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Db2 for z/OS

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New Authorization for SELECT all tables (DataSelect)

We use the DataAccess Auth to let Select. Insert, Update & Delete on all tables. But we'll appreciate also a new Auth for letting only Select on all tables. That's why we thought about the name DataSelect.
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Improve DB2 sliding scale algorithm (SECQTY -1)

The maximum secondary space allocation of 559 cylinders for objects of 64GB or greater is too little causing the number of extents hits the limit of 255 or if using Extent Constraint Removal it would generated many extents. For the cases where the...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

additional Db2 accounting info when SELECT FROM FINAL TABLE is used

When I use SQL UPDATE then the accounting information is very clear that UPDATE was used. If I wrap that UPDATE with SELECT FROM FINAL TABLE on the outside then the accounting information does not clearly show UPDATE was used. This is tricky and a...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Improving latch contention in Db2 z/OS

DB2 workloads run at a priority that is related to their origin (may it be batch, IMS, DDF, …) and according to WLM service class definitions. In high system utilization scenarios, or due to workloads running in a WLM service class with a resource...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add new STATUS codes to SYSIBM.SYSTABLESPACE to reflect different states of the tablespace

For the person who wants to identify the tablespaces that are in advisory reorg-pending status to collectively identify those tables and include them collectively in a reorganization job.
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 6 Not under consideration

Replace unique NPI by PI

We need to replace non-partitioned unique indexes by partitioned indexes. This will be even more important when we start converting PBGs to PBRs in vNext. Already today you can create a new unique index. The problem is getting rid of the old NPI. ...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Create Trigger - allow following to be changed ARCHIVESENSITIVE, BUSTIMESENSITIVE, SYSTIMESENSITIVE

Allow this to be changed when creating basic trigger. ARCHIVESENSITIVE BUSTIMESENSITIVE SYSTIMESENSITIVE
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide possibility to alter a COLUMN from NOT NULL to NULL and vice versa

A table was defined with COLUMN A NOT NULL but it is not posssible to remove the NOT NULL clause afterwards!
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow TAPEUNITS to use virtual tape drives

The COPY utility utilizing templates allows for TAPEUNITS(0) to let COPY decide the appropriate number of physical tape drives to use. If all tape drives are virtual, copy will only use one tape drive. This requires hard coding TAPEUNITS(n) to get...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

TIMESTAMP (6) WITHOUT TIME ZONE NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS FOR EACH ROW ON UPDATE AS ROW CHANGE TIMESTAMP - allow ALTER to be able to change GENERATE ALWAY/DEFAULT

TIMESTAMP (6) WITHOUT TIME ZONE NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS FOR EACH ROW ON UPDATE AS ROW CHANGE TIMESTAMP - allow ALTER to be able to change GENERATE ALWAY/DEFAULT
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration