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BIF HealthCheck licensed Freeware for DB 10

Detect static and dynamic SQL and match to the relevant collection, packages,…

BIF HealthCheck overvew (Built-in Function Checker for DB2 z/OS)

BIF HealthCheck reports the following BIF incompatibilities in DB2 10

  • Execution of the DB2 9 for z/OS version of SYSIBM.CHAR(DECIMAL-EXPR)
  • Execution of the DB2 9 for z/OS version of SYSIBM.VARCHAR(DECIMAL-EXPR), CAST (DECIMAL AS VARCHAR), OR CAST (DECIMAL AS CHAR)
  • Use of an unsupported character string representation of a TIMESTAMP
  • Use of a USER-DEFINED FUNCTION (UDF) that has the unqualified name ARRAY_EXISTS
  • Use of a USER-DEFINED FUNCTION (UDF) that has the unqualified name CUBE
  • Use of a USER-DEFINED FUNCTION (UDF) that has the unqualified name ROLLUP
  • Execution of a non-Java client that called a Stored Procedure (SP) that is on the DB2 for z/OS Data Server, while subsystem parameter DDF_COMPATIBILITY was set to SP_PARMS_NJV (the Data Server returned output argument values whose data types matched the data types of the call statement arguments).
  • Execution of a SQL statement by a client non-Java application that included an unsupported conversion from a string type to a numeric type, while the DB2 z/OS Data Server environment was one of the following (the Data Server issues SQLCODE -301)
    • In version 10 Conversion Mode (CM)
    • In version 10 New-Function Mode (NFM) and implicit casting was disabled because subsystem parameter DDF_COMPATIBILITY was set to SP_PARMS_NJV, or DISABLE_IMPCAST_NJ

 

BIF incompatibilities in DB2 11

 

More about BIF

BIF-Usage

Presentation

BIF CompatibilityDB2 10 compatibility mode
Changes to the STRING formating of decimal data within the CHAR and VARCHAR built-in function and to the CAST specification with CHAR and VARCHAR result types as well as  UNSUPPORTED TIMESTAMP STRINGs.
White PaperFinding BIFsAnd How to Lead a Problem-Free Life With Them in the Future
Navigating the Challenges of moving to a new DB2 Release
Newsletter2015-01 – BIFCIDS – Where’s the BIF?How will you deal with loop-hole usage in production code?
VideoBIF Usage(11min.) Trap  and correct the BIFs that will cause belly-ache one day soon
“Give and Take”
Program” page		 Give and Take
Program		We have “GIVEn” various free-of-charge Use Cases from SQL Workload Expert for DB2 z/OS like
1  Index Maintenance Costs
2  EXPLAIN Suppression
3  BIF Usage 
4  BIF HealthCheck – This last one is still available
We TAKE the anonymized results for research
 and will communicate with the local User Groups for discussions
 User StatementsBIF Usage:

“Give and Take
Program 3”

 Customer CommentsRead the Customer Comments across the Industry

  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Banking
  • Car Manufacturing

 

 

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BIF HealthCheck Licensed Freeware for DB2 11

Detect static and dynamic SQL and match to the relevant collection, packages,…

BIF HealthCheck overview (Built-in Function Checker for DB2 z/OS)

BIF HealthCheck reports the following BIF incompatibilities in DB2 11

  • Execution of the DB2 9 for z/OS version of SYSIBM.CHAR(DECIMAL-EXPR)
  • Execution of the DB2 9 for z/OS version of SYSIBM.VARCHAR(DECIMAL-EXPR), CAST (DECIMAL AS VARCHAR), OR CAST (DECIMAL AS CHAR)
  • Use of an unsupported character string representation of a TIMESTAMP
  • Use of the DB2 10 for z/OS default SQL path instead of the V11 path, which has more implicit Schemas
  • Execution of a non-Java client that called a Stored Procedure (SP) that is on the DB2 for z/OS Data Server, while subsystem parameter DDF_COMPATIBILITY was set to SP_PARMS_NJV (the Data Server returned output argument values whose data types matched the data types of the call statement arguments).
  • Execution of an insert statement that inserts into an XML column without the XMLDOCUMENT function, which generates SQLCODE -20345 on a DB2 release prior to V11, but does not generate an error starting in V11
  • V10 XPATH evaluation behavior was in effect, which resulted in an error (e.g. a data type conversion error occurred for a predicate that would otherwise be evaluated to false.). Starting in V11, such errors might be suppressed
  • Execution of a SQL statement by a client non-Java, or Java application that included an unsupported conversion from a string type to a numeric type, or from a numeric type to a string type while the DB2 z/OS Data Server environment was one of the following (the Data Server issues SQLCODE -301)

o The Data Server was in version 11 New-Function Mode (NFM)
o APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY was set to V10R1
o Implicit casting was disabled because subsystem parameter DDF_COMPATIBILITY was set to SP_PARMS_NJV, or DISABLE_IMPCAST_NJV

BIF incompatibilities in DB2 10

 

More about BIF

BIF-Usage

Presentation

BIF CompatibilityDB2 10 compatibility mode
Changes to the STRING formating of decimal data within the CHAR and VARCHAR built-in function and to the CAST specification with CHAR and VARCHAR result types as well as  UNSUPPORTED TIMESTAMP STRINGs.
White PaperFinding BIFsAnd How to Lead a Problem-Free Life With Them in the Future
Navigating the Challenges of moving to a new DB2 Release
Newsletter2015-01 – BIFCIDS – Where’s the BIF?How will you deal with loop-hole usage in production code?
VideoBIF Usage(11min.) Trap  and correct the BIFs that will cause belly-ache one day soon
“Give and Take”
Program” page		 Give and Take
Program		We have “GIVEn” various free-of-charge Use Cases from SQL Workload Expert for DB2 z/OS like
1  Index Maintenance Costs
2  EXPLAIN Suppression
3  BIF Usage 
4  BIF HealthCheck (Freeware) – This last one is still available
We TAKE the anonymized results for research
 and will communicate with the local User Groups for discussions
 User StatementsBIF Usage:

“Give and Take
Program 3”

 Customer CommentsRead the Customer Comments across the Industry

  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Banking
  • Car Manufacturing
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GIVE and TAKE Program

1,2,3

Give and Take 2020

Information on the Give and Take 4,5,6,7

Previous Give & Take

We have “GIVEn” various free-of-charge Use Cases from our SQL WorkloadExpert for Db2 z/OS like:

1 Index Maintenance Costs

2 EXPLAIN Suppression

3 BIF Usage

Limited free-of-Charge Db2 Application

This Program started in Europe, during our 30th anniversary was such a success, that it is now being Extended for the benefit of North American Db2 z/OS sites.

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Index Maintenance Costs, EXPLAIN Suppression, BIF

Limited free-of-Charge DB2 Application

This Program started in Europe, during our 30th anniversary was such a success, that it is now being Extended for the benefit of North American DB2 z/OS sites.

SQL WorkloadExpert™ for DB2 z/OS (WLX) contains several “Use Cases”. We provided three of them, free of charge, for one month to different sites. In return, we received their results. We’d like to share this with you now.

We have “GIVEn” various free-of-charge Use Cases from SQL Workload Expert for DB2 z/OS like
1  Index Maintenance Costs
2  EXPLAIN Suppression
3  BIF Usage – This last one is still available		We TAKE the anonymized results for research
and will communicate with the local User Groups for discussions

Inspiring experiences

Customer Statements

3BiF USAGE
News		Read the Customer Comments across the Industry 

 

  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Banking
  • Car Manufacturing

First results from DB2 z/OS sites

1Index Mantenance CostsNearly all the data we got back showed a positive result for created Indexes…
2EXPLAIN SuppressionAbout 10% of SQLs are actually “left over”…
3 BIF Usage When migrating to a new DB2 version, the BIFs are not always compatible and an extreme amount of data is produced.

 

The difficulty of near-time analysis to track down BIFs within dynamic SQL have been solved with the BIF Usage Use Case…

[Results from DB2 z/OS sites]

Program 3 – BIF Usage –  has now started

BIF-Usage

 

Presentation

BIF CompatibilityDB2 10 compatibility mode
Changes to the STRING formating of decimal data within the CHAR and VARCHAR built-in function and to the CAST specification with CHAR and VARCHAR result types as well as  UNSUPPORTED TIMESTAMP STRINGs.
White PaperFinding BIFsAnd How to Lead a Problem-Free Life With Them in the Future
Navigating the Challenges of moving to a new DB2 Release
Newsletter2015-01 – BIFCIDS – Where’s the BIF?How will you deal with loop-hole usage in production code?
VideoBIF Usage(11min.) Trap  and correct the BIFs that will cause belly-ache one day soon

BIF Usage video