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Db2

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Add invisible index

Add the possibiltity to set an index as visible or invisible so that, when it is alter as invisible, the optimizer only takes it in account when the session ask for the index
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

DB2 LOAD/IMPORT should support z/OS

With DB2 Connect you can easily execute DDL from a remote workstation to create/modify existing z/OS DB Objects. However, when you need to delete and recreate tables while keeping the data (and ALTER ist not an option) it is necessary to open a TS...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Future consideration

Tablespace reports rollforward pending after an HADR takeover report success

Banco do Brasil built a DR site and deployed a DB2 Purescale with HADR between these sites.HADR is in peer state. Then customer perform a takeover to switch HADR roles between sites.After the takeover finished successfully we tried to activate the...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 1 Not under consideration

Trusted Context should be usable with static SQL

Trusted context or trusted connection is a security feature, which enables customers to differentiate between applications connecting to a database, based on whether they originate from a trusted or from a NON trusted client system.This works pret...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Security 1 Planned for future release

Allow RESTORE TO FUTURE POINT WITHOUT HAVING THE INCREMENTAL/DELTA AVAILABLE

We would very much appreciate the ability to RESTORE existing databases into a new database via a FULL ONLINE backup and SUBSEQUENTLY APPLY AN INCREMENTAL.
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Backup/Restore/ Rollforward/ Recover 0 Future consideration

Start bufferpool command

New db2 commands to start / reallocate the bufferpool : start bufferpool bp32k ;
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Wrap tables

Create a new type of table based on the size or on the time.create table packagevent (.... ) with history based 1 year on event_timestamp / 1Gb. It could be an ITC table. The oldest data / extent are automatically reused when new data is added and...
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Enhancement regarding the .ftok file and the DB2 instance.

I will suggest the following:1. Let Db2 log a simple message 'The .ftok file is missing, last seen ' when the instance started.2. Also, suggest to execute ~/sqllib/bin/db2ftok or go ahead and execute it
almost 6 years ago in Db2 / Monitoring 0 Not under consideration

Automatically detect and uncompress NX842 compressed files in LOGPATH, OVERFLOWLOGPATH, etc.

Sometimes when after databases using a redirected restore from an online backup or db2inidb from a flash copy we are requested to copy log files from source directly into the target LOGPATH or OVERFLOWLOGPATH so that a roll forward can successfull...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 / Compression 1 Functionality already exists

Reorg timeout parameter

Set a new parameter to specify a reorg timeout limit.
over 8 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

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