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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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Correct wrong data in IFCID0172 QW0172HQ/QW0172Q1 when package changes occur during waiting/deadlocking

The issue is that 1.- Thread 1 and Thread 2 get locks 2.- Thread 1 changes packages 3.- Thread 1 and 2 deadlock 4.- Thread 1 is chosen as blocker and deadlock processing uses user data from Thread 1's waiter, but the package dependent information ...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Invalid maximum timestamp value availble in DB2

Currently there is documented maximum timestamp value available in DB2 as '9999-12-31-24.00.00.000000'. However, using this value can lead to various problems which are recognized by DB2 development already as during introduction of temporal table...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DSNTIAUL should support input LRECL size of > 80 bytes and not ignore input beyond the first 72 bytes

It is sometimes easy to put SQL all on one record as long as the LRECL of that record is very large. It becomes difficult to parse that SQL so it is divided into 72 byte records. Currently, the IBM utilities have input files that can have a LRECL ...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Populate DSSIZE for ALL pagesets to simplify monitoring and avoiding pageset full conditions

The rules surrounding the maximum size for any given pageset have become more and more complicated over recent releases of Db2. This severely affects our ability to monitor for pageset full conditions, as while it is relatively straight forward to...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Convert PBR tablespace to PBG without an outage

Right now we have situations come up where applications and DBAs have created partition by range (PBR) tables, and there is a need later on to convert these to partition by growth (PBG). Currently there is no way to do this without dropping the ob...
about 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Delivered

DSM Explain profile

Hello, Our idea is to use DSM so that users, authenticated in DSM with administrator profile, can do EXPLAIN without the need to have DB2 z/OS operation user credentials, as in the case of Data Collection Credentials. We have a generic user create...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DB2 profiles - register START PROFILE and STOP PROFILE commands

Summary: Log all -START PROFILE and -STOP PROFILE commands in a DB2 table, ready to be used for queries onto the history tables. Details: When DB2 profiles are being enabled (SYSIBM.DSN_PROFILE_TABLE.PROFILE_ENABLED='Y'), the next -START PROFILE c...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Future consideration

RENAME function for tablespaces

the availability of the conversion of multi-table-tablespaces to UTS-PBG tablespaces is restricted to non-UTS tablespaces (source object). I would like to use this functionality to RENAME a tablespace (when the source is already a UTS-PBG TS) - bu...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Better error message when using incorrect dataset for recover tocopy

A PGR table with 5 partition have a combination of full Image copier and partition image copies. executing RECOVER TABLESPACE userid.table DSNUM ALL TOCOPY hlq.DB2.IC.userid.table.PART4 gave this error DSNUCATO - TOCOPY DATASET NOT FOUND but the d...
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Add/improve support for JSON Publishing and Parsing functions

Currently the JSON functions on DB2 z/OS are lagging behind other platforms (LUW, iSeries) by atleast 3-4 years. There is no support for building JSON document using functions like JSON_ARRAY, JSON_OBJECT, JSON_ARRAYAGG, JSON_OBJECTAGG which are a...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 8 Not under consideration