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Db2 for z/OS

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Rename column should be possible if View is on table

We encountered that Rename column is not possible if a View esists on the appropriate table. We would like to exploit this new function (Rename Column), but we have views, which does not allow that. We already have a similar requirement MR02141152...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Primary Authid etc. in Plan_Table

Add a column where the userid, jobname and the like can be storred. This column should be NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT USER and accordingly populated by explain.
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Temporal Database for DB2 Configuration parameters and catalog information

With the New Feature of Temporal Database , It may be possible to keep System Configuration information - like Instance ,configuration Database configuration , along with snapshot information if possible for performace audit , analysis etc
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

threshold "DATASPACERATIO" in SP SYSPROC.DSNACCOX

The same in MR1209102911:The Stored Procedure SYSPROC.DSNACCOX can be started with a threshold for "DATASPACERATIO" to detect over allocations. The IBM default is set to 2. However if a tablespace or index with a small allocation are defined (syst...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Extension of check constraints for XML content

Extension of check constraints for XML content Add business integrity rules: ALTER TABLE NAME3XML-Column CONTRAINT xmlcheck CHECK banknumber = NAME3.BANKNUMBER; Support for check conditions on XML documents as for traditional relational tables.
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Long SQL Statement

Currently limit to the length of an SQL is 2MB, we need longer for native SQL SPsSupporting details/Description The current limit to the length of an SQL statement, which for a stand-alone SQL statement is fine, but we are aggressively moving to ...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 should be enhanced in order to use a parmlib dataset to contain initialization parameters (ZPARMS), rather than requiring

DB2 should be enhanced in order to use a parmlib dataset to contain initialization parameters (ZPARMS), rather than requiring an assembly and link-edit of a load module to contain them.
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Enhance DB2 to allow for a dynamic refresh of DB2 exit load modules via a command interface.

Enhance DB2 to allow for a dynamic refresh of DB2 exit load modules via a command interface.
almost 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...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

REORG DISCARD support writing a spanned record

Running a REORG DISCARD on a user tablespace with LONG VARCHAR message :- DSNU297I - COMPOSITE RECORD SIZE TOO LARGE FOR.......... is received.BTW, UNLOAD without 'NOPAD', the problem occur; whetheras, with 'NOPAD', the problem doesn't occur.
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration