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Hi all,
Is there a maximum limit (from a performance perspective or any other) on the number of packages in a collection? To give a bit of background to this question:
Suppose we have N users, P COBOL DB2 programs. Each user will get a copy of and work with each of the programs in turn, tweaking and making their changes. Assume the tables all belong to a single schema and no updates to them, just querying. It makes sense then to have a single plan, single collection and multiple package versions for each program. So each user uses the VERSION parameter during precompile(or coprocessor) and all of them bind to the same collection. This is much neater than having a different collection for each user, esp since the schema is the same. Is this assumption correct?
In such a case, then, is it better to use VERSION(AUTO) which is essentially based on the CONTOKEN or have a version ID that we specify and so different from the CONTOKEN?
If N=1500, P=10, we would have 15000 packages in a single collection. Not sure if this is reasonable. Any thoughts? TIA.
Hi all,
Is there a maximum limit (from a performance perspective or any other) on the number of packages in a collection? To give a bit of background to this question:
Suppose we have N users, P COBOL DB2 programs. Each user will get a copy of and work with each of the programs in turn, tweaking and making their changes. Assume the tables all belong to a single schema and no updates to them, just querying. It makes sense then to have a single plan, single collection and multiple package versions for each program. So each user uses the VERSION parameter during precompile(or coprocessor) and all of them bind to the same collection. This is much neater than having a different collection for each user, esp since the schema is the same. Is this assumption correct?
In such a case, then, is it better to use VERSION(AUTO) which is essentially based on the CONTOKEN or have a version ID that we specify and so different from the CONTOKEN?
If N=1500, P=10, we would have 15000 packages in a single collection. Not sure if this is reasonable. Any thoughts? TIA.
Multiple packages in a collection is way to go and you can separate out Collections based on the each applications. But as always the case please reach out to DBA's and follow the protocols as they do at your site because sometimes developers ain't left with much of choice but to follow the protocols.
Just in case to read more-
www.ibmbigdatahub.com/blog/plans-collections-versions-packages-dbrms-confusion
