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IMS Database Manager

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IMS catalog does not support the specification of PL/I BIT fields and BIT arrays

Take, for example, BIT2, BIT3, BIT4 and BIT58 in this PL/I data declaration:DCL 1 RECORD_LAYOUT_01, 3 CHR5 CHAR(5), 3 BIT1 BIT(1), 3 BIT2 BIT(1), 3 BIT3 BIT(1), 3 BIT4 BIT(1), 3 BIT58 BIT(4), 3 CHR74 CHAR(74); The IMS catalog does not support the ...
over 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 0 Not under consideration

Implementation of LOCKMAX in IMS DBCTL

I would like IBM to make LOCKMAX available in an IMS DBCTL environment.
almost 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

UPDATE DATAGRP NAME(datagrpname) STOP(UPDATES)

The UPDATE DATAGRP NAME(datagrpname) STOP(UPDATES) command should enable stopping updates for a whole group of databases with one command. This should be also possible with a DBD DATAGRP datagrpname command. This RFE is the result of PMR 34940,077...
about 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Deletion of IMS resource definitions on AUTOEXPORT to the IMS repository

IBM has announced AUTOEXPORT feature for the IMS repository as part of the new functions of IMS version 14. AUTOEXPORT will be only supported for new and updated resource definitions but not for deletions. To delete a resource from the repository ...
over 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Application Development 2 Not under consideration

IMS DBD statements DFSCASE/DFSMAP: Supporting same field in different mappings

With the introduction of the IMS Catalog in version 12 DBD statements for COBOL copybook and PL/I include information were introduced. This enrichment of DBDs allows to store these information within the IMS Catalog. DFSCASE and DFSMAP are used to...
over 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Application Development 3 Not under consideration

VSAM Buffer Type to reflect BOTH

When a VSAM buffer is defined and no "TYPE" parameters are specified in the DFSVSMxx member - the VSAM Buffer is really utilized by both INDEX and DATA - however in Omegamon/Tivoli and manual it says it defaults to DATA. It would be better servere...
over 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 4 Not under consideration

Enable 64-bit support for Fast Path Shared VSO buffer pools

After using Fast Path 64 bits in our Production Sysplex we have experienced two different kinds of issues related to 64 bits and using SVSO.
over 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

DEDB DBFUMIN0 DB utility and ACBLIB

DBFUMIN0 requires the ACBLIB library. During IMS version migration in an IMSPLEX environnement, the utility fails because it ran in IMS V12 and ACBLIB was still in V11. DBFUMIN0 should be able to run with the DBDLIB to be not release dependant.
over 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Not under consideration

Return a status code when Application dose not using XDFLD in SSA

If program is using a PCB with PROCSEQ= , but the SSA coded in program is not the name of INDEX coded in LCHILD defined in the DBD of the secondary index . Instead , user coded the SSA names defined in the DBD of the primary DB. So the result is t...
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

IMS LOCKMAX USERMOD to disallow or restrict the use of the value '0' and provide a min to max range for LOCKMAX values

Wellpoint needs a LOCKMAX parm usermod to allow us to restrict or disallow the use of the value '0' in BMP EXEC parms or in a PSBGEN. Also would like to have the option to specify a minimum and maximum range of values for LOCKMAX
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

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