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Db2 for z/OS

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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.
over 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.
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DSNTIAUL INVALID PARMS check

For DSNTIAUL, TOLWARN parm YES indicate DSNTIAUL continues to retrieve rows after receiving an SQL warning. Correct parm format is PARMS('SQL,num,TOLWARN(YES)'). When using invalid format, incorrect output occurs.
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Create DPSI with "unique within partition" option

Customer would like to have the option to create a DPSI on a very large partitioned tablespace where NPI is not desired which is "unique within partition". In the particular case where this would be especially useful, the partitioning is done with...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Monitor the index clean up process without starting a trace.

I would like to be able to monitor the DB2 for z/OS index cleanup process without starting a DB2 trace. Please could you do one or all of the following: 1. Create a DB2 command, -DISPLAY INDEXCLEANUP, to externalize the same information that IF...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

allow REPLACE function to accept empty string

The "source-string" for the REPLACE function currently cannot be an empty string, it throws an error. But I can't see any logical or functional difficulty in just applying the replace logic: the "search-string" is not found, therefore the source-s...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

make OSREQ (=OAM) calls work in Db2 STORED PROCEDURES which have a PACKAGE PATH

OSREQ=OAM calls are officially supported to be done in Db2 Stored Procedures. But this does not work, if the Db2 Stored Procedure is defined with a "PACKAGE PATH". I think this is, because OAM functions operate with and set different COLLECTIONS (...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Temporal Time feature - "No Gaps" enforcement

enforce "no gaps" for business time with no gaps in temporal time functionality
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Indexes and Extended adressability

We ran to a limit of 4Gig for an index partition on a tablebased table with 30 partitions, DSSIZE 32 and extended adressablility. In the manuals we found that the piecesize for such a definition is limited to 4 Gig for TS with DSSIZE LARGE. Only f...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Async lock request wait time in CF shows up in "Not Accounted" in the DB2 Accounting information

Because of approx 9 km distance between 2 data centers and also (in testing environment) non-optimal configuration of the CF setup, we get a log of ASYNC requests for LOCKs. As descibed in the PMR the time for this will not be accounted in relatab...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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