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Status RREPL can be removed via normal start

In DB2 V10, we can do a START RREPL to certify that only a replication product (in our case, qrep) can update the table. It's good, as today we need a trigger in the target table to have this. The problem is that with a single start RW this restri...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Database column description for QuickInfo

Most database tables contain descriptions for their columns. These descriptions should be accessible for Cognos to fill the QuickInfo-Box for model users.
almost 6 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

IN_REFERENCE_COLUMN - LIST to LIST comparison

Data table column can have more than one value from a reference table. When checking the values with a reference column using in_reference_column function, if all the values in the input column are not present in the reference table, that record h...
almost 6 years ago in Information Server  / Data Quality 0 Not under consideration

Do not create Exception Set and table if there are 0 rows going to Exception Stage

We are using the Exception Stage in our datastage jobs to capture rejected rows so we don't have bad data going into our data warehouse and to avoid our jobs from failing due to bad data. Using the exception stage instead of using a flat file allo...
almost 6 years ago in Information Server  / Data Quality 0 Not under consideration

DSN_PROFILE_TABLE should work corrid/Jobname with IDAA

We like to exclude selectively jobs from runing on the IDAA via DSN_PROFILE_TABLE. Right now you can use AUTHID, PLANNAME, COLLID, PKGNAME, LOCATION but not CORRID (jobname). In our data warehouse application we have many thousend of jobs running ...
over 11 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

The function that is related with decimal point number in LE customization chart.

In LE web GUI, there are some sample charts provided by IBM. Specially, in table chart, we can see decimal point number as like "xx.yy". But, If we tried to make customization chart and express some value as like run_time, its value is so long dec...
almost 6 years ago in Spectrum LSF / Reporting/Explorer 0 Not under consideration

Reduce the number of Db2 threads when replicating table with XML column

When a table with a XML column is replicated, we observed a high number of SMF Db2 accounting records, one for each row that a have a XML column. The records are due to Db2 threads created by the replication process. As the Db2 SMF records are goi...
almost 6 years ago in Data Replication: Q-Replication & Availability / Q Replication for Z 0 Not under consideration

EXPLAIN STMTCACHE CACHED_TS(timestamp-value)

Currently, an EXPLAIN STMTCACHE ALL is the option to externalize the (entire) content of the DSC (dynamic statement cache) into DSN_STATEMENT_CACHE_TABLE. For several reasons, we're using a DSC "history" table. Periodically, we extract the DSC, a...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Do not block DDL on RCAC-protected table if rule not affected by change

after alter add column RCAC rule must be dropped and recreated, even if new column is not part of rule IBM perspective: In our ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN documentation it says: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEPGG_11.5.0/com.ibm.d...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Table statistics are zero'd from sysptprof everytime it is not open or there is no sessions accessing it.

Our understanding is that tblspace profile should remain in the records as long as 'onstat -z' is not issued. Besides, we are aware of situations when table profile is reset, while several sessions are still accessing the table. Therefore, we find...
almost 12 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

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