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Db2 for z/OS

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Enhance DB2 so that if a racinit fails for a passticket only UserID we see the ICH408I

Please enhance the SAF calls for DB2 for PROTECTED UserIDs that have passticket to omit the ICH408I message if the RACINIT fails
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DSNUTILS/U -Writing SYSPR...

DSNUTILS/U does not allow the contents of SYSIBM.SYSPRINT to be externalized. The information is returned only to the caller. A DBA supporting a bulk load initiated from data stage does not have any visibility into the progress of the load or diag...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Error handling in SOAPHTT...

The SOAPHTTPNC and SOAPHTTPNV routines give the invoker a choice, via an LE environment variable setting, of either handling SOAP faults himself (RETURN_ERROR=YES) or have the SOAPHTTPN routine handle the fault (RETURN_ERROR=NO, the default).Both ...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

ALTER INDEX ADD INCLUDE COLUMN for pk index that also is fk.

Banco do Brasil has a continuos DB2 z/OS performance team that works to improve access path for legacy and new applications and in many cases the DDL "ADD INCLUDE COLUMN " has been used with successful for it but they are facing some cases that is...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

SQLCODE doesn't provide useful information when performing a SELECT on a DB2 table with Row Access Control implemented

We are planning to use ' Row access control' in DB2 as a solution to share some tables, but giving end-users/processes access only to the data they are allowed to see. We have found it really easy to implement (with the built-in function VERIFY_GR...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhance Profile Monitors

We have just recently started making use of the Profile Monitor We are using it to identify threads connecting with outdated drivers. Would like to be able to have one entry to flag PRDID < JCC041* rather than enter a row for every version that...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 Autostats enhancement; create Runstats Profiles without COLGROUPs already covered by KEYCARD

AUTOSTATS creates RUNSTATS Profiles containing COLGROUPs which are already covered by KEYCARD. This leads to additional RUNSTATS activities and wastes resources.
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Create Column mask for any data type

With the attention on protecting sensitive customer data in our industry being very high, having a simple way to mask data on any table in any environment is a powerful tool. If a data element such as SSN is stored as an unformatted numeric, curre...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

new IFCID for archive table

Auswertung der Accounting Daten bietet keine Informationen, ob Archiving stattgefunden hat. Der Grund dafür ist, dass die Accounting Trace Daten (IFCID 3) diese Informationen nicht enthalten.Informationen über Tabelle Archivierung werden nur ges...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Copy with option Changelimit and Template switching based on changed pages

Whe are using the TEMPLATE SWITCHING with a LIMIT 16 MB in a Copy with option CHANGELIMIT. The allocation of copies is made during the utilinit and is based on 10% of the HI-U-RBA and not on the pages to be copied. In this way some very large copi...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration