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Db2

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IBM Data Server Runtime Client on Mac OS?

Given the increase in Mac users, having the DB2 client available on the Mac would be prudent.
over 7 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Standby node with higher version

When a Db2 version upgrade is requiered, currently it should be done in the active node. However, there are some scenarios when preparing a standby with a higher version is easier. For example, when migrating to new servers, with higher OS is bett...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Not under consideration

Add db2mq support to db2u

As an aside the categories for ideas should include db2u or containers etc. You should add db2mq support to the db2u operator and db2 shift.
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Operating System/Virtualization 0 Not under consideration

Support Db2mq

A number of sites use db2mq in their on-prem db2 warehouse solutions. When they go to look at db2 warehouse on cloud as a migration path the support is not present and it removes this option for them.
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 Warehouse on Cloud 0 Not under consideration

Enhance functionality of WITH clause to operate with DELETE and UPDATE in DB2 SQL statements like others flavours of SQL

Our team uses IBM DB2 11.1.4.4 Database Server for development activities. We see limitations of DB2 SQL WITH clause to work with only SELECT unlike other flavors of SQL like T-SQL which operates other DML operations. Just like how WITH simplif...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Federation support for Transient Schema

Federation Support for transient schema that allows the ability to auto-update nickname for add/drop/alter column statements for an existing table without having to recreate the nickname. Perhaps a tunable that allows for enable|disable for use ac...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Not under consideration

Diag Lookup Tool

Provide a tool on IBM Support that show a better explanation of the message on db2diag.log according to the message. Some db2diag messages are difficult to understand.
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Handle DECIMAL values with a precision greater than 31

Sprint's Hadoop/Hive environment supports DECIMAL values with precision > 31. To enable their users to use these columns in BigSQL, BigSQL needs to support this. (Salesforce case TS002907694)
over 4 years ago in Db2 / BigSQL 0 Not under consideration

Enable "Handle Numeric Data Errors" for DRDA servers

On the iseries/AS400 it's possible that a table contains non numeric data in a numeric column.In order to allow access to such tables, without getting an exception, there is a "Handle Numeric Data Errors" for OleDB connections:http://www-01.ibm.co...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 / Federation 1 Not under consideration

Allow RESTSERVICEDEFAULT on BIND SERVICE

When using BIND SERVICE to implement new Db2 REST services it would simplify integration with existing change management systems to allow the specification of the default version on the BIND SERVICE. This may be accomplished by using REBIND PACKAG...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration