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IMS Database Manager

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IMS segments should allow setting default values and autogenerated sequence numbers

It would be great if IMS had the option of defining segments with auto-generated values, whether they are defaults or incremental numbers, like identities.
almost 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

IMS segments should support triggers, such as could be used for imbedding timestamps without needing application changes

It would be great if IMS had the option of creating triggers that could fire up after INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE operations, to maintain data in segments of the same database without needing application changes
almost 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

Continuous replication in case of OLDS/SLDS I/O error for IIDR for IMS

We plan to use IBM InfoSphere Data Replication for IMS to replicate DB changes from Main system to DR system. Capture sever stops replication when OLDS/SLDS I/O error occurs. If unplanned switch occurs at that timing, lost data is larger than norm...
almost 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

IMS - remove logical child delete rule

Remove the IMS restriction of the logical child delete rules, which should eliminate the the need to change the current delete rules and applications for this condition.
about 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

DEDB alter utlitiy - parallel run of multiple area for same DBD

DEDB alter utility supports one area per DBD per utility execution. We need to run DEDB alter multiple area of the same DBD in parallel.
over 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Not under consideration

Directed Load from DFSRESLB for IMS Catalog API modules

When making a GET request to the IMS Catalog API (DFS3CATQ) the API loads or causes to be loaded 4 modules that reside in the IMS RESLIB DFS3CQ90DFS3DCNCDFS3PCNCDFS3RVRS By having these module loaded using a non-directed load the RESLIB must be av...
over 7 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 2 Not under consideration

IMS catalog audit trail userid

IMS catalog audit trail SMF record 29-03 does not have end user userid. SMF record 29-03 has ODBM STC userid which is not useful. We need to know the end user who submitted DDL.
almost 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Open Access DB 4 Not under consideration

IMS catalog does not support non-unique column names within segment

Column names must be unique within the segment. However, for COBOL and PL/I, the field names within a data structure don't have to be unique.Only the fully qualified name - for example, data-name-1 in data-name-2 in data-name-2 - has to be unique....
about 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

IMS catalog does not support all the variants of zoned decimal that COBOL supports

COBOL supports these variants of zoned decimal:Unsigned, Sign trailing, Sign trailing separate, Sign leading and Sign leading separate.The IMS catalog only supports the Sign leading separate variant.
about 8 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Not under consideration

DEDB ALTER REPLRAND - no change to randomizer name

We can replace an active DEDB database randomizer while the DEDB database remains accessible online by using the REPLRAND function of the DEDB alter utility. Current support of this function requires users to change RMNAME parameter on the DBD, DB...
almost 9 years ago in IMS Database Manager / Fast Path 1 Not under consideration

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