【DB2】关闭表的日志功能

2018.11.19

客户遇到一个问题，在import数据的时候，产生了大量的日志，客户的数据库是HADR模式，通过评估，这几张表是可以允许在备库上不查询的，表中的数据时临时的。

方案一：修改脚本，将import修改为load

方案二：修改脚本，不修改导入数据的方式，临时激活表的not logged initially特性，事务级别

方案三：将相关的表重建，创建表，并激活not logged initially，该方案表将永久修改为not logged initially

三种方案结果都是一样的，由于不写日志，均会导致备库表无法查询，报错SQL1477N

现在存在一个疑问，假如使用方案二，同时 import 时使用 commitcount，会不会存在问题呢 ? 针对该问题，得到下面结论

alter table t  activate not logged initially;

import from t.del of del  commitcount 10 insert into t;

　通过验证 commitcount 10 会导致 activate not logged initially 失效。

所以将 commitcount 10 取消掉，这个参数对于该场景，意义不大，由于表不写日志，一旦事务失败均会导致表不可访问。

编辑m.sql文件

connect to sample;

alter table t activate not logged initially;

import from t.del of del insert into t;

commit;

db2 +c -tvf m.sql

中英文

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/zh/SSEPGG_11.1.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.admin.ha.doc/doc/c0006079.html

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/da/SSEPGG_11.1.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.admin.ha.doc/doc/c0006079.html

附录1：

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21215818

Technote (FAQ)

Question

How to temporarily turn logging off for heavy change operations, such as insert, delete, update, and changes in indexes?

Answer

Tables being modified can be altered to activate the 'NOT LOGGED INITIALLY' attribute, which deactivates logging for the current unit of work. Any changes made to the table by an INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE, CREATE INDEX, DROP INDEX, or ALTER TABLE in the same unit of work after the table is altered by this statement are not logged.
At the completion of the current unit of work, the NOT LOGGED INITIALLY attribute is deactivated for the table and all operations that are done on the table in subsequent units of work are logged.

To use this option properly, the application doing the changes should NOT have AUTOCOMMIT enabled. Having AUTOCOMMIT OFF also helps define the scope of the transactions:

- For CLP, you can turn AUTOCOMMIT OFF using the registry variable DB2OPTIONS:

db2set DB2OPTIONS=+c
- If you execute a script containing update SQL statements, such as inserts, and DB2OPTIONS is not set, you can execute the script using:
db2 +c -tvf input_script.sql -z output_script.out

Example

To create table T1 with the 'not logged initially' attribute:
db2 create table T1(id int) NOT LOGGED INITIALLY
or, if tables T1 and T2 are already created, create a transaction with all the operations that are not intended to be logged:
db2 alter table T1 activate not logged initiallydb2 alter table T2 activate not logged initiallydb2 delete from T1 where ...db2 update T2 set ...db2 import from data_file.txt of del insert into T2 db2 commit
The updates in T1 and T2 within this unit of work will not be logged.

Notes
1. You can create more than one table with the NOT LOGGED INITIALLY parameter in the same unit of work.
2. Changes to the catalog tables and other user tables are still logged.

Because changes to the table are not logged, you should consider the following when deciding to use the NOT LOGGED INITIALLY table attribute:

* All changes to the table will be flushed out to disk at commit time. This means that the commit may take longer.
* If the NOT LOGGED INITIALLY attribute is activated and an activity occurs that is not logged, the entire unit of work will be rolled back if a statement fails or a ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT is executed (SQL1476N).
* You cannot recover these tables when rolling forward. If the rollforward operation encounters a table that was created or altered with the NOT LOGGED INITIALLY option, the table is marked as unavailable. After the database is recovered, any attempt to access the table returns SQL1477N.

- If using stored procedures, the whole stored procedure defines a transaction by default, unless an explicit COMMIT is called within the procedure code. So, the 'ALTER TABLE ... ACTIVATE NOT LOGGED INITIALLY' can be called at the beginning of the procedure, and a COMMIT statement at end of the procedure (or after the procedure has been called) will end the transaction.

- This document and suggestions given to prevent logging activity do not apply to LOAD utility, since LOAD does not do logging.