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IMS Database Manager

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No NULL value columns for fields, which according to the WHERE clause conditions can't exist in the SQL result

IMS databases can have multiple different layouts on the same segment. Before accessing such a segment using SQL these different layouts need to be defined with a DFSMAP/DFSCASE mapping definition, which describes to IMS which layout needs to be u...
over 2 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 2 Delivered

Generate DBD and PSB in XML format from IMS Catalog

Hi, We are looking to generate DBD and PSB source from IMS Catalog in XML format. We are aware that GUR call generates that. But it is not in the standard desired format and also we cannot generate for bulk components like we have several thousand...
almost 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Delivered

To update databases with metadata the databases must be DBR'd to update the Catalog

We discovered that a DBR of our databases are required for every copybook/metadata change made active in the IMS Catalog. Making the databases unavailable to our clients via DBR for every copybook/metadata change is unacceptable. We need the abili...
over 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Delivered

Generate DBD/PSB source from IMS Catalog for any earlier instances

Hi, We would like to see a batch utility or an option in IMS Explorer to generate DBD or PSB source of any of it's previous instances in IMS Catalog database. I have tried the option in IMS Explorer. It appears that we can generate source only for...
over 4 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Delivered

Easy SQL access to complex array structures in IMS databases

At the moment the IMS Universal JDBC Driver respectively the IMS DB Resource Adapters support only access to simple array structures based of fields in one datatype. Please enhance both the IMS Universal JDBC Driver and the IMS DB Resource Adapter...
over 5 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 2 Delivered

Improve function to suppress writing x'99' logs for updates conducted by IIDR Target Server

MUFG bank is planning replication in both direction ( Source <-> Target) using IIDR for IMS , so the settings to enable write out of x'99' log is same for Target System and Source System.However within the x'99' log, the logs which are writt...
almost 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 2 Delivered

Improve IMS catalog retention criteria / IMS catalog record purge utility

Currently there is no way to clean up the IMS catalog with the IMS catalog record purge utility without having a risk to loose an active catalog instance, because you can only specify IMS catalog retention criteria in the IMS PROCLIB DFSDFxxx memb...
over 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 3 Delivered

Raise number of possible fields in an IMS database to 32k

Actually the number of possible fields in an IMS databases is restricted to 10,000. Please raise this boundary to 32k such that it is possible to have more fields in an IMS database.
over 6 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 1 Delivered

DFS3CATQ don't ABEND when directory DD name is already in use

When issuing the OPEN request to DFS3CATQ if the IMSD0000 DD is already allocated a U1002 Abend with RC=x'18' is issued. The API should not ABEND it should issue a Bad RC on the OPEN request instead.
almost 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Delivered

JDBC access to dynamic arrays in IMS database segments

In several IMS databases dynamic array structures were used instead of having a bunch of very small dependend segments. Actually IMS Catalog supports the definition of fix arrays and dynamic arrays where the amount of array instances depends on a ...
almost 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 3 Delivered

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