Questions tagged [db2-zos]

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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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'...
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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 ...
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Using OLAP-specs to compute selective running totals

Let's say I have a table with columns id, subid, state, value, where (id, subid) is a unique tuple, state may be 0 or some value <> 0, and value is just some number. I want to build a query that ...
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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 ...
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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....
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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)?
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