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Db2 for z/OS

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DB2 V10 Object rename improvement

Slow object renames in DB2 V10. Need to add index to the SYSTABAUTH table. Changed function from V9 to V10 - Removed links Info from PMR 19771: These 'internal queries' don't go through normal access path selection. They have a 'hard coded' access...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Maintain catalog column UNCOMPRESSED_DATASIZE

Today, the DB2 catalog column UNCOMPRESSED_DATASIZE is unmaintained. Having this column maintained gives the REORG utility the ability to calculate a more accurate average row length when decompressing the rows, especially in combination with VARC...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Owner Type option when Binding with a Role

We have attempted to convert our DBA's to utilize Role based security instead of granting direct access to user-specific ID's in order to comply with certain audit standards. The one limitation keeping us from utilizing role based admin security i...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Ability to set number of locks before a SQL gets a 00C90096

DB2 currently allows the following LOCKMAX settings.LOCKMAX - 0, , SYSTEM.0 - Lock escalation is disable. or SYSTEM - DB2 escalates the lock after or NUMLKUS is reached.When LOCKMAX is set to 0, an application receives 00C90096 after NUMLKUS is re...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

FR556: More granular IRLMRWT

By default, SAP customers run with fairly high values for IRLMRWT like 5 or 10 minutes because SAP applications usually prefer waiting longer rather than having timeouts too early. In general, this works well. However, there are cases in which cer...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Allow capability to ALTER the UPDATES column of SYSCOLUMNS

DB2 10 for z/OS eliminates the PARTKEYU system parameter and always behaves as if PARTKEYU was set to YES. However, tables created in DB2 for z/OS Version 5 and earlier can not take advantage of this capability unless the tables are dropped and re...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

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

DB2 V10 Change To EXPLAIN(ONLY) Binds/Rebinds

Change EXPLAIN(ONLY) Binds/Rebinds so that an exclusive lock is not taken on the package during the bind/rebind.
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Allow DELETE statement to commit deletes every X records.

This may be similar to another RFE but I was unable to view it's details. This request is to add a mechanism to the delete statement to perform a commit actions every X records. This is required because DB2s transaction logging requirements are in...
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

CATALOG parm inDSNTINST generates VSAM defines

The DSNTIJIN job REQUIRES manual updating post-DSNTINST generation when different ICF catalogs are used for the DB2 catalog/directory vs. the archive logs and BSDS. This segregation between ICF catalogs is actually recommented in IBM docs to suppo...
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered