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Questions tagged [db2-zos]
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DB2 developers can't create table in own schema but SQL and Oracle devs can. Justified?
As a developer new to DB2, I was surprised when I discovered that I could not create my own tables in the development database environment. So, I posed a question to the db2 DBA. I don’t want to be too much of a nuisance by questioning policy and…
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Can I optimize for the zIIP processor?
Is it possible to change SQL in a z/OS mainframe COBOL application so that it becomes eligible to be directed to the IBM System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP)?
GilShalit
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DB2 zOS increasing DSSIZE vs adding partition?
I'm trying to load data into a DB2 table. The tablespace has 3 partitions with about 60M,60M,70M rows. The 3rd partition is failing to load. It gives me a warning that loading this partition's dataset will exceed the maximum size of # pages.
The…
Kyle
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How can I create DB2 objects with Linux SUDOer authority?
All,
I am relatively new to Red hat linux and I have SUDOer authority but unable to create DB2 database or other objects. How can I accomplish this task? Please give examples.
Also, is there any known freeware or trial tool for converting mainframe…
user34920
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db2 cross platform function/variable?
Is there a db2 function/procedure/variable that can be used to determine what platform a data source origins from? sysibm.sysdummy1 exists, so I assume that this is Db2, but some of the SQL does not look right according to LUW syntax. Is there an…
Lennart - Slava Ukraini
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DB2: Why does translate function also replace spaces?
I would like to remove control characters (HEX \x00 until \x7F) from a DB2 data base field. For this I tried to apply the following translate-function:
TRANSLATE(field, 'X', x'000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F')
It…
user3193317
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Possible to have duplicate fully qualified schema names with separate data in DB2 for z/OS?
We have several application teams that are looking to do a re-write of large legacy applications.
This is mostly COBOL going against DB2 for z/OS (v11).
The COBOL code was generated using a tool, so we don't have any access to the source. Let's say…
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Named Parameter Markers in DB2 for z/OS
I have a query where I will be using the same value twice for one of the parameters. This query will be run under IBM Data Studio to see the results. Below is a sample query:
SELECT *
FROM SYSADM.STATISTICAL_TABLE S
WHERE S.END_RECORD_TIMESTAMP…
Burke9077
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How can you check if DB/2 trigger fired due to table insert/update that is part of multi-table transaction?
I have scenarios where Table A and Table B can be updated as part of a single transaction or Table B can be updated on its own.
I have a trigger on Table A for when there is an update on Table A and Table B as part of a single transaction.
I have a…
Cocoanut
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Reorg SYSIBM tables to reduce extents (XT) - change priqty & secQTY
I have a new DB2 V12 database on z/OS 2.4 z13, with hundreds of programs to rebind, such as: sysibm.syspackage, sys.columns, sys.tables, etc. These will grow, hence the need to reorganize the tablespace for performance.
Maintenance window is one…
TechnoCaveman
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How to identify row change timestamp columns in Db2 Table
I need to copy some Db2 tables programmatically (java 11 using the standard Db2 jdbc driver). The tables in question lie on a Db2 for z/OS database (v12) and on a Db2 LUW database (v11.1). The target tables exist and have all the required…
Achim Schmitz
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DB2 - Is there a way to get the list of tables a particular transaction has affected?
We have a scenario where we would like to see if we could get hold of a list of tables affected by a given transaction. We use attunity to listen on the transaction log, but what I get from attunity is the transaction ID associated to a given event…
Nilay Sundarkar
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DB2 multiple rows with the same value
This is my first time posting in stackexchange, and I hope I did my due diligence for this question. I'm working on a problem that I just can't seem to wrap my head around. Consider this scenario of a chain of electronics stores, where day-to-day…
Walcuray
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DB2 Workfile scan
We just migrate from LUW to zos and we're finding that in z/os the accesspath explains show new node named WFSCAN (Workfile scan) and this rises when there is a join, group by or any kind of sort.
The question is, Is any performance issue with…
Hana Bzh
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DDL for PostgreSQL for DB2 tables (migration)
How would I create the DDL for PostgreSQL for the following DB2 tables?
It should be a one-to-one migration, so I would like to change only as little as possible at the schema (I have difficulties with the BLOB/CLOB datatypes and the default…
user3193317
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