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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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Provide N-Access for IN-lists containing non-column-expressions

Hi SAS-Queries of generate queries containing the following type of predicate:IN (YEAR(CURRENT DATE – 1 YEAR), YEAR(CURRENT DATE))Unfortunately this expression is not indexable
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

ABND=513-04 in LMOD DSNUT101 for: REORG AUX YES of a PBG TS (with LOB columns) and when STACK YES is specified for TEMPLATE

Environment: DB2 V10, data sharing, z/OS 1.13 .Currently an 'ABEND513-04 in LMOD DSNUT101' can happen under the following two conditions for REORG tablespace with inline image copy generation:.1) REORG with parm AUX YES is set for a PBG TS with LO...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Process PBG same as non-UTS Segmented When Using LISTDEF

When using LISTDEF with “PARTLEVEL 0”, partitioned by growth tablespaces which were converted from non-partitioned segmented tablespaces are no longer being considered as part of the result set. In order to maintain the same result list I would li...
over 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Native SQL Stored Procedure Maintenance Is Invalidating Dependent Packages

For DB2 V10 and V11. When any of following 3 things are done against a NSP (Native SQL Stored Procedure)1. Alter to Activate a version2. Bind Deploy Action(Replace)3. Alter RegenerateAll the packages dependent on the NSP are being invalidated and ...
over 10 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Avoid synchronous preformat in SQL INSERT transactions

[Background]The customer's system providing banking services abroad is exposed to regulatory risk by the local banking regulator.The customer is forced to complete a specific transaction within a second basically.This specific SQL INSERT transacti...
about 7 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Delivered

DB2 Dynamic Remove Active Log Command

I would like to be able to dynamically remove active log datasets from a DB2 subsystem/DB2 data sharing member that have a status of: STATUS=REUSABLESTATUS=TRUNCATED, REUSABLE This would allow DB2 active log datasets to be resized, without closing...
almost 11 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered

Adding new values to CHECK Constraints should not put Table in CHECK PENDING

There are many instances today when existing CHECK Constraints have to be modified to add additional values. Currently, making any modifications to CHECK Constraints to add or remove values requires that the Constraint be dropped and re-created. T...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

UNION should automatically be rewritten to "UNION ALL" when it is logically equivalent

In the following query, the developer coded "UNION". Because it is part of a "WHERE EXISTS" subselect, replacing the UNION with "UNION ALL" will perform much better and deliver the same results: SELECT * FROM PDBR111.VCLI095_SELECT V01WHERE V01.AR...
about 6 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

New message reporting tha...

RTS Temporal tables are defined as UTS/PBG/MAXPART 1. Please provide a message if e.g. 80% of available space is reached and a second message if e.g. 90% are reached. The message should be written once if the threshold is reached. It might be help...
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

V12-CERT-2017 Refresh VIEW / CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW / VIEW VERSIONING.

While tables can be altered online; views need to be dropped and recreated, resulting in business impact or planned downtimes (our environment is making extensive use of the ANSI SPARC three level architecture, with many views and views on views)....
over 8 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration