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Db2 for z/OS

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Provide SCOPE(GROUP) option for STOP/START PROFILE

Provide for a SCOPE(GROUP) option for START/STOP PROFILE commands similar to START/STOP PROCEDURE.
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Db2 Unload from a Cursor

Enhance the Db2 UNLOAD utility to perform an unload from a declared cursor
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

RI support for tables with mixed encoding schemes

MR012908405 GGDB208012 GGDB207014
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Improvements in online DDL changes - DBD design

Our company uses DB2 zOS almost exclusively for dynamic SQL workloads. Our management expects that DB2 zOS also has high availability regarding DDL changes in this application szenario. If you intend to perform DDL changes in this environment duri...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 9 Not under consideration

Restful API call needs to support array data types

Currently the RESTFUL API Db2 service does not support array data types as part of the call statement.
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Provide SQL access to product statistics API's

Provide a way to bring statistics from various products API's into an SQL context. Sample has been shown to selected zBLC customers during the Dublin face-2-face. Requirement has been discussed with Jeff Josten / Chris Crone. Offer has been made t...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Improving Insert Performance for LOBs

As mentioned in Case TS004024647 there are some situations where inserts in lob structures do not provide the expected performance. Instead they cause massive CPU consumption in the Coupling Facility for the spacemap search. The problem is excessi...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add more granularity to commands -START PROFILE and -STOP PROFILE

Summary: Enable a new keyword PROFILEID(list-of-profile-IDs) for the -START PROFILE and -STOP PROFILE commands.----Currently, the activation of profiles can be performed by a -START PROFILE command, which in turn activates all profiles that have S...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Compress statement text before insert in Dynamic Statement Cache

GGDB212006 'Compress' statement text of dynamic SQL statements by removing all unnecessary blanks before inserting in DSC. As a consequence statements have to be 'compressed' before comparing it to statements in DSC
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 accounting SMF101 with reporting class

The absence of report class in DB2 SMF record 101 is cumbersome for capacity management. Report Class is used for workload reporting and accounting. To match SMF 72 (values by report class) with SMF 101 (values by thread, i.e. for userid and other...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration