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Db2

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Can we get timestamp, DBNAME from archive log

Usually our Db2 backs up to storage server or natively. Occasionally we restore a Db2 system in another operating center from where we have to access to the storage server for Restore/rollforward. In the target environment the Db2 archive logs are...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 1 Functionality already exists

Execute Stored Proc with SP owner privileges

Currently a stored procedure which contain dynamic SQL statements is executed with the invoker privileges. Ther are no possibility for such a procedure to run with the privileges of the userid which is owner of the Stored Procedure.That represent ...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Security 1 Functionality already exists

Allow table compression to be disabled for DGTTs and CGTTs

In short: OLTP applications frequently encounter performance issues because DB2 enables table compression by default for all DGTTs / CGTTs. Details from a real-time example: When inserting 40K rows to a DGTT, it takes 2 seconds. When we immediatel...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Enable browsing of "local" XML data

In ADMIN Tool it is possible to browse XML-data from distributed Db2 via Option: DD - Distributed DB2 systems This works, because DRDA protocol does a conversion for data that is not compatible to the local CCSID. When trying this on a local Syste...
about 2 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

load privilages should not affect runstants

RS should not require load authority Authorization For a table, you require one of the following authorities: •SYSADM•SYSCTRL•SYSMAINT•DBADM•SQLADM•CONTROL privilege on the table•LOAD authority
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

SP monitoring

Make monitoring/control of SP via WLM easier.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Workload Management 0 Not under consideration

Do not truncate trailing blanks in columnar Group By

BLU columnar engine does not carry trailing blanks in varchar columns during GROUP BY processing. It does not bring non-normalized variant through the grouping operation
over 4 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration 0 Not under consideration

Federation Issue on DB2 ORACLE COMPATIBLE databases when remote is NOT ORACLE COMPATIBLE

When a DB2 Oracle compatible (ORA) is federated against another DB2 DB that is NOT-ORAcle compatible, any select involving char columns results in not pushing down the request to the remote server and transmit the huge amount of records across the...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Not under consideration

DB2oC UI logon acceptance user name size greater than 20 characters

DB2oC User Interface is a smart way to access administration roles in a DB2oC instances. DB2oC UI has a limit of 20 (twenty) characters to user name size. In my company, for security purposes, we priorize logon proccess that uses IBMCloud App-ID s...
about 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 on Cloud 0 Not under consideration

Provide support in Db2 native encryption for KMIP 1.2 or higher

DB2 native encryption currently supports KMIP 1.1 where the master key flows (in a secure communication channel) from the centralized keystore to Db2 in order to decrypt the data encryption key. Later versions of KMIP support an alternate approach...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration