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Db2

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Export should have nocoldel or coldelx20

Db2 should allow an export without characters for columns not characters, or space as column delimiter. Something like: export to myfile.csv of del modified by nochardel nocoldel select * from mytable There is something to change the col...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

give RTCL download link on Connection Information page for customers who use the db2 CLP

Long term Db2-LUW users often use the db2 CLP (on Windows or Linux/unix) to run scripts. If those customers try out the Db2 on cloud offering, the only *matching* version of a Db2-client that is offered for download via the Connection-Info page is...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Package Web Interface

When a developer specially anyone with limited knowledge attempts to try DB2 in a container or developer edition, there is no reference to documents and no GUI to work with. IBM websites and information/terminology I wouldn't call is easy to find ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Need the ability to fix corrupted synopsis tables

Once DB24LUW-I-841 is implemented (ability to detect corrupted synopsis tables online), then we need the ability to fix them online.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Compression 1 Not under consideration

Detect corrupted synopsis tables online

There is a need to report all corrupted synopsis tables online. Currently, db2dart /crs can do it per table and it's done offline.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / BLU Acceleration / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

STATUS_CHANGE_TIME Colum doesnt exist in in mon_get views

We are currently working to migrate all our SNAP views to MON_GET views/Functions as SNAP views caused a response spike in our PROD environment recently.We are using STATUS_CHANGE_TIME columns of sysibmadm.applications to check lock waits on the d...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

Support of TO_SINGLE_BYTE (oracle function) in 1363 code page database

Needs for higher Oracle compatibility.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Multiple index creation in parallel in the AMT

AMT procedure is used for online reorg. At index build phase, parallel multiple index creation is needed for faster completion of job.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Parallel Classic Reorg on a partitioned table

Many DBA want to run multiple partitions in partitioned table.at a same time Serial execution takes too long time, it is not really efficient.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 1 Not under consideration

Depth First By /Breadth First By support in Recursive CTE

Oracle user can order of the rows by the SEARCH clause of Recursive Common Table Expression. There are two methods, BFS and DFS. For easy application migration, this feature should be enabled.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration