IBM Data Platform Ideas Portal for Customers


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    Suppport temporal tables in combination with row permission

    Row permission should be supported for temporal tables. We use temporal tables to track the history of records. This works. We now like to expand our database to a multitenancy database with security control by row permission. This does not work, ...
    almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Not under consideration

    Externalize DDF Alias level statistics into SMF

    Currently we do have SMF data for DB2 system level distributed workload but do not have DDF Alias level statistics with in SMF, only available adhoc option is to issue DIS DDF <alias> DETAIL to look at DDF alias level active dbats and connec...
    over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    UNION should automatically be rewritten to "UNION ALL" when it is logically equivalent

    In the following query, the developer coded "UNION". Because it is part of a "WHERE EXISTS" subselect, replacing the UNION with "UNION ALL" will perform much better and deliver the same results: SELECT * FROM PDBR111.VCLI095_SELECT V01WHERE V01.AR...
    over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Recover Statistics based on Statistic History Tables

    In most cases an up-to-date RUNSTATS will result in better execution plans and SQL performance. But there are also cases, where new statistics result in worser execution plans and performance. For static SQL we have many possibilities to control t...
    over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    304 VLDB - Altering Indexes to Change PIECESIZE Not Online

    Change the PIECESIZE of indexes puts the index in rebuild pending status. We need the ability to increase the PIECESIZE where index compression alone is not sufficient to scale an index.
    over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Enhancement to JSON2BSON UDF

    With the increasing adoption of Db2 REST, the use of JSON2BSON UDF also increased. The problem with this UDF is that frequent repetitive calls of this UDF will result in -904 "ROUTINE PARAMETER STORAGE" error. We have gone thru recommendations in ...
    almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Dynamically Defined Reorg Mapping Tables That Use An Implicitly Defined Database

    Currently, the implicitly created database works great because every instance of a mapping table is in a separate database.This avoids any possibility of database lock contention across multiple concurrent instances of reorg.The downside of the im...
    almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    DB2 zOS LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE - provide # of rows processed

    Enhancement request: When LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE utility abended, DB2 should provide the number of input records processed. Justification: If a LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE utility abended and then restarted successfully, the utility will skip the processed...
    over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    IBM Unload to support parallelism for LOB Tablespaces

    We are trying to unload large LOB tablespaces in a performant manner. Please see PMR 76429 999 866 in relation to this. IBM Unload currently issues misleading messages saying parallelism will be invoked. However this is not the case and the utilit...
    over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    CATMAINT / ENFM REORG enhancement

    CATMAINTs and ENFM REORGs causes major disruption if running alongside current workload. Continuous availabilty requirements means sign-off for planned DB2 outages (version upgrades or catalog reorgs) are very difficult to obtain/justify.
    over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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