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modify the MSDB-to-DEDB Conversion utility (DBFUCDB0)

hi would like to know if you can modify the utility to correctly report the record count for databases with more than 32K database records because larger record counts cause it to wrap and/or be interpreted as a negative binary number. it would be...
about 11 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 3 Is a defect

IMS OSAM HIDAM DB exceeds 8GB before abending with U0844

Technical condition:During OSAM space search during update activity (ISRT or REPL), occasionally an invalid input will cause the request to exceed the blocksize.The source of the invalid input might be an overlaid block, an incorrect calculation b...
about 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Is a defect