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Search results: Db2 for z/OS

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Use direct-row access for queries using the RID-function and multi-row fetch

Suppose that you have a query like this: SELECT * FROM table A WHERE RID(A) = 21206417921 This query should use direct-row-access and should quickly determine a result. This is true if you do not use a cursor with multi-row-fetch. If you use a cur...
7 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Submitted

Add utility eventid to IFCID 23,24 and 25

The new utility tables have eventid, but this isn't in the utility audit ifcids, so by adding it, then gives easy matching between any utility audit table and the system utility tables Also the system utility table could have gaps due to data not ...
8 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Submitted

Enable dropping tablespace partitions without changing to data capture none

With the ability to convert tablespaces from PBR to PBG and back, we are now able to drop partitions in both PBRs and PBGs. However, this requires that we switch off data capture on the table for the duration of the change.As we are using CDC to r...
about 2 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Submitted

Add utility eventid to IFCID 23,24 and 25

The new utility tables have eventid, but this isn't in the utility audit ifcids, so by adding it, then gives easy matching between any utility audit table and the system utility tablesAlso the system utility table could have gaps due to data not b...
19 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Submitted

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...
20 days ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Submitted