt to delete more than one key at a time, Optim will issue a severe warning code and then default the key limit to ...
over 5 years ago in Optim / Optim Archive 0 Not under consideration

IIDR version 11.4 should to support Oracle RAC flexibility allowing database instances up/down on any nodes for undefined lon

IIDR version 11.4 should to support Oracle RAC flexibility allowing database instances up/down on any nodes for undefined long period time within the cluster. For Oracle RAC databases, as long as one instance is up and running, the database is ava...
about 7 years ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 2 Not under consideration

Db2 should allow binding its port 50000 on windows to localhost only.

Db2 currently doesn't allow binding its port 50000 on windows to localhost only, this port is left as open port and can be connected from other machines, unauthorized users can exploit this information to test vulnerabilities in the open service a...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Security 2 Functionality already exists

Close without exit

Most software programs allow the user close their work without exiting the program. In SPSS when only one sheet is open there is not option to close, only exit. This affects all users of SPSS. The current setup is cumbersome, being forced to open ...
over 4 years ago in SPSS Statistics 1 Not under consideration

Display group shows status of MAINT for subsystem

The display group command should also show a status of MAINT if a member was started access maintenance.
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

New DSNACCOX tablespace reorg threshold

Stored procedure DSNACCOX has thresholds for tablespace unclustered inserts (RRTUnclustInsPct) and page splits from updates (RRTIndRefLimit). These both cause fragmentation. However, there is no threshold for the sum of these two, even though many...
about 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support for RFC4180 CSV standard format

I want the Sequential file stage of DataStage to support the standard CSV format of RFC4180.
almost 3 years ago in DataStage 0 Not under consideration

Add BEFORE and/or AFTER clause to ALTER TABLE

For the ALTER TABLE statement, it's relevant to add an "AFTER ..." OR "BEFORE ..." clause specifying where in the table the new column is to be placed. This statement component exists in DB2 for i and in certain other databases (like Informix and ...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 2 Not under consideration

No means to change log file directory for Cognos

Log file locations are under the profiles path. This is not acceptable for our support organization. We can change the cogserver.log, but for the remaining log files, the method to alter this directory is unknown.
about 7 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Handle the suspended state the engine goes into, when Db2 RRSAF connectivity is not available at start up.

Scenario: Upon startup of the Change Data Capture for Db2 z/OS engine, if it encounters Db2 RRSAF connectivity is not yet available, the engine goes into a suspended state. It does not drive any retries nor does it shut down. It remains in the sus...
over 1 year ago in Replication: Change Data Capture 1 Planned for future release