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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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Help us deprecate Synonyms

It's been well documented that synonyms are deprecated in DB2 z/OS, and we are trying to eliminate them in our systems before our Db2 V12 upgrade. Unfortunately other than telling people to cut it out, we don't have any way of stopping people from...
over 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

PHASE II : Support for python ibm_db driver on z/OS using z ODBC driver

The requirement is to offer connectivity to Db2 on z/OS natively by using the z/OS ODBC driver. The python driver has been enhanced to successfully compile on the z/OS platform, and basic validation and regression suite validation has been done. W...
over 5 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

REPAIR CATALOG TABLESPACE command for xml table space

We are working with OBJECT_CREATE_FORMAT=EXTENDED and with UTILITY_OBJECT_CONVERSION=NOBASIC for a long time without any problem. In the last time we began to work with these parameters in other DB2's that include many tables with XML columns. The...
over 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Allow statement level hints on SQL in stored procedure packages

It is a huge pain to hint specific statements contained within stored procedure packages. Currently you will get this message if trying to bind query for a statement level hint on a procedure package: DSNT281I -DBP1 BIND QUERY FOR QUERYNO = 59988 ...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Delivered

Replace unique NPI by PI

We need to replace non-partitioned unique indexes by partitioned indexes. This will be even more important when we start converting PBGs to PBRs in vNext. Already today you can create a new unique index. The problem is getting rid of the old NPI. ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Fix timeout errors during pending alter materialization reorgs

We're using DB2 z/OS V10 and tried using pending alter for making online schema change on an SAP table to increase a PBG table's DSSIZE from 4 GB to 64 GB. When we ran the SHRLEVEL CHANGE reorg to implement the pending alter, the reorg caused SAP ...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Send IFCID 317 data to SMF when stmts leaves cache

There is currently no way to get the text of a dynamic SQL statement when it leaves the cache. If one has IFCID 316 turned on, one can collect the SQL usage metrics in SMF, but not the text. One can get the statement text if one uses the EXPLAIN s...
almost 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Implementation of DATATYPE DECFLOAT in the creation of an index in DB2 for z/OS

The customer uses DATATYPE DECFLOAT to represent floating point numbers to a base of 10 instead of the base 2 to avoid rounding errors. On DB2 distributed the DATATYPE DECFLOAT is indexable and everything works as required. Requirement is that DAT...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

Add SET CURRENT QUERY ACCELERATION WAITFORDATA setting into Profile Table in Db2 for z/OS

When Waitfordata setting is required for HTAP queries in IDAA for dynamic SQLs, waitfordata should be defined either in zPARM or as a register setting in application before the SQL statement which requires application change. It would be better to...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Generic Error Message for Failed Authenticaion

Hi, I would like to know if you could change the error message comes from DB2 for z/OS via IBM Client Driver when a wrong user name or password is given. In this current situation we get two types of error messages one states that USER DISABLED/R...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Functionality already exists