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Db2

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Reorg: detailed information about Reorg incluiding a time/percent prediction to complete the all process

There is no way to find out how long the Reorg process or some steps will take, specially for big tables.
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Latch information and more internals information for performance analysis

Detailed information about LATCH to DBA. More information of wait events would be good too like if a statement is waiting for a sequential read, how much the transaction is spending on network time , block concurrency, and so on.
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration

Update APPLNAME from properties and other ways

The application name in many environments is limited to db2jcc_application and db2bp, just because the development of the application did not take into account this. However, it will be great to change the application via properties file and/or s...
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

Document the client_prdid for each Fix Pack release of db2jcc.jar and db2jcc4.jar drivers

When Java applications connect to DB2 via the JDBC Type 4 JCC driver, the only version-specific identifier visible from the DB2 server (via an application snapshot) is the client product ID of the driver, such as JCC03000. This value is currently ...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 2 Not under consideration

EXPORT to local (not server) using the ADMIN_CMD

The export calle from admin_cmd can only export to the server. There should be a way to export in the client when called the SP,
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

DB2 LUW RFE for concurrent LOAD on the same table (vote for 68667)

DB2 LUW does not allow multiple concurrent LOAD on the same range partitioned table or any table. For example, if I have 100 partitions. I can not load all partitions using separate partition files concurrently. [Suggesting load and attaching part...
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

/tmp space requirement

We've run into stuff like this before. I think a lot of these requirements are from the purescale side, but they are being applied to all systems We address the /tmp space requirement a while back so that it is a warning now (although it still cau...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Remove the restriction SQL1407N

When loading a table using a remote cursor on a table containing an XML colum, the load failed with the SQLCODE SQL1407N.
about 9 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Db2 Templates should support defered tape Mounts

We use a VTL for our Tape Environment. For a VTL it is recommended by IBM to use UNIT=(TAPE,,DEFER) in all Jobs. DB2 uses templates to generate JCL. In this templates it is not possible to code a DEFER parameter. Is there a way to solve this dilemma?
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Future consideration

CTAS locks syscat.tables

Reproduce Scenario and found to be a expected behavior while CTAS locks syscat.tables session 1 > create table Table1 as (select * from Table_2 ) with data; session 2, query tool > select * from syscat.tables; --> lock waiting
over 4 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Not under consideration