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z/TPFDF

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Enhance TPFDF Data Events to Perform TPFDF data events without HOLD

Enhance Data Events to allow a non-held, but updated database trigger a data event.
almost 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Delivered

Support Variable Length Algorithm Strings in a zTPFDF index LREC

Support variable length algorithm strings from 1 to 255 bytes. Employ a hashing method which encompasses an algorithm string up to 255 bytes.
about 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Delivered

OPR-DB0112 needs additional dump message containing program details

The OPR-DB0112 dump is issued by CCENBK when CE1DBO is none zero ie.there is still a TPFDF file open at EXITC. However the dump message contains no clue about which application initially openned the file only the location in CCENBK that issued the...
over 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Delivered

ZUDFM INIT and ZFCRU are needed in dormant SSUs.

We currently have RFE 50923 opened (from our SHARES ID - 2739914) that requested ZIFIL and ZCFIL in a dormant SSU. This is similar, but is a request for ZUDFM INIT and ZFCRU PACK in a dormant SSU as well.
about 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Delivered

z/TPFDF encryption for data at rest

Requesting z/TPFDF product provide support for encryption of data at rest.
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Delivered

New user exit support for find and files in TPFDF

Add user exit support for the find and files in TPFDF. For both prime and overflow blocks. The user exit on the find should be post find. The file user exit should be prior to the file operation. A user exit exits for the find of a prime block, bu...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 4 Delivered

z/TPFDF Cache

Requesting change to put z/TPFDF subfiles in a memory cache when they are accessed read-only.
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

NoSQL Access to z/TPF TPFDF Databases

Create NoSQL client product that will provide access to update and retrieve information from a z/TPFDF database within a z/TPF system.
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

Support NODUMP option for all dumps in z/TPFDF

The NODUMP option is supported for a small number of system errors only. By explicitly coding the NODUMP option on the APIs we would like to code error processing more specifically depending on the transaction by issuing own system errors or by ot...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered

Inhibit DB011B and DB0108 dumps in MOD down condition

PM97115 was recently released to inhibit DB0100 dumps in a MOD down scenario. We would like the same for DB011B and DB0108 dumps when MOD down. The DB0100 dumps that were eliminated with PM97115 had been involved with a system outage 08/05/13 - th...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Delivered