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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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Ensure that several messages put into MQ via DB2MQ.MQSEND within one Db2 UOW are received in correct order at the other side of the queue

Db2 is called by CICS. CICS is coordinator of the global UOW. Within this UOW there are two calls of DB2MQ.MQSEND to put message 1 and message 2 into a MQ queue in a specific order. MQPOLICY used for this DB2MQ.MQSEND calls is defined with SYNCPOI...
7 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Change Load Backout YES delete log process

During execution of LOAD RESUME YES BACKOUT YES SHRLEVEL NONE LOG NO DISCARDS 1, if 1 duplicate row is funded, all rows loaded will be backed out, regardless if there was just 1 duplicate. DB2 call Data Manager back out all the other rows writing ...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Granular grant-able authorization to allow explaining all statements stored in DSC

Currently there is a requirement to hold at least SQLADM authority to explain statements kept in DSC, and which were executed with a different SQLID. This is security exposure as for such basic action like statement explain it gives the user all t...
30 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Support REORG for DEFINE NO

I have heard, in various IBM presentations (Haakon at IDUG Valencia, John Lyle at CCDB2) talking about Db2 Vnext, the statement "no migration to vnext if you have 6 byte RBA/LRSN or non-UTS tablespaces". This if fine unless you happen to have old ...
6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 3 Under review

Change Db2 Load And Db2 Reorg To Selectively Ignore KEEPDICTIONARY

Change Db2 Load and Db2 Reorg to ignore KEEPDICTIONARY if the tablespace part is currently compressed and* SYSTABLEPART.COMPRESS IN ('F','H') & SYSTABLEPART.COMPRESS <> SYSTABLEPART.COMPRESS_USED OR * SYSTABLEPART.COMPRESS = 'Y' & zP...
23 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Enhance DSNJU008 LIST CDDS output to also list the number of tablespaces maintained in the CDDS

DSNJU008 LIST CDDS today lists the number of dictionaries contained in the CDDS. Example: “DICTIONARY RECORDS PRINTED 123”. This could be 1 dictionary of 123 tablespaces, or 41 tablespaces with 3 dictionaries for each (41 * 3 = 123). We would like...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

REORG with a new keyword should transfer the page set work to DFDSS

Why is the above idea useful? Sometimes you need to move page sets around due to altering the HLQ, due to removing extents etc. These actions do not require an unload and reload of the data, because it is external stuff out of DB2 scope. For small...
8 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Improve the flexibility of changing PARTITION key

When to change PARITITION keys in multiple PARTITIOIN, a validation routine to check the data consistency runs every time ALTER command (ALTER TABLE ALTER PARTITION) is executed. In most cases we change the key value for multiple PARTITION keys an...
5 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review