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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

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.
almost 7 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

New NOT NULL columns cannot be added to an empty table without a default value.

Submitted on behalf of Gregor Hack (ghack@zeb.de). New NOT NULL columns cannot be added to an empty table without a default value (WITH DEFAULT). Customer currently sets a dummy default value, which they drop afterwards.
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Drop STP SQL with dependency of other STP SQL type NATIVE

We have a general purpose StoredProcedure (STPX1) that is called by other native StoredProcedures (STPA1, STPA2, STPA3, etc) that have CALL statements to STPX1, If I need DROP the STP STPX1 (for recreate later) I receive the error -478 for depende...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Fix to enable pureScale support with Red Hat KVM on Power

There is a PCI Passthrough issue on Red Hat KVM that would probably not be fixed by Red Hat until V7.4 at the earliest. LTC has proposed an alternative approach to avoid the contention that pureScale is using PCI Passthrough to address.
about 7 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration

Add support for NFS 4.2 on AIX 7.2

Sparse file support was added in NFSv4.2 and currently AIX supports NFS4.1 which does not have sparse capability. DB2 only supports fast pre-allocation on some file systems. Including Veritas VxFS, JFS2, GPFS, ext4 and xFS. Kindly include the supp...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Operating System/Virtualization 0 Not under consideration