Release Notes

Known limitations, problems, and workarounds


Partial Table-of-Contents

  • Limitations
  • Development Center limitations for 64-bit operating systems
  • 2Development Center (Linux)
  • 4Debugging stored procedures with double quotation marks
  • Path settings needed to enable Java routines to compile in the Development Center
  • 6Development Center limitations to run and debug Java stored procedures simultaneously
  • 6Using LOB locators on a DB2 UDB for z/OS or OS/390 server
  • 5Failures when reporting a successful login during a connect (AIX)
  • 4JDBC driver limitation (HP-UX)
  • 3SNA support limitations in Version 8
  • 5Tools catalog database creation not supported (Linux AMD64)
  • 5Tools catalog database creation not supported (AIX, Solaris Operating Environments, and HP-UX)
  • 5Workgroup Server Edition 64-bit server instance limitations
  • Asynchronous execution of CLI
  • 2NUM_LOG_SPAN configuration parameter on a partitioned database
  • Limitation to the dasdrop command in multiple fix pack environments
  • Data Warehouse Center not available in simplified Chinese
  • Japanese names of remote objects
  • Restrictions for the Clean Data transformer
  • Replicating and accessing Client Connect warehouse sources using the warehouse agent
  • Scheduling a warehouse process to run at intervals
  • 3Data Warehouse Center restriction for import and export
  • 6Initialize the warehouse control database after installing version 8.1.2 or later
  • 4Cube Views sample application differs from sample source
  • Load and Import Columns page does not support DBCS characters in IXF files
  • Incorrect Task Center indicators given when a load operation fails
  • Minimum display settings for GUI tools
  • 2Do not partition Information Catalog Center tables
  • 5Query Patroller limitations when DYN_QUERY_MGMT is disabled
  • 5Query Patroller result tables now use DB2QPRT schema
  • 5ALTER WRAPPER SQL statement not supported
  • Health indicator restrictions
  • System monitor snapshot UDF restrictions
  • Known problems and workarounds
  • DB2 license policy for DB2 Universal Database Workgroup Server Edition
  • 5IBM Developer Kit for Java 1.3.1 required on Linux (x86, 32-bit)
  • The simplified Chinese locale (AIX)
  • 5The simplified Chinese locale (Red Hat Linux)
  • 5Merant Driver Manager incompatibility (UNIX)
  • Data Links server backup fails using Tivoli Storage Manager archive server (AIX, Solaris Operating Environment)
  • 4SQLFLAG (STD) precompiler option error
  • 5DB2 UDB Path for SQL Routine Compile Command (Windows)
  • 1Documentation search might fail unless all documentation categories are installed (AIX)
  • 1Documentation search problem with Java 2 JRE1.4.0
  • Displaying Indic characters in the DB2 GUI tools
  • GUI tools are not supported for zSeries servers (Linux)
  • 4Information Catalog Center log file not generated when importing tag language files
  • 6Binding Query Patroller packages
  • 1Secure environments (Windows)
  • 2XML Extender sample programs renamed
  • 2Using the new sample programs with the sample sqx files
  • 4Decomposing documents in XML Extender that contain non unique attribute and element names
  • 5Differences between SNA and TCP/IP when using DB2 Connect

    • The following are the currently known limitations, problems, and workarounds for DB2(R) Universal Database Version 8.1 FixPak 6. The information in this section applies only to the Version 8.1 FixPak 6 release of DB2 Universal Database(TM), and its supporting products. Any limitations and restrictions might or might not apply to other releases of the product.

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