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Db2 for z/OS

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Authorization Switching for ADMIN_COMMAND_DB2 and DSNUTILU

ADMIN_COMMAND_DB2 and execution of DSNUTILU need to have the capability to allow for authorization switching. Our developers and application production support teams need to be able to cancel threads relevant to the jobs they support vs having to ...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Altering the default value of a global variable

Global Variables: A global variable can be created with a default value. Each session that uses it will then instantiate a version of that global variable, with the default value and any change in the value is limited in scope to its unit-of-work....
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

With RACF-exit, support auth cache refresh for RACF profiles with RACFVARS

Currently RACF ENF signals for the DB2 auth cache refresh are ignored if the profile contains a &RACFVAR class variable. This blocks the practical use of these profiles. In our case we have on one sysplex two different sets of DB2 subsystems(o...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

issue DISPLAY BLOCKERS instead of DISPLAY CLAIMERS when DRAIN timeout

Currently when DRAIN fails during REORG, a DISPLAY CLAIMERS is issued. The draw back is there is no "age" information, so user does not know which thread is the blocker, because the claimer could also be waiter.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Improve performance of except statement

Hi, For the first time I had a use for the except statement. It is quite simple: SELECT DISTINCT LOG_PGM FROM BDSTB030_BDSLOG EXCEPT SELECT LOG_PGM FROM BDSTB031_BDSLOG_SLET I want all LOG_PGM from the first table, that is not in the secon...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

PHASE II : Support for python ibm_db driver on z/OS using z ODBC driver

The requirement is to offer connectivity to Db2 on z/OS natively by using the z/OS ODBC driver. The python driver has been enhanced to successfully compile on the z/OS platform, and basic validation and regression suite validation has been done. W...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 Automation Utility to convert from IBM RACF DB2 External Security to IBM DB2 Internal Security.

We are requesting a DB2 Automation Utility to convert from IBM RACF DB2 External Security to IBM DB2 Internal Security. This utility must be able to do the reverse of the RACF/DB2 Conversion Utility that was used to convert data in DB2 Internal Se...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Display group shows status of MAINT for subsystem

The display group command should also show a status of MAINT if a member was started access maintenance.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Change DSNTINST CLIST to allow temporary TSO/E EDIT datasets 'userid.editutil%' allocated on non-EVA volumes

Currently DSNTINST clist abends when using TSO/E EDIT macro that is unable to use temp datasets on EAV volumes.
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Optimization access paths currently used for SELECTs should also apply to UPDATEs (and DELETEs)

Currently, as I write a SELECT query with a correlated Sub-select (and no other predicates), I see that the optimization for that query uses a non-correlated sub-select and the query runs very fast. But, if I use exactly the same predicate, but wr...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration