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Db2 for z/OS

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Add an optional parm to DSNTIJRT/DSNTRIN that can be used to specify the APPLCOMPAT level

Add an optional parm to DSNTIJRT/DSNTRIN that can be used to specify the APPLCOMPAT level for (RE)BINDing packages for Db2-supplied routines and related objects.
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Delivered

Collect statistics for NPI when reorging only a partition

In general we want to collect statistics only as inline stats using USE PROFILE during reorg. Our strategy is to reorg objects on a partition level. Unfortunately in this case statistics for NPIs are sometime not collected and we receive message D...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

LISTAGG - Reduce workfile usage of function LISTAGG

The function LISTAGG uses a lot of workfile space. This can lead to abends, especially if there are many groups. This is the specific case where the problem occurred in our company: SELECT A.GES_SL, A.VNR, A.POS_LNR , SUBSTR(LISTAGG(TA_ID,'/') WIT...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Allow for use of RACF passtickets when connecting to Db2 zOS

The current DSM documentation states to use a non-expiring RACF id for the DSM repository connection to z/OS and the connection profile "Data collection" credentials. Non expiring RACF ids are not allowed by our Security and Controls team. This pr...
about 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Dynamic delete (or change) active logs in BSDS

Dynamic delete (or change) active logs in BSDS
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Reset and Collect new statistics in one go

We sometimes need to reset the old statistics in regards to access path selection.This is possible by RUNSTATS ... RESET ACCESSPATH. But in some cases the new RUNSTATS run long enough so that DYNAMIC SQL statements can slip into this timegap.Hence...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Support OR REPLACE option in Native SQL Procs

We would like the 'OR REPLACE' syntax that is available on the LUW Create Procedure statement for native SQL Procedures to be supported on DB2 for z/OS.
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

More efficient way of freeing or deleting a bind copy for trigger packages.

We would like a way to free or delete bind copy for trigger packages. You can delete/free rows from the bindcopy tables for triggers. For packages you use the FREE PACKAGE command with the PLANMGMT (INACTIVE) parm Ex. FREE PACKAGE - (AM.AMPILN.(AM...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

-DIS STATS(ITC) - Retrofit PH51565 to DB2 v.12 (Fast Traversal Blocks)

We are collecting data from the -DIS STATS(ITC) command once every 15 minutes. We will use that data to help determine the best candidate indexes for fast traversal blocks. Currently under v.12 when you have INDEX_MEMORY_CONTROL set to SELECTED yo...
12 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Prevent deadlocks between RTS externalization and ALTER activity

We occasionally experience deadlocks between our application processes that perform alters to rotate partitions on partitioned tablespaces and RTS externalization (specifically correlation ID 014.RTSTST00). We would like to see the locking between...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered