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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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Reorg un

Title: Enable REORG to materialize column order changes safely Product/Component: Db2 for z/OS → Utilities → REORG Problem: Adding a column inserts at end; achieving a “middle” position requires unload/rebuild of large PBR/PBG tables, causing risk...
about 1 month ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Submitted

Special type of technical accounts similar to RACF restricted

Hello, I want to enable our cloud using applications a direct access to Db2 z/OS. Unfortunately a firewall rule allows the access to all readable resources, not only the desired tables / views. So it would be perfect to have a restricted technical...
about 1 month ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Way to tell if a Db2 view is not being used any longer

We are looking for a solution to tell if a Db2 view is still used or not.A request came to our team to rename a column in several tables. One of the tables have multiple view on it, and one of the view includes the column to be renamed. We cannot ...
over 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Future consideration

JDBC connection property currentSchema should be externalised in an IFCID

We have jdbc applications which have set the jdbc property currentSchema to determine the collection of db2 objects like tables, views etc. When we want to trace the application with a performance trace, we're not able to analyse the correct colle...
about 3 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Future consideration

DISPLAY EARLY CODE command

Good to know what the level of of the DB2 early code. IBM currently make viewing the early code level far more difficult than it needs to be.
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Add REMARKS column to SYSIBM.SYSDATABASE and COMMENT support for database object

We would like to ask you, to add the REMARKS column in SYSIBM.SYSDATABASE and support for COMMENT statement for databases. There is no possibility currently to store some form of a description for databases in DB2 catalog. In big sites where thous...
about 4 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

A View with Select * should be regenertated without Drop/Create View

We have a lot of views defined with Select *. Since DB2 V8 we have the option to add columns to the base table, but the view does not include the new column, which is ok and accepted. But to get the new column we have to drop and recreate the View...
over 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

SQL Data Insights - APIs for model retraining plus all other maintenance tasks available via UI today

Most enterprise customers do not use UIs at all outside of test systems, all production work has to be automated and scripted. SQL Data Insights requires the retraining of a model in case the data in the underlying table or view changed. So retrai...
over 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Delivered

Rename column should be possible if View is on table

We encountered that Rename column is not possible if a View esists on the appropriate table. We would like to exploit this new function (Rename Column), but we have views, which does not allow that. We already have a similar requirement MR02141152...
over 13 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Documentation request - Changes that invalidate packages

Documentation request - Changes that invalidate packages This is a great document and I refer to it often when planning production changes. I'd like to see it enhanced so here's a few suggestions. 1) Make the titles for the objects BOL...
about 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Delivered