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Db2 for z/OS

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Ability to change APPEND for tables for xml column

For tables that implicitly created for XML columns, the APPEND is inherited from the base table. It is only correct for the CREATE statement. Altering the base table and change the APPEND value does not change in the xml table. Try to alter t...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

DB2 "DISPLAY PROCEDURE" Command To Include Native Store Procs.

Change "DISPLAY PROCEDURE" Command To Include Native Store Procedures
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

New pseudo-delete zparms

We've been told that pages trigger pseudo-delete cleanup when they become > 4% free entries. Please make this % a zparm. We would also like the calculation that triggers pseudo-delete cleanup to use another new zparm for the minimum # of entrie...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Mapping Z/OS Enclaves to DB2 Threads

We have an application running on Z/linux the application access DB2 on Z/OS through DDF. The application has few threads active in DB2 and we have ENCLAVE active in Z/OS we are trying to map which enclave belongs to which DB2 thread. If we can ge...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

IFCID 316 needs counter for tablespace scans on user tables only

Customers tool uses QW0316NT that is showen as tablespace scans. This counter does not only include scans on user tables but also on workfiles.. QW0316NT (or STAT_RSCN) intentionally includes scans of all workfiles... not only workfiles used for s...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

REORG DISCARD support writing a spanned record

Running a REORG DISCARD on a user tablespace with LONG VARCHAR message :- DSNU297I - COMPOSITE RECORD SIZE TOO LARGE FOR.......... is received.BTW, UNLOAD without 'NOPAD', the problem occur; whetheras, with 'NOPAD', the problem doesn't occur.
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 trace accounting records constraint filter by contents

My customer needs to gather SMF101 performance record to obtain stored procedures performance metrics. This is very important for them in order to deploy a DB2 stored procedures in production so they can effectively troubleshoot performance issues...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add View Support to temporal time tables

Add support for views to tables which contain both SYSTEM and BUSINESS TIME. For single table views, please limit restrictions on ISRT / UPDT so that the view can be utilized in much the same manner as any other view.
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Unexpected data truncation occurs in external JAVA stored procedures using VARCHAR type parameters

Unexpected data truncation occurs in external JAVA stored procedures using VARCHAR type parameters; whenever they contain any hex '00' character somewhere in the string data. If a JAVA stored procedure updates a variable such as x'C100C2', the pro...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Db2 member must stay up during SCA rebuild failure, for reliability

see issue TS002525622: Db2 DS member down during rebuild SCA ABEND=S04F During rolling disaster tests, we noticed that during a SCA rebuild structure failure, the db2 who owns the rebuild also went down. This behaviour seems to contradict with...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration