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Db2

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More Granularity on DISPLAY command authority (display procedure)

We'd appreciate if there was a more granular level of authority to permit schema owners of stored procedures to be able to display status of stored procedures. We are concerned from an audit standpoint that granting system-display privilege would ...
about 3 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

Enhance TEMP index purge performance under high concurrency

In the environments that use a high number of temporary tables (DGTTs/CGTTs) with indexes, performance of temp object instantiation is severely impacted under high concurrency, i.e. when we have many objects dropped and recreated at the same time ...
about 3 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Update TSAMP License when Db2 License Aplied

On Linux and Unix enviornments you have the ability to install the Db2 Server by installing the latest fix pak and then applying the license file from the Activation download. Unfortunately, when we just did the fix pak install fo Db2 11.1.5.4 and...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Modify uninstallSAM to allow for forced removal

Unsuccessful use of uninstallSAM to remove TSAMP component RPMs after disk storage loss/corruption of path /usr/sbin/rsct
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration

Database activation should carry separate security authority

ACTIVATE DATABASE should be a separate GRANTed authority.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Security 0 Not under consideration

Catalog command with comment string length 30 chars is too short

Catalog command with comment string limit of 30 chars is too short. The examples in the knowledge center document use longer strings.We use the string to contain our FQDN server names and often the limit enforces us to short names.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Rename table does not execute a drop-create of the foreign keys.

If there are constraints on table, "rename" table results SQL0750. There is no easy way to rename table like other DBMS in Db2.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Implement SQLCODE mapping for Federated Stored Procedures

Db2 Connect provides SQLCODE mapping when connecting to a back-end Db2 z/OS database. Federation does not offer the same feature, instead translating user-driven SQL errors to SQL1822N (SQLCODE -1822). When invoking a Db2 z/OS federated stored pro...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Fluid Query 1 Future consideration

DB2 listener not activated after DB process killed by OS and restarted automatically by TSA in HADR environment

We had DB2 HADR primary/standby configuration. Due to one application job,DB2 consumes all memory and OS killed db2sysc process. db2 restarted automatically by TSA but listener wasn't activated . There was no evidence in logs which process was usi...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

SQL20342 error should include schema when transferring ownership

When executing a transfer ownership over a stored procedure to a user that does not have privilege over another stored procedure, then Db2 raises this error message: SQL20342N auth-ID does not have one or more required privileges "EXECUTE" on obje...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration