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Search results: Db2

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DB object version control

Idea of versioning objects: UDFs, views, mqts and procedures. When we are replacing mentioned above objects with new statements we have to save old statements in notepad (or sth similar) in case if we want to return to previous version.
almost 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

XMLQUERY Not working in the JOINS

Currently we need to use the XMLQUERY in our LEFT OUTER JOINS during view creation. The views are created with no error, While querying the view it fails with below error. An ON clause associated with a JOIN operator or in a MERGE statement is not...
about 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Urgent need for committing more frequently when using merge sql statement

Need a way a way to ensure that commits can be done more frequently during merge operations - > The MERGE statement updates a target (a table or view, or the underlying tables or views of a fullselect) using data from a source (result of a tabl...
about 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Alter of the base table is blanking the profile of the View

In here the Alter of the base table is blanking the profile of the View in the Packed descriptor. If the schema of the tables in the statistical view definition appears in the SQL then the runstats fails telling us that we invoked runstats with a ...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

New admin view to retrieve the object characteristics

Add a new admin view ADMIN_ALL_OBJECTS to retrieve the object type and characteristics from any objects
over 10 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

DB2LOOK  improve dependency order for MQTs/UDFs(RIMS)

DB2LOOK  improve dependency order for MQTs/UDFs DB2LOOK does not currently generate view/MQT/UDF in proper dependency order. We have MQTs dependent on views dependent on other MQTs, and DB2LOOK generates all tables (including MQTs) before it gene...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Synchronize HISTORY file with the TSM server object list.(RIMS)

Since the objects on the TSM server are expired remotely, DB2 is not aware of this because the local HISTORY file does not sync with TSM. What we are requesting is a method to synchronize DB2's HISTORY file with the TSM server object list. This wi...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Future consideration

new optimizer guideline to break CSE for a specific query or as a global guideline(RIMS)

Customer encountered scenario where use of CSE resulted in degradation in query performance (details below). This requirement is to implement a new optimizer guideline that will allow customer to break CSE for a specific query or as a global guide...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

MOD function FF Optimizer PMR 26759;122;000(RIMS)

Calisto suggested if the MOD function FF issue is pervasive in the customer's environment, we could do an enhancement(under regvar maybe), so please ask for it. I will ask Satya to collect the stats across the partitions. The current stats shows a...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

View invalid but be able to check if the dependant object(RIMS)

If an object that a view is dependant on (table, UDF etc) is dropped Rather than becoming permanently inoperable the view should become invalid but be able to check if the dependant object has been restored the next time it is accessed. If the dep...
over 10 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration