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Search results: Db2

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DB2 to add support for Oracle equivalent UTL_RAW package methods.

Oracle provided UTL_RAW to do bit calculation and comparison. After setting DB2 COMPATIBILITY VECTOR for ORA also we don't have any support for these packages in DB2. Oracle's UTL_RAW functions e.g. BIT_AND does not have any limitation on input RA...
over 10 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

sqldbdir & sqlnodir owned by regular user / Security exposure (RIMS)

PMR 44825,035,649 db2icrt creates a directory ~/sqllib with 775 permissions for a new instance. It does not 'bother' to intially create directories ~/sqllib/sqldbdir, ~/sqllib/sqlnodir and ~/sqllib/sqlgwdir. If dbm cfg is updated with a group for ...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Online Table move RI(RIMS)

We'd like to submit the following requirements for the online table move utility based on 9.7 beta testing. 1. Support of moving tables that have RI on them. Rob Lemeiux
over 10 years ago in Db2 1 Delivered

MOD function FF Optimizer PMR 26759;122;000(RIMS)

Calisto suggested if the MOD function FF issue is pervasive in the customer's environment, we could do an enhancement(under regvar maybe), so please ask for it. I will ask Satya to collect the stats across the partitions. The current stats shows a...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Ability to limit tablespace objects to specified schema-qualified names(RIMS)

As described in the 'transportable tablespaces' requirement, customer uses � a 1:1 mapping between a schema and it's tablespaces. � They want an option that will allow them to enforce this 1:1 mapping. For example, only objects with schema mys...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Analytical Database(Structured; Unstructured; BigData)(RIMS)

State Farm is looking for a flexible database platform where any analytics can be performed (structured, unstructured data, big data.). They are wanting 1 database that can combine what DB2, Neteeza and BigInsights are able to accomplish. They tol...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Need complete OS version information from SYSIBMADM.ENV_SYS_INFO(RIMS)

SYSIBMADM.ENV_SYS_INFO currently only provides OS_VERSION and OS_RELEASE. This is insufficient information for OCM customers because it does not tell them the important part of the version number which is the modification levels. For example, here...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

MQTs with REFRESH IMMEDIATE need to allow more flexible definitions(RIMS)

1. MQTs with REFRESH IMMEDIATE need to allow more flexible definitions. To make MQTs feasible for an environment where quick ingest and low data latency is a priority, they cant be REFRESH DEFERRED because of the excessive locking that occurs du...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

DB2 should check if there are any errors in the history file for(RIMS)

Headline cont... the relevant backup before the restore operation is started Description: Customer canceled/aborted a backup (kill against the vendor process) of his database after some hours (the reason is not relevant for this problem). The inco...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

db2haicu branches to maintenance mode.Also menu navigation can be heavy or lead to dead ends(RIMS)

From PMR 90884,077,649: Issue #2: db2haicu branches to maintenance mode when a partial config is in place. A complete db2 / TSA solution includes: 1. DBM CFG parm CLUSTER_MGR being set to TSA 2. the presence of file ~/sqllib/cfg/db2ha.sys Page 4 o...
over 10 years ago in Db2 / pureScale 0 Not under consideration