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Db2 for z/OS

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Possibilty for setting ASUTIME LIMIT

If you have a SQL in the editor or in a file you can't set the ASUTIME LIMIT. This is only possible for a stored procedure at the moment. It would be graet to be able set this when a rare SQL needs more time.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

ADD SMF89 to install panels for DB2

while installing db2 or upgrading zparms I need to go in an manually change the zparm from SMF89=NO to YES everytime I ran the installation parm. If another systems programmer doesnt know this there is the risk that they copy over SMF89=YES and no...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Dynamically add active log with a critical message displayed in hot terminal

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almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Status RREPL can be removed via normal start

In DB2 V10, we can do a START RREPL to certify that only a replication product (in our case, qrep) can update the table. It's good, as today we need a trigger in the target table to have this. The problem is that with a single start RW this restri...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Seperation of DB2 latch 24 coutner in EDM pool and prefetch counter

EDM pool latch suspend cannot be recognized in the DB2 statistics latch 24 counter, because suspends for prefetch are also counted in this field. In the DB2 statistics IFCID 001 there are QVLS latch counters, which are reporting the number of susp...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow the alteration to another bufferpool (with the same page size) for a specific partition.

When deciding on which bufferpool to place a tablespace in, I have found that different partitions have different requirements. when the "hotspot" of a table (that would benefit by being in a larger bufferpool) is at the end, putting the last part...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add CART to DSN3106I for trappable response

Add a CART token to the DSN3106I message from the DB2 subsystem. This allows the message to be trapped by console automation tools such as NetView pipelines. Without the CART, the automation process/clist will not be able to obtain the appropriate...
about 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Incorporate Query Monitor Style Capture Into Base Db2 Product

Incorporate Query Monitor-like data capture into base Db2 product. This would greatly improve the stability of DB2 itself and might provide IBM supported API to the tool vendors.
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable DSM to display the full SQL from monitoring instead of truncated SQL

Structured Idea Details: Use a real-life scenario to explain the problem statement/pain points,IIAS appliance displays alerts in its console via monitoring which is under the covers done by DSM components. DSM monitoring displaying an alert on a S...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

UDFs for JSON support for greater documents

At the moment the UDFs for JSON support can handle JSON documents up to a size of 16M. We would like to use these functions also for even greater documents to simplyfy the usage of JSON in Db2.
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration