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Db2 for z/OS

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IFI READS support for IFCID 105

IFCID 105 contains information needed to map DBID/OBID values to object names. This information is produced on the STATS interval and contains mapping for EVERY object currently open to DB2. On large systems, thousands of IFCID 105 records may be ...
7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add SYSDISC DSNTIAUL format to REORG utility

Sometimes there's a need to repopulate DB2 tables concatenating outputs from REORG SYSDISC and DSNTIAUL in a single LOAD SYSREC file. So the idea is to have a parameter like REORG ... SYSDISC FORMAT INTERNAL|DSNTIAUL. Basically the difference betw...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Provide a threshold for the number of incidents caused by a single holder for message DSNT376I.

Availability and stable systems are very important to us (as they are for most users of DB2 for Z). Recently, I implemented a process that automatically terminated any process that shows up as the holder for a specific number (threshold) of DSNT37...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Timestamps in system generated messages in STDERR in a java WLM.

The STDERR in a java WLM does not include a timestamp of when the message was written. It's hard to cross check the system message produced with an application issue.
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

UNLOAD Utility should have the ability to generate IGNOREFIELDS YES

This is a manual effort using INSYNCH to add this to the load cards
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Unload should generate the correct load cards to load Temporal Base Tables

Currently the unload utility generates load cards with Temporal Column Names having different names as the DB2 catalog. This causes the load to generate new values for ROW BEGIN, ROW END, TRANSACTION START ID which is incorrect. Having INSYNCH sof...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

New ZPARM for SYSTIMESENSITIVE Bind Option

Please reference CASE TS005056787 ( Temporal Table access path in Plan_Table does not match dynamic explain). This bind option which is set for using a Temporal Timestamp Register was set with a DEFAULT to YES by IBM for all binds that exclude thi...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enhance system profile table usage by allowing combination of filtering categories

Using system profile tables to control remote connections/threads is a very useful feature and hence it is more and more used.During our tests, we found out that we have the need to combine DSN_PROFILE_TABLE filtering categories. Currently, for ex...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Better filter factors - use RI for this

The Db2/LUW optimizer has some algorithms that affect the optimization of queries on that platform based on the fact that RI is involved. But, Db2 for Z can calculate very incorrect filter factors that can be much more correct if Db2 enforced RI w...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Implement a TRY_CAST specification or equivalent

Implement a TRY_CAST specification which is identical in syntax and semantics to a CAST specification, with the exception that it would return NULL and raise only an SQL warning, not an error, if the target data type is numeric, and the source typ...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration