Re: What does a *SQLPKG do?

On 4/13/2017 3:12 PM, Mark S Waterbury wrote:

See:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1019633

for an explanation of what *SQLPKGs are used for.

Wait, what?

'Packages should be deleted whenever significant changes have been made
to the database, operating system, or hardware (changes that may cause a
large amount of access plan rebuilds). Whenever the hardware or
operating system is upgraded it is a good idea to delete the SQL
packages. Because extended dynamic SQL packages are re-created when the
application is run, there is little harm in deleting them and the time
it takes to debug a problem due to incorrect information in a package
can be costly.'

I don't recall reading this advice in the upgrade information. Now I
wonder if I should go find and delete these, since I thought DB2 was
taking care of them for me. Since V5R3-ish :-(