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Search results: Db2

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Include failure / warning counts in mon_get_pkg_cache_stmt

It's currently not possible to monitor the failure rate of an SQL statement. For example, count of dupkey on INSERT. Likewise for 'soft' errors (warnings) like +100 - row not found on INSERT or DELETE. High rates of these can be a significant drai...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 0 Delivered

Improve XML length/sizes determination

One of the frequent questions I receive from application teams, when dealing with XML data is : What is the max size of my xml documents in database ? What is the average size of them ? Today, Db2 has no easy answer for that.. the LENGTH() functio...
about 4 years ago in Db2 0 Future consideration

Pacemaker on Db2 Linux HADR - ability to add more than 1 network interface as a resource

We use 2 network interfaces in our Db2 server setup: one public and a private used by the HADR-traffic. Other servers even have more interfaces. I'd like to be able to add them as a pacemaker resource.
11 months ago in Db2 2 Under review

Incremental backup of LOBS

Incremental backup of db2 should do INCREMENTAL backup of Large Objects (Blobs, Clobs etc). I am referencing this two limitations: 1. If a table space contains long field or large object data and an incremental backup is taken, all of the long fie...
over 8 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Offset for entity framework

I’m currently using Entity Framework to fetch data from DB2. Due to limitations in how paging works, I’ve had to enable UseRowNumberForPaging in the connection string, otherwise the Skip() functionality doesn’t generate valid SQL for DB2. Without ...
6 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 1 Planned for future release
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Backup Image file needs final stats, index/table contents and fast restore LOGS only

Merged
Backup Image file needs final stats for use at restore time, index/table contents and fast restore LOGS only. Assuming f.i. one has a "full online backup db include logs", a restore of a 'big' backup image (especially > 1 TB) , in another serve...
over 4 years ago in Db2 4 Not under consideration
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Make DB2 backup image restorable on both big endian and little endian systems

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Having a backup image taken on one kind of system (say big endian) and being able to directly restore it on another kind of system (little endian) will be very useful in cases of DB2 databases migration between the systems with different endian-ne...
over 6 years ago in Db2 1 Not under consideration

Change stored procedure SYSPROC.NNSTAT to use method 2 for ODBC based nicknames

The SYSPROC.NNSTAT stored procedure uses method 1 for automatic, asynchronous statistics collection for ODBC based nicknames.This results in lack of statistics being collected, leading the optimizer to derive at inefficient access plans.
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Federation 0 Future consideration

Automated Re-creation of Select-Star Views

If a view is created by using a 'SELECT *' statement, the view is not updated when a new column is added to the base table. An example: create table dm_tab(N integer, M integer) organize by row; insert into dm_tab(N, M) values (1, 2); create view ...
over 3 years ago in Db2 1 Future consideration

Solution for flushing (and replacing) cached external 64 bit routines (db2fmp processes)

Solution for flushing (and replacing) cached external 64 bit routines (db2fmp processes) We are running in our online production environment thousands external db2 routines per minute. Because of its performance we are forced to cache these r...
over 3 years ago in Db2 0 Delivered