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Clear presentation in section_actuals, which part of the plan is currently running

It should be clear in section_actuals which part of the plan has actually "run" Please mark non-accessed lolepops as "-1" , "NA" in the section_actuals column of the activity table (event monitor for activities). Then this can be distinguished fro...
about 12 hours ago in Db2 / Other/Unknown 0 Submitted

SQL0659N to supply relevant data

When a query fails with SQL0659 ("Maximum size of a table object has been exceeded") there is no indication of which object is at fault. In the execution I am examining there is also nothing relevant in the diagnostic log. An indication in the err...
about 10 hours ago in Db2 / Db2 on-premise 0 Submitted

Bidirectional SharePoint Connector for DataStage in IBM Cloud Pak for Data

This proposal aims to develop a native bidirectional connector between Microsoft SharePoint and DataStage within IBM Cloud Pak for Data.The connector should allow users to extract and send data (read and write operations) from and to SharePoint li...
5 days ago in Cloud Pak for Data / DataStage 0 Submitted

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

A user with DBA privilege should be able to change the owner of a table without need to recreate it.

When a table needs to have a different owner, it is not possible to change it without recreating such object. It is to mention that Informix 8.21 allowed the change of the owner of the table with the RENAME TABLE statement. This is very usefull wh...
26 days ago in Informix / Informix Server 1 Submitted

Expanded Locking Options and Partial Load Capability in DataGate GUI

Current Behavior: When executing a LOAD operation through the DataGate GUI, the only available option is a full load with row-level locking. This limits flexibility for use cases that require partial data loading or alternative locking mechanisms ...
6 months ago in Db2 for z/OS Data Gate 2 Submitted

Improve visibility of choosen access path after rebind

We are using Db2 AI for z/OS with and without validation of the provided optimizations in SQL Optimization.For the option "with validation" you can see in the details table from the improvement which access path would be choosen after the rebind.I...
3 months ago in Db2 AI 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

Segmentation data extraction

Current situation: the IBM Optim v11.7.0.0 tool performs record extraction in database engines in bulk on the configured tables. In this process, a "select *" query, without WHERE clause, is executed on all the records contained in the table. The ...
12 months ago in Optim / Optim Data Privacy 1 Submitted