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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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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

Allow ALTER TABLE xxx COLUMN yyy SET NOT NULL

The ability to change nearly everything about a column is really cool in Db2. Sadly, the one thing that you cannot easily change is the NULLability of any given column. This is definitely a requirement all over the place and currently can only be ...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Db2 Developer Extension - Add support to execute external COBOL stored procedures from catalog list, save input parameters and reload saved values as well as generating DDL and dropping the stored procedure

Application Developers use Data Source Explorer in Data Studio to display external COBOL stored procedures from the db2 catalog. They right click and get options to run the stored procedure after inputting values, generate the DDL and can also dro...
9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 5 Under review

Wrap-around PBG table optimized for time-series data

Add support for a new type of PBG table/tablespace which is optimized for time series data, such as that used for journaling, logging, staging, history collection, etc. The main feature of this new PBG table/tablespace is that data is always inser...
7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 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...
7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Debezium Connector for DB2 on z/OS (Apache Kafka)

My customer Rewe wants to use his DB2 data from z/OS for Data Mesh via Apache Kafka in a PostgreSQL database in AWS for his online shop. Red Hat has developed the Debezium connector, which is compatible with DB2 on Linux, but not with DB2 on z/OS ...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

BIFs ENRYPT_DATAKEY and DECRYPT_DATAKEY* should be able to check with user ID of ACEE

The BIFs ENRYPT_DATAKEY and DECRYPT_DATAKEY* are very useful for encrypting and decrypting data (e.g., passwords) that are to be stored in DB2 tables. The programmer does not have to worry about the keys used, as they are stored in the ICSF. When ...
2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Under review

Reorg Shrlevel CHANGE for Tables with Index on Expression Index

Currently a REORG shrlevel CHANGE is not possible on UTS tablespaces which have an expression Index (Index on Expression) defined to them. the message below gets issued: DSNU076I DSNURFIT - KEYWORD=SHRLEVEL CHANGE INVALID FOR EXPRESSION-BASED INDE...
7 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 2 Under review

Reduce restrictions of ADD PARTITION

“ALTER TABLE ADD PARTITION” is not available when target table holds uncommitted(not materialized) definition change. In most cases “MAXVALUE” is selected as limit key value because Partitioned-Table of TABLE-CONTROL cannot hold data exceeded the ...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 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...
4 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Under review

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