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Search results: Db2

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DMC Reports vs DSM Reports in Email

1) DSM we are getting an email with the database report attached through email , which was easy for us to SAVE / download directly without logging into DSM console . 2) DMC we are getting an email with the link to DMC console where we need to clic...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Future consideration

DMC Notification Center resolution handling

We sometimes have over 1,000 warnings on a server (image 001) and the Notification Center does not handle the volume well. We can only display up to 30 alerts on a page and we can only CLOSE, DELETE or EMAIL them (image 002). We would love to have...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Data Management Console 0 Under review

SQL30200N was a result of duplicate detection of UOWID at DB2 zOS side.

Db2 got dump binary when receiving duplicated UOWID SQL30200N was a result of duplicate detection of UOWID at DB2 zOS side.The uniqueness of the UOWID is defined in DDM architecture document and DB2 zOS check it accordingly.DRDA, Version 2, Volume...
11 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

Support log switch under SET WRITE SUSPEND EXCLUDE LOGS

Today Db2 cannot switch to a log file while write suspend. Therefore a archive log gets performed at beginning of write suspend. Then the write suspend can only last and the database can only work until 1 log file gets full. The time a database is...
over 7 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Please add a built-in function to reverse a string

Currently to reverse a string, we have to create a udf. The syntax for a simple one was easily available on the SQLTips4Db2 blog .... which IBM has removed. I think Db2 on z has this, and some other variants of SQL out there include it. This is th...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Future consideration

Add generated always for each row on update as row change SESSION_USER

Currently exists in Db2 to change current timestamp on INSERT and UPDATE with generated statement like: create table myschema.mytable (id int, last_timestamp timestamp not null generated always for each row on update as row change timestamp) inser...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 1 Future consideration

Finer granularity of configuration parameters

Many configuration settings are currently at the whole level of granularity. 1) Similar to 'use' privilege at the tablespace level, it would be helpful to be able to grant 'load' privileges at the tablespace level too. Currently it is a database-l...
almost 8 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration

Add REORG LONGLOBDATA for columnar tables

Currently we can create columnar tables with CLOB/LOB columns in it. What we can't do is reclaim the allocated diskspace of the CLOB/LOB columns (LOB_OBJECT_P_SIZE) in columnar tables To get an idea about how many diskspace is allocated: db2 "...
almost 3 years ago in Db2 0 Future consideration

Additional Reminders - Leading to the work

It would be helpful if IBM can send 1-2 additional reminders to the client with relation to Scheduled Maintenance Notification.
about 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 on Cloud 0 Submitted

Improvements for Automatic Runstats

Auto-runstats (AR) is invoked by health monitor on a fixed timer, each timer 7500 seconds (approx . 2 hours) apart. AR consists of "iterations". In each iteration, AR evaluates tables/views one by one. If a table is deemed needing stats, AR will i...
about 9 years ago in Db2 0 Not under consideration