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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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DSNHDECP usage

The DSNHDECP modules is currently used in our shop and needs to be created for every DB2 subsystem, or data sharing group. This means that we need to create individual SDSNEXIT libraries for each subsystem. We used to have one SDSNEXIT which held ...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide DISPLAY command option to generate XML

The various DISPLAY commands in DB2 return a lot of useful data. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to store the output in a DB2 table. If every DISPLAY command came with an option that returned the output in loadable XML format, we could store t...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Alias for REST Services

Db2 REST services, with versioning enabled, sets the first service created via the BIND SERVICE command to be the default service. at this stage the URL and the REST service are in sync and the URL need not reference the version as DB2 will invoke...
over 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Delivered

Profile Table usage request - DSN_PROFILE_ATTRIBUTES

I have created the system tables on which service the use of profiles in DB2. This is basically a service which can be started and stopped with DB2 commands, and can be configured to target threads which are generated by certain users, come from c...
almost 9 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

I need the ability to execute a non-active function via a register (like with stored procedures).

Today, I can execute a non-active native SQL stored procedure within a process by changing the value of the "CURRENT ROUTINE VERSION" register. but, this register only applies to stored procedures and does not apply to functions (which may also be...
about 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Seperation of DB2 latch 24 coutner in EDM pool and prefetch counter

EDM pool latch suspend cannot be recognized in the DB2 statistics latch 24 counter, because suspends for prefetch are also counted in this field. In the DB2 statistics IFCID 001 there are QVLS latch counters, which are reporting the number of susp...
over 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

z/OS sever does not return Arabic data if substr is used for LIKE predicate. String transformation is needed as part of proce

z/OS sever does not return Arabic data if substr is used for LIKE predicate. String transformation is needed as part of processing. Host: z10 – z/OS V1R11DB2 for z/OS version 8.xx (PUT level is current as site is in the process of migrating to D...
almost 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Improve precision of IFCID 199 times

Currently the two measures of average I/O delay in IFCID 199 (i.e. QW0199SV and QW0199AD) are only precise to one millisecond. We are about to move some critical Production DB2 tables and indexes to SSD (Solid State Disk), which means that these t...
over 12 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration