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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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432 VLDB - Reorg to Over-ride/ignore parms

We reorg a list of Tablespaces with a template and use STACK=YES. If a tablespace has an underlying LOB the reorg is abended. The requirement is to not have the REORG abend if the parameters are valid for the base table. SUGGESTION: We would like ...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Identify a more representative selectivity for common predicates

Our queries have predicates that many queries share in common where the default selectivity is significantly outside the range of what ever actually occurs. This results in poor and/or unstable query performance. For common predicates with high un...
about 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Different Column Names for Union Query

IBM Db2 z/OS development team to allow different column names in different parts of a UNION clause, as long as their types match, and assign the column names from the first part of the UNION clause to the columns of resulting table
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 6 Delivered

Set object status to prohibit data access

Before we drop a Db2 table we need to make sure that noone use the object in any way. We solve this now by stopping the tablespace and keeping it stopped for about six months. This means that noone can access the data and noone can run a utility a...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Have new authority for REFRESH of MQT that does not require high privilege levels

We historically have an application batch userid that has DBADM authority. We are limiting all access to this ID to the minimally required authority it requires such as load, imagecopy and runstats at the DB level. When we started converting our t...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow non-intrusive RENAME of Constraint Names

Allow for a non-intrusive RENAME of any type of CONSTRAINT name. Primary Key, Foreign Key, CHECK and UNIQUE Constraint names should be available for RENAME. Currently, changing Constraint names requires the Constraint to be dropped and re-created ...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Stop Package invalidation on Enable/Disable System Time

System time has proven to be a very valuable resource, but there are some limitations that make it difficult to administer. One of those limitations is that when system time is enabled or disabled it invalidates any static package accessing the ba...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

More efficient way of freeing or deleting a bind copy for trigger packages.

We would like a way to free or delete bind copy for trigger packages. You can delete/free rows from the bindcopy tables for triggers. For packages you use the FREE PACKAGE command with the PLANMGMT (INACTIVE) parm Ex. FREE PACKAGE - (AM.AMPILN.(AM...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

CHECK DATA for informational referential constraints

We use informational referential constraints, i.e. foreign keys defined as NOT ENFORCED for some relationships between tables. When running the CHECK DATA utility for a table with foreign keys defined as NOT ENFORCED the foreign keys are not check...
about 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide possibility to alter a COLUMN from NOT NULL to NULL and vice versa

A table was defined with COLUMN A NOT NULL but it is not posssible to remove the NOT NULL clause afterwards!
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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