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Db2 for z/OS

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ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN diagnostic log record needs more information to be useful

The ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN diagnostic log record (type = 0x4400, subtype = 0x0083) lacks two crucial pieces of information as of DB2 V11 beta. 1. The inline length of the column if the added column is a LOB data type. 2. An indication that the col...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Rowset fetching from a Java Stored Procedure result set

A Java stored procedure deployed on DB2 for z/OS returns a result set which contains 100+ items. This result set is consumed by a client COBOL application running on z/OS (Batch and CICS). The COBOL program attempts to do a ROWSET Fetch from the c...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

CTHREAD LIMIT REAL TIME MONITORING PROBLEM

We are using IMS v11.5 and Db2 v9.1 for z/os with coexistence option. We want to receive a message in syslog saying the cthread threshold was reached or an SQL Code/State returned to application for error handling to prevent queuing on IMS side.
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement to SYIBM.ADMIN_UPDATE_SYSPARM stored procedure

Please supply sample calling program and IVP job to call and execute the SYSIBM.ADMIN_UPDATE_SYSPARM stored procedure.
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 Backup System, timely release SYSPITR lock when Backup fails

Previously submitted to IBM via RFE 128774: !!!! Not able to select the appropiate Produkt, therefore select a random produkt. Produkt should be DB2 for z/OS !!!! When SYSPITR lock is held too long this can lead to Groupbufferpool shortages and D...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Convert DSNACCEL Database to UTS w/o TOTAL Outage for HA Customers with Replication

PTF for APAR PI91467/UI54612 is something we picked up with RSU1806 this fall, I was planning to perform this work in 2019. We are not experiencing any time out issues. But, have plans to migrate to DB2 V12 in 2019. I am aware that this database/t...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhance DISPLAY GROUPBUFFERPOOL output

Enhance DISPLAY GROUPBUFFERPOOL output to display both the current and the high-water-mark number of updated data pages in a global buffer pool. Since the AUTOALTER facility may change the number of pages in the buffer, this new information should...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add columns to the RTS tables

The two real-time Statistics tables in the DB2 catalogue have lots of useful data. But they would much more useful if they had some additional columns: SYSIBM.SYSTABLESPACESTATS#1 #Times row was updated since defined.#2 #Times row was updated sinc...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

To consider IX included columns to solve db2 foreign key implicit accesses

As mentioned in PMR related, the DB2 is not considering the INCLUDED COLUMNS to FK implicit access atempt causing a bad performance.
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

V12-CERT-2017 Additional Columns in SYSLEVELUPDATES

When migrating to Continuous Delivery on several DB2 data sharing groups and implementing different function levels across our environment, we'd like a way to get the Group Name other than by display command. We could then use that information to ...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

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