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InSync to NOT disable query acceleration

When IBM Integrated Synchronization detects an error condition for a table, that table is removed from acceleration to prevent Db2 from returning stale data because no more updates are synchronized to Accelerator. The incremental update process in...
about 3 years ago in Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add MDC Multidimension Clustering Tables to Informix same as DB2

Add MDC Multidimension Clustering Tables to Informix same as DB2
over 2 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Alter-support for global variables

With DB2 V11 global variables were introduced, but unfortunately no alter-option to change the default. This would be especially beneficial it this enhancement would also include the system-provided global variables. With this enhancement each cus...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add the new IF EXIST functionality to db2look

The new syntax IF EXISTS for CREATE and DROP TABLES (see https://ibm-data-and-ai.ideas.aha.io/ideas/DB24LUW-I-259) should also be generated by db2look on demand. This would help and simplify migration scenarios with db2look. This should also be av...
about 6 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

create indexes for external tables

External tables are a great asset for ETL, and extending a bit the concept, they could be the base for a great ETL client.Often, one external table is the source of several ETL tasks, therefore it must be read sequentially several times, even if t...
over 8 years ago in Informix / Informix Server 0 Not under consideration

Access to Oracle table from Natural

Natural can access an Oracle table published in DVM, this is done through a CALL type call in Natural, GISS wants DVM to provide an Adabas view for this table, this is the equivalent of the jdbc interface for open systems.
9 months ago in Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Support of MultiByteCode for IBM i Agent

We have to store data from different IBM i Systems from several countries, with diffent local encodings (DE/AT = CCSID 273, NO = CCSID 277, BE = 500, ...) into one target schema. Therefore we descided to use for character fields the data type NCHA...
over 4 years ago in Data Replication: Change Data Capture 2 Not under consideration

One-Fecht Index Scan for SELECT min(), max()

At the moment only a single SELECT min(a) or a SELECT max(a) uses a suitable index I(a, ...). When selecting both, min() and max(), a tablespace scan is used to determine the minimum and maximum value. With large tables this behaviour is very expe...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add ALTER COLUMN options to modify numeric column length and allow rename column names for ((bi)temporal) column organized tables

Db2’s capabilities to perform schema changes on any form of ((bi)temporal) column organized tables lacks behind it’s row organized counterparts. This prevents effective database schema evolution and therefore limits the use of column organized tab...
about 3 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

INTERPRET Function for Packed-decimal Data

We have some old tables with a CHAR column where we store a record formatted by a Cobol Program. It contains a mix of display data and packed-decimal data. To use that data we have to read it in a Cobol program and interpret it using a Cobol copyb...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

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