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Db2 for z/OS

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alternate name for special register CURRENT APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY > APPLCOMPAT

is it possible to introduce alternate name or short version of "CURRENT APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY"? On a regular basis, we usually want to validate the applcompat of our system for informative purposes so we do: SELECT CURRENT APPLICATION COMPATIB...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

We want to cancel all Db2 THREADS with one command in a Db2 Datasharing Member.

Today we must cancel any single thread. During a Db2 migration or shutdown you must cancel the Db2 threads to stop Db2.
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Improve Space Search Performance for Nearly Full PBR

Currently, when there are many concurrent inserts on a PBR which is nearly full, CPU and elapsed time for inserts increases by many orders of magnitude, to the point where it can completely monopolize the CPU on an LPAR. In past discussions, I was...
6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

temporary catalog table

Creating a temporary catalog table could be useful in various situations to restore certain numbers of rows to their original state. Using the example of SYSSEQUENCES, it could be possible to perform a row-based recovery in the event of an error w...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

SQL Data Insights - Silent/ Batch execution of the installationscript sqldi.sh

The installation of the SQL DI web application is accomplished through an installation script in an interactive bash session. Here, for each prompt, the user has to respond by either entering requested information or accepting the default. T...
8 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Altering the default value of a global variable

Global Variables: A global variable can be created with a default value. Each session that uses it will then instantiate a version of that global variable, with the default value and any change in the value is limited in scope to its unit-of-work....
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

SQL Data Insights - Usage of secondary Authid = RACF Group while enabling AI for Table

When enabling AI for a table in the SQL Data Insights user interface, there is no option, to set a different/ secondary Authid = RACF Group. Instead the application uses the UserID from the login in the user interface. As a result, the CREATE TABL...
8 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Restful API call needs to support array data types

Currently the RESTFUL API Db2 service does not support array data types as part of the call statement.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Full package support for Restful services

A restful service contains one and only one SQL statement and is, simply put, a mini-static package. It was delivered with a couple of problems. Firstly, the only way to tell if this static package is a restful service is to look at the HOSTLANG c...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Future consideration

There should be a table like SYSUTILITIES that contains Db2 Commands that have been issued

There should be a table like SYSUTILITIES , say SYSCOMMANDS, that contains Db2 Commands that have been issued, including the full text of the Db2 command that was issued.
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration