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Search results: Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS

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Support for Bind avoidance when using Enterprise Cobol with co-processor

The basic idea of Bind Avoidance is to exchange the consistency token in the executing code from the current version to the previous which means that no package bind will be necessary. Traditionally the Db2 pre-compiler has been used to pre-proces...
over 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

DB2 Administration Tool enhancement for SQL, DDL, DML syntax checking

Add enhancement to syntax check SQL, DDL, DML before execution. Recently attended presentation of Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS and it has a 'Smart Editor' which performed these checks. I asked about it and was told it is using macros from the DB...
over 6 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

ADM - PANELID ADB1S - DROP at COMMAND line does not provide process to DROP RESTRICT ON DROP

Dropping at the command line does not allow the capability to have DROP ON RESTRICT ALTERS be generated. When entering DROP in the SELECT field, panels are displayed to accomplish this. This should also be done for DROP at the command line. This s...
over 2 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Create user interface for --#SET ACCEPT_RC override

Allow user to specify one or more acceptable SQL return codes in the MIG process prior to the DDL being generated.
over 3 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Generate a reorg for the history table when doing an add column on the base table (STT)

I’m going to add a column to two tables that are “connected” through versioning (STT).This is what I (or the tool) should do: ALTER TABLE MY.BASETAB ADD NEW_COLUMN DECIMAL(5, 3) NOT NULL; REORG TABLESPACE MYDB.BASETS REORG TABLESPACE MYDB.HISTTS T...
about 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 2 Delivered

Recover statements to LOGPOINT based in the base Image Copy type (Tablespace or partition level)

There was a request to recover all Tablespaces in a DB to an specific LRSN.In the Admin tool, at Database level the DBAs generated the Recover TOLOGPOINT statements by typing UTIL in the command line, then in the panel ADB2US selected option VP an...
about 6 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Change DSNHDECP from being hard coded

Db2 Admin has the name DSNHDECP hard coded into the product and this may cause problems for MetLife – they had the same problem with Optim products and had to get it changed. So the change need is to make the naming of DSNHDECP a variable at insta...
almost 7 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Functionality already exists

Generate alters for tables with Lobs without providing ddl of auxiliary table

This idea results from Case TS005582671. the problem there is, that admintool-compare cannot generate reasonable WSL for altering a table that contains a lob-column. Actually the create-auxiliary-table-statement must also be provided, so that the ...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Panel GOC1 - Edit Objects should default to NO upon panelid presentation. Code is just doing a VGET.

Field should default at presentation to No.
over 5 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide a way to run CM Batch with CAF, so that the RRS limitation is bypassed and DSNREXX can be used in REXX verification exits.

The costumer's DBA team want to avoid any new tablespace creation not using Partitioned by Grouth Universal Tablespaces. As MAXPARTTITIONS is not a suitable override mask, we try using a REXX verification mask in the form: VER,TS:REXX(ADBDSIZE, DB...
almost 6 years ago in Db2 Administration Tool for z/OS 0 Planned for future release