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Add more coordinate system into DashDB, like GCS_WGS_1984_MAJOR_AUXILIARY_SPHERE

Now I am trying to migrate the IBM IOC database from DB2 to DashDB on Bluemix. However, when running the following cmds to create the resource, db2 "call db2gse.ST_create_srs('WGS84_AUX',300,-180,100000,-180,null, null, null, null,null, 'GCS_WGS_...
over 6 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

deadlock better diagnostic page dump in DIAGPATH

Ref TS000003442, PMR 68950,664,706Ref PMR 67845,664,706In case a deadlock occurs on MDC tables on BID index, diagnostic from Locking Event Monitor is not sufficient to understand deadlock. We need to understand data in conflict pages to check acce...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

BID lock avoidance on MDC tables

2 DMLs working on different dimensions on MDC can lead to deadlock when this should not happen. Ref: case TS000003442
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Support for application-period temporal tables defined as CTE

Support for application-period temporal tables in CTEs. To be able to join Temporal Tables and temporal CTEs with a FOR BUSINESS_TIME clause.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

Decouple archive log purging from BACKUP utility

For databases using AUTO_DEL_REC_OBJ, at the end of the BACKUP utility there is a synchronous process which purges any history records and their associated archive logs. This can take a very long time on busy systems. It is necessary to decouple t...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 1 Not under consideration

Reorg a data partitioned table with non partitioned indexes online

Currently a data partitioned table with non partitioned indexes can not be reorged online, even the latest V11.1.2.2 can not do this.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 1 Not under consideration

SPM_MAX_RESYNC

PMR = TS000006879 Please provide a better description at https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEPGG_10.5.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.admin.config.doc/doc/r0000341.html for SPM_MAX_RESYNC
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Add synopsis tables and Columnar Page Map usage to BLU explain plans.

Add synopsis tables and Columnar Page Map usage to BLU explain plans.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

Config of DB2 Federated Servers without CATALOG

Currently the CREATE SERVER for Db2 family data sources relies on a node and database having been catalogued using the CATALOG NODE and CATALOG DATABASE commands. It would be better if the host / port / location could be specified rather than the ...
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Federation 0 Not under consideration

Allow inplace reorg of tables with XML columns

Lift the restriction on being able to do an inplace reorg of a table when the table contains an XML column.
over 6 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration