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JSON Indexing on non-inline LOBs

Currently IBM allows the creation of indexes for JSON docs stored in an inline LOB but not a non-inline LOB. We want to make full use of JSON docs in DB2 for zOS. We wanted to avoid having to move more apps to MongoDB.
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Display info about stopped Stored Procedure

We have a few Stored procedures that has been stopped intentionally waiting for them to be dropped. We want to keep them in a stopped state for a period of time so that we can be sure no one use them. One example of this is when we rewrite externa...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 7 Not under consideration

Profiles ; time between DSNT771/2I messages made variable

Currently when a Profile is triggered (warning or exception) DSNT771/2I are issued every 5 minutes as long as exceptions/warnings are met in the timeframe. When an exception is triggered (maximum connections from IP for instance) the issue will oc...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Table Values functionality

Is it possible to add following functionality to DB2 zos 10, 11 and IDAA 4.1 and above. Apparently it is supported in DB2 LUW. SELECT S.Year, Q.Quarter, Q.ResultsFROM SalesAgg AS S, TABLE (VALUES(1, S.q1), (2, S.q2), (3, S.q3), (4, S.q4)) AS Q(Qua...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Optimization access paths currently used for SELECTs should also apply to UPDATEs (and DELETEs)

Currently, as I write a SELECT query with a correlated Sub-select (and no other predicates), I see that the optimization for that query uses a non-correlated sub-select and the query runs very fast. But, if I use exactly the same predicate, but wr...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow an EDITPROC routine to be added to a table using ALTER

Update ALTER to allow an EDITPROC to be added to a table. Remember if an EDITPROC was added to a table or not in the catalog. If an EDITPROC was *not* alter added to a table (either none was specified, or the EDITPROC was specified at CREATE TABLE...
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Function hex2dec

We need a scalar function to convert a hexidecimal value to decimal.
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Adding new values to CHECK Constraints should not put Table in CHECK PENDING

There are many instances today when existing CHECK Constraints have to be modified to add additional values. Currently, making any modifications to CHECK Constraints to add or remove values requires that the Constraint be dropped and re-created. T...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow customers to specify a name for SYSINSTL ID instead of forcing "SYSINSTL"

Currently, IBM allows customers to install Db2 for z/OS under Install SYSOPR authority. This requires that the customer specify "SYSINSTL" as the installer ID in several key steps of the DB2 Install CLIST. "SYSINSTL" is then used for definition of...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Multiple-event triggers

Provide increased flexibility for Developers and better compatibility across the DB2 family. In the recent zBLC present regarding SQLPL support for Triggers being proposed for Cypress, on of the items that it was mentioned that will not be availab...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration