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Db2 for z/OS

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new BLKSIZE parm for TEMPLATE utility

For the TEMPLATE utility, I would like the ability to specify BLKSIZE.
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

DSNKDX02 redundant index

There are two indices on SYSPACKDEP: CREATE INDEX "SYSIBM".DSNKDX02 ON "SYSIBM".SYSPACKDEP (BQUALIFIER ASC, BNAME ASC, BTYPE ASC) NOT PADDED BUFFERPOOL BP0 CLOSE NO; CREATE INDEX "SYSIBM".DSNKDX03 ON "SYSIBM".SYSPACKDEP (BQUALIFIER ASC, BNAME ASC,...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Reduce the number of reasons that require a DB2 member be bought down in order to update the bootstrap dataset using the DSNJ

Reduce the number of reasons that require a DB2 member be bought down in order to update the bootstrap dataset using the DSNJU003 utility.
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Provide more granular subsetting option for MONITOR product-type CONNECTIONS FOR SECURITY profiles

The new option to tighten security requirements for connections to Db2 with : MONITOR product-type CONNECTIONS FOR SECURITY Is a great option to enforce certain authentication options. But currently there is not option to subset these profiles to ...
12 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Dynamic Statement Cache should have information from the field ClientInfo

We use JPA to generate Dynamic SQL in Db2 z/OS. The application ID i sent in the field ClientInfo which helps us to identify the processing. SMF records, Omegamon, Query Monitor and other products contain this information, but not the Dynamic Stat...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Detect corrupted pointers in the free chain and avoid referencing them

We are currently using a USERMOD which detects corrupted pointers in the free chain before referencing them and, if detected, automatically truncates the free chain to avoid referencing bad addresses. If this can be generalized and implemented wit...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Delivered

Allow statement level hints on SQL in stored procedure packages

It is a huge pain to hint specific statements contained within stored procedure packages. Currently you will get this message if trying to bind query for a statement level hint on a procedure package: DSNT281I -DBP1 BIND QUERY FOR QUERYNO = 59988 ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Delivered

Allow BIND(REPLACE) on a DB2 REST service

The current BIND SERVICE command allows BIND ACTION(ADD). It should be enhanced to include BIND ACTION(REPLACE). There are already enhancement Ideas present to allow for the replacing of the default version. During iterative development, or correc...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Make the TCPIP address available for security purposes

Currently the only data available on IP address is the literal 'TCPIP' Please make the IP address available in a standardized fashion/form that the ESMs can exploit for source ID checking/verification...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

syntax validation for DB2 ZOS SQL statement

In the past, Data Studio could validate DB2 z/OS SQL statement, but it now does not support new SQL after FL501. It gives false alarm when SQL does not have syntax error. Please refer to case TS003384292.
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered