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Db2

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Support compilation of PL/I and COBOL programs without an active DB2 connection

The compilation of PL/I and COBOL programs on the z/OS mainframe is possible without an active database connection.This does not work on the AIX platform, which requires a database connection during compilation and a DB user withsufficient privile...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

CASE with EXISTS in UPDATE returns SQL0582N, which is inconsistent behavior with db2 z/OS

db2 "update test_tab set c1=case when exists (selectc2 from test_tab where c2=1) then 'A' else 'B' END" DB21034E The command was processed as an SQL statement because it was not a valid Command Line Processor command. During SQL processing it retu...
about 7 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Direct read of Archive logs from TSM server when using db2 rollforward on crossnode restore operations

Usually our Db2 backups to TSM. Occasionally we restore a Db2 system in another operating center from where we have to access to the TSM server for Restore/rollforward. In the target environment the Db2 archive logs are extracted via db2adutl afte...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 3 Functionality already exists

Allow SELECT INTO to assign query results to Local Variables within a Function/Procedure

When trying to assign a query result to local variables within a PROCEDURE or FUNCTION using Dynamic SQL only a DYNAMIC CURSOR (see below) can be used which leads to more complicated and lengthy code. However, using SELECT INTO (see below) could b...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Allow Table-Valued-Function (TVF) within DB2 SQL PL Module

Within a SQL PL MODULE, a Table-Valued-Function/TVF cannot be created, but outside of a MODULE, this can be done. This seems to be a restriction on MODULE functionality given that they are an analog to PL/SQL PACKAGES. Our request is to allow the ...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 1 Not under consideration

creating a nickname of a DB2i series table when it have indexes using expressions

hi, there is a limitation of the DB2 federation, it is impossible to create a nickname to a DB2i table if it has an index using expression https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/drda-wrapper-returns-sql0901n-index-column-name-not-found-search-1-while-c...
over 3 years ago in Db2 / Fluid Query 0 Not under consideration

Please rebrand "SQL PL" to "SQL PSM" or "SQL/PSM"

Hi, as we know Db2 supports the SQL PSM standard really closely and in the only mainstream database to do this. However, your Knowledge Center is confusing because the name given to SQL PSM in Db2 is SQL PL. Because Db2 also supports Oracle PL/SQL...
over 3 years ago in Db2 1 Future consideration

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over 3 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 2 Not under consideration

Ability to define distribution key on tables created when using CREATE EVENT MONITOR

DB2 Warehouse on cloud currently decides the best key to use to distribute the data on event monitor tables and DOES NOT use the PARTITION_KEY column. In some circumstances the user may wish to have control over the distribution key applied. This ...
over 3 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Recover database from "Backup in progress" hang state without restarting the database

When a full online backup is running and an Abinitio (DAIP) job runs and create new staging tables (or drop them), it caused an impact to the database that we are not able to recover from. Most of the tables (if not all) will be in a “Backup in pr...
over 3 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration