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Db2 for z/OS

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Enable alter partition values on XML tables

We use a lot of XML tables today on our environment. We need to alter the limitkey defined for partitions in DB2. According to the manual, the DB2 correct behavior is to return sqlcode -109 when alter table partition (XML TABLE) is executed.
8 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow Db2 ESAF interface with IMS to use PSB in place of loadmodule

Currently when a thread is created between IMS->Db2 the Db2 ESAF exit uses the Load module name to link to a plan name of the same name (or another name if using RTT load module). In a test environment there may be a scenario where sever...
9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

MFA should be supported when logging with Data Studio

Multifactor Authentication is not currently supported to connect to DB2 using Data Studio. We are using MFA (Factor TOTP) to connect to TSO, CICS and other products. However we cannot connect through Data Studio as it does not support MFA.
10 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Permit wildcard on OBJECTSCHEMA of SYSAUDITPOLICIES

We need to activate native DB2 audit policy using SYSAUDITPOLICIES catalog table. In this table we can use wildcard (i.e. '%') for OBJECTNAME column, but no for OBJECTSCHEMA We have different schemas in our subsystem so we need to define more poli...
10 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

include a new READS IFCID for all in-doubt thread display

display Indoubt thread informations that are required to take further steps such as commit/rollback and how to reset the status.
10 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Use OPTHINT for package with version

Db2 uses the following PLAN_TABLE columns when matching rows that specify access paths to SQL statements: QUERYNO , APPLNAME , PROGNAME , VERSION , COLLID , OPTHINT If I use PKGVERSION(AUTO) during precompile I need to change my OPTHINT every time...
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

to determine that the element following the current element is an element in the tables being accessed and not a ‘rename’ and generate an error message

Currently, when compiling a Cobol program if a comma is missing from the second to last field in a SELECT the DB2 pre-compiler will not give an error because it treats the second table element as a 'rename' this creates problems because no error i...
11 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE Not recorded in SYSCOPY

LOAD SHRLEVEL CHANGE utilties should be recorded in SYSCOPY
12 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

ADMIN_UTL_MODIFY Enhancement

Enhance ADMIN_UTL_MODIFY to cleanup INPROGRESS entries that didn't complete in their timeframe. Or have the ADMIN_UTL_EXECUTE process cleanup INPROGRESS entries that didn't previous complete.
12 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review

Add option to DCLGEN utility to support conditional compilation based on whether the SQL option is used

Some non-Db2 programs use the member created by the DCLGEN utility as a copy member because they are processing a file with the same layout as the COBOL portion of the DCLGEN member. The DCLGEN generated member contains a DECLARE TABLE statement, ...
12 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration