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Db2 for z/OS

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Improve adaptive indexes for multi-column indexes

Currently adaptive index works great for single column indexes, but the following example multiple index is not considered:SELECT something FROM T1 WHERE col1 BETWEEN :H1 AND :H2 AND col2 BETWEEN :H3 AND :H4and there are indexes I1 on (col1, co...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

PIPE support for UDTF

We would like to see PIPE support added to allow DB2 to return rows as they are created from a select of UDTF.
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Support global array definitions

Allow a global schema for user defined types.
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Deadlock between 2 Inserts because of Pseudo Deletes

We recently ran into deadlocks issue while doing QA tests for a major application delivery, our DB2 traces revealed that the deadlocks were always between 2 inserts, what we did not understand was why there was a S lock (on a ROW/PAGE) in deadlock...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

For implictly defined XML object, explicitly define TS/IX names

For XML objects, if implicitly defined, provid a way to supply the TS name, IX name, STOGROUP, SEGSIZE, DSSIZE and BUFFERPOOL. The other parameters can be updated using the ALTER statement.
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

search with Arabic substring in DB2 on z/OS

The client is connecting from Windows environment on DB2 on z/os. There is a need for the where like '%' predicate operator for most of the applications. The client then needs to search with substring but it is not supported in DB2 on z/Os. which ...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

IFCID 62 gives DDL notification on all executions, even ones that fail

The event notification occurs even if the DDL fails. A return code and reason code field would be a good addition to the API
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

MR0427112852: QueryTimeout property cannot terminate a stored proedure on z/os platform

QueryTimeout property in JDBC Type 4 driver doesn't work for DB2 forZ/OS, when a stored procedure active for the thread.blockingReadConnectionTimeout is able to stop the stored procedure on db2for z/os, when timeout is reached. Unfortunately this ...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 IFCID fields too small to accomodate data

As described in PMR 46301,820,820 the following fileds in DB2 needs to be changed to handle binary overflow which is common on customer installation:- Number of getpage requests. F QBACGET- The number of requests to lock a resource. F QTXALOCK - T...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Alter IX / TS page size at individual partition level

For MSOR application: For very large TS / IX with thousands of partitions, deployed in a 24 x 7 environment, the restriction of having to alter page size at the TS / IX level rather than by individual partitions is unrealistic for customers. The c...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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