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Db2

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Export should have nocoldel or coldelx20

Db2 should allow an export without characters for columns not characters, or space as column delimiter. Something like: export to myfile.csv of del modified by nochardel nocoldel select * from mytable There is something to change the col...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Multiple index creation in parallel in the AMT

AMT procedure is used for online reorg. At index build phase, parallel multiple index creation is needed for faster completion of job.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

ALTER INDEX disable/enable feature

Oracle supports disabling index in ALTER INDEX command. Disabling an index means that the index still exists in the database, but it is not included in the optimizer. It would be also helpful in Db2 when find out the optimal Index.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 1 Not under consideration

Save exceptions in FORALL statement (PLSQL)

Oracle PL/SQL supports save exceptions in FORALL statement, but Db2 PL/SQL doesn't. For smooth oracle migration, the feature is required .
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Adding enableWLB via command db2cli writcfg add -dsn <alias> -parameter "enableWLB=true"

As discussed in PMR 01458,999,724 adding enableWLB parameter with "db2cli writecfg add..." is a known limitation.Could you please remove this limitation. Workaround is to edit XML-file db2dsdriver.cfg manually.
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 1 Not under consideration

Add options for "recommend indexes" and "evaluate indexes" explain types to explain_from_section

When running explains from jupyter notebook, I prefer to use EXPLAIN_FROM_SECTION. However for in-depth analysis of indexes, I need the RECOMMEND INDEXES and EVALUATE INDEXES explain modes. These don't seem to exist for EXPLAIN_FROM_SECTION. This ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 2 Not under consideration

db2caem should support 'SET CURRENT QUERY OPTIMIZATION = N'

For diagnostic of Db2 performance problems the tool db2caem can be very helpful. Especially if a particular query plan should be compared using different optimization levels. Using db2caem the optimization level must be specified by embedded opti...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 1 Not under consideration

Allow IBM Data Server Runtime Client ODBC to connect with TLS signer certifcate to DB2 Server

DB2 ODBC client connect will not send a TLS signer certificate to DB2 server unless the client keystore DB has a default certificate. I had to set the cert as the default certificated in the my local keystore db >gsk8capicmd -cert -setdefaul...
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Security 2 Not under consideration

National character data type support in non-unicode database like Oracle

Kookmin Bank is doing migration project from Oracle. Oracle based on national codepage such as MS949 supports the unicode data types such as NCHAR, NVARCHR, NCLOB. Now Db2 supports them in Unicode database. The requirement is asking to enable at...
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Data Types 0 Planned for future release

Backup Db2 to on premisses S3 API devices (ie. EMC ECS)

Backup Db2 databases to low cost object storage devices such as EMC ECS using the S3 API. The current implementation of the S3 interface only works for a small list of known S3-style endpoints. (ie....s3.amazonaws.com, softlayer.net). This would ...
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Not under consideration

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