PM16857: ALC FUNCTION: ADBC052I COLUMN AAA(TIMESTAMP) CHANGED TO 'GENERATED BY DEFAULT' THIS IS NECESSARY TO PRESERVE TIMESTAMPS

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The DB2 Administration Tool for z/OS ALC function amended
  a TIMESTAMP GENERATE ALWAYS column to be GENERATED BY DEFAULT
  and issues a message:
  ADBC052I Column a(TIMESTAMP) changed to 'GENERATED BY DEFAULT'
  This is necessary to preserve TIMESTAMPs already generated
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of the DB2 Administration Tool         *
  *                 and DB2 Object Comparison Tool for           *
  *                 z/OS who alter tables which have             *
  *                 ROWID or ROW CHANGE TIMESTAMP                *
  *                 columns.                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: In the DB2 Object Comparison Tool,      *
  *                      when a table containing column          *
  *                      ROWID or TIMESTAMP defined with         *
  *                      GENERATED ALWAYS is                     *
  *                      dropped/recreated, a                    *
  *                      ROWID or TIMESTAMP column is            *
  *                      redefined as GENERATED BY               *
  *                      DEFAULT to preserve data.               *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The DB2 Administration Tool did not support GENERATED
  ALWAYS for ROWID or TIMESTAMP.
  

Problem conclusion

• Options will be given to the customer to regenerate a ROWID
  or TIMESTAMP column as GENERATED ALWAYS.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

•    ADBH7A   ADB27A   ADB27AC  ADB27AD
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DB2 ADMIN TOOL

• Fixed component ID

  568851500

Applicable component levels

• RA10 PSY UK64491

     UP11/02/06 P F102

• R720 PSY UK64492

     UP11/02/06 P F102

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