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    Allow SYSTOOLS and SYSFUN schemas to be permitted separate from SYSCTRL

    Currently, SYSCTRL is required for creation of procedures/functions with schemas SYSFUN or SYSTOOLS, i.e. when running DSNTIJRT. We would like schemas such as "SYSTOOLS" and "SYSFUN" to be able to be permitted/granted separately from SYSCTRL, as S...
    over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

    use of SET CURRENT APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY for ONLINECHECK in db2sqljcustomize command

    The SQLJ Profile Customizer command db2sqljcustomize (described in the DB2 11 for z/OS Application Programming Guide and Reference for Java) with the options -onlinecheck YES and -genDBRM is used to create a DB2 z/OS DBRM for a SQLJ Java program. ...
    about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

    Make XML tablespaces more portable

    Currently, there are 3 different internal structures that Db2 uses for the implicitly created table inside an XML tablespace: 3 columns, 5 columns with the START_TS/END_TS fields as BINARY(8), and 5 columns with the START_TS/END_TS fields as BINAR...
    over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    DB2 IFI306 metrics

    With out IFCID 306 log read metrics, it is difficult assess capture task efficiency and performance
    almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Auto-size INDEX_MEMORY_CONTROL system parameter and auto-populate SYSIBM.SYSINDEXCONTROL

    To avoid manual analysis and reap the benefits of in-memory index structure / FTB. To automatically allocate more than 20MB (when appropriate) for INDEX_MEMORY_CONTROL zparm. To identify list of indexes that would benefit from FTB based on actual ...
    almost 3 years ago in Db2 AI for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    Performant SQL Windowing functionality

    We tried to use the syntax for windowing in SQL as an alternative to using subselects. Most other DBMSs perform a lot better with the windowing syntax, but we can only see less performance using it. The reason we want to use it is basically to get...
    over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

    zDb2 should provide option to not write RACF statistics without coding any Db2 Signon Exit (DSN3SSGN)

    Banca d'Italia, for many good reasons, wants to get rid of any user written assembler exit, including DSN3SSGN .They use DNS3SSGN only with the specific purpose to not collect RACF statistics and so they have modified it by adding STAT=NO on each ...
    over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Index on expression should be used when outer join is rewritten (by the optimizer) as an inner join

    When coding the following query (or, generalized query), an index on expression for UPPER(RTRIM(TABB.COLA)) is not used: SELECT ... FROM .... TABA LEFT JOIN TABB ON .... WHERE UPPER(RTRIM(TABB.COLA)) = ? In the above query, it is (originally) writ...
    over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    LOAD card with RESUME and REPLACE on same table

    Today there's no error message/info message that if you run a load with REPLACE and RESUME on the same table in the same job then you'll run into problem with missing Index-entries for the table
    over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Is a defect

    Referential Integrity for Real-time Statistics Tables (RI for RTS)

    OVERVIEW: The RTS tables do not have DB2-enforced RI. The DB2 component that handles the maintenance of this data can encounter certain failures that can result in obsolete/invalid/orphaned data in the table(s). By the way, this is more prevalent ...
    over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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