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Db2 for z/OS

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DB2 - exhaustive space search issue when APPEND option hits

System : DB2 V9 for z/OS with 2-way data sharing environment The Customer is using DB2 V9 and when they change the table as APPEND YES, In the case the APPEND option hits the end and no extend can be taken, it will also use exhaustive space search...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Do not reset the STATSLASTTIME column of RTS after a RECOVER

is it possible to not reset the STATSLASTTIME column of RTS after a RECOVER ?
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Setting REORG_LR_TS in SY...

REORG_LR_TS in SYSIBM.SYSTABLEPART is set for all tablespaces except for the directory objects
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

force a timeout of threads that are holding latches for a specified period of time

Due to HW failure a thread was 'hanging' in db2 system holding a latch. Db2 system will remain in that status for ever. We were not able to identify the thread, and it was not possible to cancel the thread externally. Are looking for Db2 to 'timeo...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 accounting information

We are using the DB2 accounting information as a source for resource usage counts. We use for this purpose the accounting fields described in DSECT DSNDQXST (generated with the macro DSNDQXST). We find counts for the SQL statements SELECT, INSERT,...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN diagnostic log record needs more information to be useful

The ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN diagnostic log record (type = 0x4400, subtype = 0x0083) lacks two crucial pieces of information as of DB2 V11 beta. 1. The inline length of the column if the added column is a LOB data type. 2. An indication that the col...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Ability to force the next partition PBG

We would like to be able to force a partition by growth table space to take the next partition even if its not ready to grow.
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Rowset fetching from a Java Stored Procedure result set

A Java stored procedure deployed on DB2 for z/OS returns a result set which contains 100+ items. This result set is consumed by a client COBOL application running on z/OS (Batch and CICS). The COBOL program attempts to do a ROWSET Fetch from the c...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

CTHREAD LIMIT REAL TIME MONITORING PROBLEM

We are using IMS v11.5 and Db2 v9.1 for z/os with coexistence option. We want to receive a message in syslog saying the cthread threshold was reached or an SQL Code/State returned to application for error handling to prevent queuing on IMS side.
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement to SYIBM.ADMIN_UPDATE_SYSPARM stored procedure

Please supply sample calling program and IVP job to call and execute the SYSIBM.ADMIN_UPDATE_SYSPARM stored procedure.
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration