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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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Remove limitation on tables with XMl column

Today there is some limitations on tables with XML column. For example, we can't alter the table with ALTER PARTITION partotion-clause for LIMITKEYS. This limit cause us to drop and recreate the table with a lot of data(xml) and for downtime. We a...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow use of Compressed SMF Logstream in Common Data Provider

Our site has implemented SMF Logstream feature with Compression as we're on the new z14 with zEDC. This is a much improved handling of the copious volume of SMF data produced. We have now purchased CDP only to find that compressed logstreams are n...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Create Column mask for any data type

With the attention on protecting sensitive customer data in our industry being very high, having a simple way to mask data on any table in any environment is a powerful tool. If a data element such as SSN is stored as an unformatted numeric, curre...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DSNUTILS/U -Writing SYSPR...

DSNUTILS/U does not allow the contents of SYSIBM.SYSPRINT to be externalized. The information is returned only to the caller. A DBA supporting a bulk load initiated from data stage does not have any visibility into the progress of the load or diag...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Remove the restriction on dropping a table in an explicitly created universal table space

We have converted most of the Segmented & Partitioned Tablespaces in our ERP Dev region to Universal Tablespaces. But, later started facing some issues due to the conversion as UTS are not supported by the ERP application. All the Table change...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

SQLCODE doesn't provide useful information when performing a SELECT on a DB2 table with Row Access Control implemented

We are planning to use ' Row access control' in DB2 as a solution to share some tables, but giving end-users/processes access only to the data they are allowed to see. We have found it really easy to implement (with the built-in function VERIFY_GR...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Cross-Invalidation due to pcloset/p-lock negotiation avoidance

Problem Statement / Pain points : Whenever there is no R/W activity and PCLOSET threshold is reached, pagesets SWITCH OUT of GBP dependency and the pages in our Bufferpools are cross-invalidated . Thereafter when R/W starts again, pagesets SWITCH ...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Provide an easy way to de-allocate the underlying Linear dataset when needed without dropping and recreating table spaces and index spaces.

Component: DDL? Data Definition Language? There are cases when a table has change its usage and may remain empty for a very long time or not use anymore but still required to be defined in Db2. In this case, it would be good to have a better way o...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Native UTF-8 Support in Db2 DSNxLI Interfaces

We have some issues with customer's name, as we don't have this special characters in our codepage. So we try to use UTF-8 on the mainframe (as the data is coming raw in as UTF-8). PL/I and COBOL newly supports native UTF-8: COBOL: PIC U, PL/I: UC...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 7 Not under consideration

FR583: Enhance IFCID 316 to capture stats of UDFs as well

When the following dynamic SQL query is issued, processing the query involves processing a UDF. This works fine. However, when looking at SQL dynamic statements stats in a DB2 monitor, which retrieves IFCID 316 data from DB2, the data provided is ...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration