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DB2 - Problem description

Problem IT10218 Status: Closed

IN A COLUMNAR DATABASE QUERIES MAY FAIL WITH -901 ERROR WHEN USING A CASE
EXPRESSION THAT RETURNS A DECIMAL COLUMN.

product:
DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / A50 - DB2
Problem description:
Queries may fail with -901 error when using a case expression 
that returns a decimal column. 
Description: 
Under rare scenarios in a columnar database, queries using may 
fail with a -901 error 
if the following conditions are true: 
1) The query uses a case expression that returns a decimal 
column and 
2) A NULL literal is used in one of the case condition and 
3) This case expression is the input for a aggregate function. 
 
eg. Select min(case when col1 = 1 
                then mincol 
                else null 
           end) 
	from bad 
	group by grpbycol;
Problem Summary:
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         * 
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              * 
* Upgrade to v105 fp7                                          * 
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Local Fix:
Solution
Fixed v105 fp7
Workaround
not known / see Local fix
Timestamps
Date  - problem reported    :
Date  - problem closed      :
Date  - last modified       :
21.07.2015
25.01.2016
25.01.2016
Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos)
Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s)
10.5.0.7 FixList