Db2 Release Newsletter

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Information about updates for IBM DB2 Software within 24h automatically per e-mail.

Anytime the IBM releases new versions or FixPacks for IBM DB2 Software we will contemporarily send a newsletter to you which will inform you about the changes.

If you subscribe here, you will receive a Newsletter anytime a version or FixPack appears on IBM Fix Central.

Db2 products lifecycle

Here you find the actual subversion to each main version. You see when the EOS (End-of-Support) of the respective main version is pronounced. Anytime a new DB2-Version is provided on IBM Fix-Central this table will be actualized immediately. If you want to be informed by us when a new version is provided by the IBM please subscribe to our Release Info Newsletter. This newsletter is exclusively used to inform about the publication of new releases. Here you can see the previously posted newsletters.

DB2 Release Notes

Here you find actual Release Notes to DB2 Products that we prepared for you.

IBM Db2 Feature Requests

Requests For Enhancements

• Here ist the place to post you suggestions to improve and develop IBM Db2.
• Vote to support the realisation of particular features.
• Let yourself be informed via e-mail about the the progress of recent requests.

Both critisism and suggestions of users and customers are valuable feebacks to improve solutions.The IBM has implemented a websitesite within the DeveloperWorks to encourage this dialogue with users, administrators and developers.

Requests for Enhancements (RFE) stands for the reception of improvement suggestions. The RFE is available for most of the IBM's software products. Here you can adress your requests directly, respectively observe the already existing requests.

The positioning of a request is easy. Within a form the product's information and suggestions will be recorded. After a check and the release by an IBM worker, visitors of the site can have a direct influence on the importance of a request. This is done through a vote function with which you can vote for a particular request. The number of votes influences the order of execution. (For this feature a simple IBM User registration is necessary.)

The RFE website is an important facility for the Db2 Community to have a direct influence on the improvement and development of Db2. Use this opportunity!

Db2 bug research

Here you can search in the Db2 bug database for reported problems and their solutions.

Some contributions are marked by a lock symbol. To view these posts you must be logged in.

For a login or a registration as a new user, please go to the login field above right.

Db2 Bug research - how to use

What offers the bug research of the CURSOR Distribution to you?

• Problem description, affected products, processing status, solutions and workarounds are some of the things you can access with our bug research.
• As the result of a full-text search with a simple formulation of search words you will receive a list of possible bug descriptions.
• By selecting a single bug you will get to a clear summary of the recent information status to this bug.

Actual IBM Db2 bugs

Here you can find, daily actualized, the list of reported problems assorted after APAR-Numbers.

Due to restrictions of the IBM APAR-Numbers (IBM DB2 Problem-Numbers) which are branded with a lock-symbol can only be seen by registered users.

Move your mouse over an APAR-Number to show the bug description in a Tooltip.

If you click on the number, the complete description will appear in a new tab.

For full text search for bug descriptions click here.

Db2 fixlists for bugs

Fixlists of common IBM Db2 versions from release 8.1.0 and higher.

By selecting a specific version, you can view the lists of fixed problems for each release. The fixed lists contain the APAR number of the solved problems and a short description of the problem.

If the IBM bug database contains further information about a problem, we have linked the APAR numbers and you can view the detailed bug description directly.