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Optimize extraction of LOB data

CDC source agent currently extracts LOB values with the following type of queries:* SELECT "C5_CLOB" FROM "REPL"."STAB1" t WHERE ROWID = :v0.This means that for each extracted LOB there needs to be a single execution of a query.Small LOBs, which a...
about 7 years ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Not under consideration

New function request for DB2INSYNC

Need Db2INSYNC to tolerate differences between source and target. do not stop/error replication for log activities, like reorg with discard, that do not write individual log records for replication issuing a warning is ok it cannot require a table...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Delivered

CDC: Support oracle virtual columns with rule based mapping

I've gotten error message with the table which include virtual columns in rule based mapping. I know I can use standard mapping and exclude virtual columns. But customer want to use "rule based mapping " to mirror DDLs. My request is to add logic ...
about 7 years ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 0 Delivered

Repair Catalog of Indexspaces

After using DSN1COPY to copy table- and indexspaces from one subsystem to another it is possible to do a REPAIR CATALOG to update catalog informations about RBA format, Row format and versions. There is no possiblity to repair index RBA format. We...
over 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

provide option for DDL command to include RI RFE 125685

Description http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=125685 Customer wants for DDL command that AOC also generates the DDL for RI dependant relationships Use Case Customer does not know which tables are ...
about 7 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Federation Issue on DB2 ORACLE COMPATIBLE databases when remote is NOT ORACLE COMPATIBLE

When a DB2 Oracle compatible (ORA) is federated against another DB2 DB that is NOT-ORAcle compatible, any select involving char columns results in not pushing down the request to the remote server and transmit the huge amount of records across the...
over 9 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Federation 0 Not under consideration

Data Stewards need the ability to import and attach comments to columns

Would like the ability to import and attach comments to columns, both from the database directly and from a spreadsheet with the table name, column name and comment. There is sometimes relevant info in the database comments and our testing has sho...
over 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Future consideration

Data stewards need the ability to assign multiple columns as parts of a primary key

Need the ability to assign multiple columns as being parts of the primary key for a table in a *persistent* way even when the database DDL does not reflect this OR may even reflect a different primary key. Our largest customer service application ...
over 2 years ago in Knowledge Catalog 2 Functionality already exists

Db2 Archive Tables Are Not Available for Selection in Recovery Expert

When using the GUI to display a list of tables under a schema used for Db2 Archive Transparency tables, none of the archive tables are shown. (In my case, only the LOB tables that are associated with the archive tables were displayed.) It seems co...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Recovery Expert for z/OS 1 Delivered

Support Spanned Record Format in Reorg Discard Dataset

We would like Discard Lob's from a Table and Load them into a Partner Table. The Discard Dataset can not exceed 32K, so it is not possible. With Unload Utility it is possible to define Spanned Yes for SYSREC. It would be helpful if you could suppo...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration