SYSPACKAGE catalog table

The SYSPACKAGE table contains a row for every package. The schema is SYSIBM.

Column name	Data type	Description	Use
LOCATION	VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL	Always contains blanks	S
COLLID	VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL	Name of the package collection. For a trigger package, it is the schema name of the trigger.	G
NAME	VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL	Name of the package.	G
CONTOKEN	CHAR(8) NOT NULL FOR BIT DATA	Consistency token for the package. For a package derived from a Db2 DBRM, it is one of the following values: The level as specified by the LEVEL option when the package's program was precompiled The timestamp indicating when the package's program was precompiled, in an internal format.	S
OWNER	VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL	Authorization ID of the package owner. For a trigger package, the value is the authorization ID of the owner of the trigger, which is set to the current authorization ID (the plan or package owner for static CREATE TRIGGER statement; the CURRENT SQLID for a dynamic CREATE TRIGGER statement).	G
CREATOR	VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL	Authorization ID of the creator of the package. The creator is the authorization ID under which the package was bound or rebound. For a trigger package, the value is determined differently. For dynamic SQL, it is the primary authorization ID of the user who issued the CREATE TRIGGER statement. For static SQL, it is the authorization ID of the plan or package owner.	G
TIMESTAMP	TIMESTAMP NOT NULL	Timestamp indicating when the package was created.	G
BINDTIME	TIMESTAMP NOT NULL	Timestamp indicating when the package was last bound.	G
QUALIFIER	VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL	Implicit qualifier for the unqualified table, view, index, and alias names in the static SQL statements of the package.	G
PKSIZE	INTEGER NOT NULL	Size of the base section of the package, in bytes. Tip: Packages are divided into sections. The base section of the package must be in the EDM pool during the entire time the package is executing. Other sections of the package, corresponding roughly to sets of related SQL statements, are brought into the pool as needed.	G
AVGSIZE	INTEGER NOT NULL	Average size, in bytes, of those sections of the plan that contain SQL statements processed at bind time.	G
SYSENTRIES	SMALLINT NOT NULL	Number of enabled or disabled entries for this package in SYSIBM.SYSPKSYSTEM. A value of 0 if all types of connections are enabled.	G
VALID	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Whether the package is valid: A An ALTER statement changed the description of the table or base table of a view referred to by the package. The changes do not invalidate the package. However, a rebind might be required for the package to pick up the changes from the ALTER statement. H An ALTER TABLE statement changed the description of the table or base table of a view referred to by the package. For releases of Db2 prior to Version 5, the change invalidates the package. N No Y Yes	G
OPERATIVE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Whether the package can be allocated: N A package with package-level dependency cannot be allocated. An explicit BIND or REBIND is required before the package can be allocated. Y Yes	G
VALIDATE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Whether validity checking can be deferred until run time: B All checking must be performed at bind time. R Validation is done at run time for tables, views, and privileges that do not exist at bind time.	G
ISOLATION	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Isolation level when the package was last bound or rebound R RR (repeatable read) S CS (cursor stability) T RS (read stability) U UR (uncommitted read) blank Not specified, and therefore at the level specified for the plan executing the package	G
RELEASE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	The value used for RELEASE when the package was last bound or rebound: C Value used was COMMIT. D Value used was DEALLOCATE. I The local package is inheriting the value from the plan blank Not specified, and therefore the value specified for the plan executing the package.	G
EXPLAIN	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	EXPLAIN option specified for the package; that is, whether information on the package's statements was added to the owner of the PLAN_TABLE table: N No Y Yes	G
QUOTE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	SQL string delimiter for SQL statements in the package: N Apostrophe Y Quotation mark	G
COMMA	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Decimal point representation for SQL statements in package: N Period Y Comma	G
HOSTLANG	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Host language, or a value set by the program preparation process: B Assembler language C OS/VS COBOL D C F Fortran J Java™ P PL/I R REST 2 VS COBOL II or IBM® COBOL Release 1 (formerly called COBOL/370) 3 IBM COBOL (Release 2 or subsequent releases) 4 C++ blank For remotely bound packages, trigger packages (TYPE='T' or '1'), SQL procedure packages (TYPE='N'), or non-inline SQL scalar function packages (TYPE='F').	G
CHARSET	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Indicates whether the system CCSID for SBCS data was 290 (Katakana) when the program was precompiled: K Yes A No	G
MIXED	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Indicates if mixed data was in effect when the package's program was precompiled (for more on when mixed data is in effect, see Character strings): N No Y Yes	G
DEC31	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Indicates whether DEC31 was in effect when the package's program was precompiled (for more on when DEC31 is in effect, see Arithmetic with two decimal operands): N No Y Yes	G
DEFERPREP	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Indicates the CURRENTDATA option when the package was bound or rebound: A Data currency is required for all cursors. Inhibit blocking for all cursors. B Data currency is not required for ambiguous cursors. C Data currency is required for ambiguous cursors. blank The package was created before the CURRENTDATA option was available.	G
SQLERROR	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Indicates the SQLERROR option on the most recent subcommand that bound or rebound the package: C CONTINUE N NOPACKAGE	G
REMOTE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Source of the package: C Package was created by BIND COPY. D Package was created by BIND COPY with the OPTIONS(COMMAND) option. K The package was copied from a package that was originally bound on behalf of a remote requester. L The package was copied with the OPTIONS(COMMAND) option from a package that was originally bound on behalf of a remote requester. N Package was locally bound from a DBRM. Y Package was bound on behalf of a remote requester.	G
PCTIMESTAMP	TIMESTAMP NOT NULL	Date and time the application program was precompiled, or '0001-01-01-00.00.00.000000' if the LEVEL precompiler option was used, or if the package came from a non-Db2 location.	G
IBMREQD	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	A value of Y indicates that the row was provided with the Db2 product code. For all other values, see Release dependency indicators. The value in this field is not a reliable indicator of release dependencies. RELBOUND should be used instead.	G
VERSION	VARCHAR(122) NOT NULL	Version identifier for the package. The value is an empty string for: A package for a basic trigger (TYPE='T'). A package for an application that was precompiled without SQL processing option VERSION, or was precompiled with an empty string for the VERSION value. (TYPE=blank).	G
PDSNAME	VARCHAR(132) NOT NULL	For a locally bound package, the name of the PDS (library) in which the package's DBRM is a member. For a locally copied package, the value in SYSPACKAGE.PDSNAME for the source package. Otherwise, the product signature of the bind requester followed by one of the following: For Db2 for z/OS remote requesters, the requester's location name, or IP address, or LU name enclosed in angle brackets (for example, <LUSQLDS>). For non-Db2 for z/OS remote requesters, the requester's IP address or LU name enclosed in angle brackets.	G
DEGREE	CHAR(3) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The DEGREE option used when the package was last bound: ANY DEGREE(ANY) 1 or blank DEGREE(1). Blank if the package was migrated.	G
GROUP_MEMBER	VARCHAR(24) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The Db2 data sharing member name of the Db2 subsystem that performed the most recent bind. This column is blank if the Db2 subsystem was not in a Db2 data sharing environment when the bind was performed.	G
DYNAMICRULES	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The DYNAMICRULES option used when the package was last bound: B BIND. Dynamic SQL statements are executed with DYNAMICRULES bind behavior. D DEFINEBIND. When the package is run under an active stored procedure or user-defined function, dynamic SQL statements in the package are executed with DYNAMICRULES define behavior. When the package is not run under an active stored procedure or user-defined function, dynamic SQL statements in the package are executed with DYNAMICRULES bind behavior. E DEFINERUN. When the package is run under an active stored procedure or user-defined function, dynamic SQL statements in the package are executed with DYNAMICRULES define behavior. When the package is not run under an active stored procedure or user-defined function, dynamic SQL statements in the package are executed with DYNAMICRULES run behavior. H INVOKEBIND. When the package is run under an active stored procedure or user-defined function, dynamic SQL statements in the package are executed with DYNAMICRULES invoke behavior. When the package is not run under an active stored procedure or user-defined function, dynamic SQL statements in the package are executed with DYNAMICRULES bind behavior.	G
DYNAMICRULES (continued)		I INVOKERUN. When the package is run under an active stored procedure or user-defined function, dynamic SQL statements in the package are executed with DYNAMICRULES invoke behavior. When the package is not run under an active stored procedure or user-defined function, dynamic SQL statements in the package are executed with DYNAMICRULES run behavior. R RUN. Dynamic SQL statements are executed with DYNAMICRULES run behavior. blank DYNAMICRULES is not specified for the package. The package uses the DYNAMICRULES value of the plan to which the package is appended at execution time. For a description of the DYNAMICRULES behaviors, see Authorization IDs and dynamic SQL.
REOPTVAR	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT 'N'	Whether the access path is determined again at execution time using input variable values: A Bind option REOPT(AUTO) indicates that the access path is determined multiple times at execution time depending on the parameter value. N Bind option REOPT(NONE) indicates that the access path is determined at bind time. Y Bind option REOPT(ALWAYS) indicates that the access path is determined at execution time for SQL statements with variable values. 1 Bind option REOPT(ONCE) indicates that the access path is determined only once at execution time, using the first set of input variable values, regardless of how many times the same statement is executed.	G
DEFERPREPARE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	Whether PREPARE processing is deferred until OPEN is executed: N Bind option NODEFER(PREPARE) indicates that PREPARE processing is not deferred until OPEN is executed. Y Bind option DEFER(PREPARE) indicates that PREPARE processing is deferred until OPEN is executed. I The local package is inheriting the value from the plan blank Blank for a trigger package. Otherwise, the bind option was not specified for the package and is inherited from the plan.	G
KEEPDYNAMIC	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT 'N'	Whether prepared dynamic statements are to be purged at each commit point: N The bind option is KEEPDYNAMIC(NO). Prepared dynamic SQL statements are destroyed at each commit point or rollback operation. Y The bind option is KEEPDYNAMIC(YES). Prepared dynamic SQL statements are kept past each commit point or rollback operation.	G
PATHSCHEMAS	VARCHAR(2048) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	SQL path specified on the BIND or REBIND command that bound the package. The path is used to resolve unqualified data type, function, and stored procedure names used in certain contexts. If the PATH bind option was not specified, the value in the column is a zero length string; however, Db2 uses the default SQL path.	G
TYPE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	Type of package. Identifies how the package is created: F A CREATE FUNCTION or ALTER FUNCTION statement, or a BIND PACKAGE DEPLOY command created the package, and this package is a compiled SQL scalar function package. N A CREATE PROCEDURE or ALTER PROCEDURE statement, or BIND PACKAGE DEPLOY command created the package, and this package is a native SQL routine package. T A CREATE TRIGGER or ALTER TRIGGER statement for a basic trigger created the package. blank BIND PACKAGE command created the package. 1 A CREATE TRIGGER or ALTER TRIGGER statement for an advanced trigger created the package.	G
DBPROTOCOL	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT 'D'	Whether remote access for SQL is implemented with DRDA access or DRDA access with the capability for package-based continuous block fetch: D DRDA C DRDA access with package-based continuous block fetch enabled.	G
FUNCTIONTS	TIMESTAMP NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	Timestamp when the function was resolved. This value is set by the BIND and REBIND commands, but not by automatic rebinds (autobind).	G
OPTHINT	VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	Value of the OPTHINT bind option. Identifies rows in owner.PLAN_TABLE that are to be used as input to Db2. Refer to the ACCESSPATH column in the SYSPACKSTMT catalog table for information about which statements are using the specified hints.	G
ENCODING_CCSID	INTEGER NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The CCSID corresponding to the encoding scheme or CCSID as specified for the bind option ENCODING. The Encoding Scheme specified on the bind command: ccsid The specified or derived CCSID. 0 The default CCSID as specified on panel DSNTIPF at installation time. Used when the package was bound prior to Version 7.	G
IMMEDWRITE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	Indicates when writes of updated group buffer pool dependent pages are to be done. This option is only applicable for data sharing environments. I The local package is inheriting the value from the plan N Bind option IMMEDWRITE(NO) indicates normal write activity is done. Y Bind option IMMEDWRITE(YES) indicates that immediate writes are done for updated group buffer pool dependent pages. 1 Bind option IMMEDWRITE(PH1) indicates that updated group buffer pool dependent pages are written at or before phase 1 commit. blank A migrated package.	G
RELBOUND	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The release when the package was bound or rebound. blank Bound prior to Version 7 For all other values, see Release dependency indicators	G
CATENCODE	CHAR(1)	Not used.	N
REMARKS	VARCHAR(550) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	A character string provided by the user with the COMMENT statement.	G
OWNERTYPE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	Indicates the type of owner blank Authorization ID L Role	G
ROUNDING	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The ROUNDING option used when the package was last bound: C ROUND_CEILING D ROUND_DOWN F ROUND_FLOOR G ROUND_HALF_DOWN E ROUND_HALF_EVEN H ROUND_HALF_UP U ROUND_UP blank The package created in a Db2 release prior to Version 9.	G
DISTRIBUTE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT 'N'	Determines if Db2 should gather location names from SQL statements, and create remote packages for the user (This only has effect during local bind): A Db2 will collect remote location names from SQL statements during local bind, and automatically create remote packages at those sites. The site names are gathered from object names in static SQL statements and literals on CONNECT statements. The sites at which the package is remotely bound can be determined by the location (BTYPE='X') records in SYSIBM.SYSPACKDEP for this package. L Db2 will automatically create remote packages at the sites specified in the list of location-names. The sites at which the package is remotely bound can be determined by the location (BTYPE='X') records in SYSIBM.SYSPACKDEP for this package.	G
LASTUSED	DATE NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The last date that the package was used. The LASTUSED value is set to '0001-01-01' when the package is created, and the value is updated after the package is allocated. The LASTUSED value is not always updated immediately, and it might be updated after delay of one or more days. Note: A package that contains only certain static SQL statements, such as COMMIT or ROLLBACK, can be used without being allocated, and the LASTUSED value is not updated in these situations. The following commands preserve the existing LASTUSED value: BIND REPLACE of the same package version REBIND	G
CONCUR_ACC_RES	CHAR(1) NOT NULL	Indicates the CONCURRENTACCESSRESOLUTION option when the package was bound or rebound: blank Not specified U USECURRENTLYCOMMITTED W WAITFOROUTCOME	G
EXTENDEDINDICATOR	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The value of the EXTENDEDINDICATOR bind option: blank Not specified N EXTENDEDINDICATOR NO Y EXTENDEDINDICATOR YES	G
COPYID	INTEGER NOT NULL	The current copy of the package.	G
PLANMGMT	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The value of the PLANMGMT bind option: E PLANMGMT EXTENDED B PLANMGMT BASIC blank PLANMGMT OFF	G
PLANMGMTSCOPE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The value of the PLANMGMTSCOPE bind option: S PLANMGMTSCOPE STATIC	G
APREUSE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The value of the APREUSE bind option at the conclusion of a successful bind operation. N NO or NONE: Access paths were not reused. W WARN: Db2 attempted to reuse access paths. If an access path could not be reused, Db2 generated a new access path. E ERROR: Access paths were successfully reused. No error condition prevented Db2 from reusing access paths.	G
APRETAINDUP	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The value of the APRETAINDUP bind option: Y APRETAINDUP YES specified. All copies were retained. 0 APRETAINDUP NO specified; however, the previous or original package copy is still retained due to access path differences. 1 APRETAINDUP NO specified, and the previous package copy is not retained as the access paths are identical to the current copy. 2 APRETAINDUP NO specified, and the previous and original package copies are not retained as the access paths are identical to the current copy.	G
SYSTIMESENSITIVE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT 'N'	The value of the SYSTIMESENSITIVE bind option: Y References to system-period temporal tables are affected by the value of the CURRENT TEMPORAL SYSTEM_TIME special register. N References to system-period temporal tables are not affected by the value of the CURRENT TEMPORAL SYSTEM_TIME special register.	G
RECORDTEMPORALHIST	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT 'Y'	Not used.	N
BUSTIMESENSITIVE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT 'N'	The value of the BUSTIMESENSITIVE bind option: Y References to application-period temporal tables are affected by the value of the CURRENT TEMPORAL BUSINESS_TIME special register. N References to application-period temporal tables are not affected by the value of the CURRENT TEMPORAL BUSINESS_TIME special register.	G
APPLCOMPAT	VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The application compatibility level of the package, or blank if the package was bound before Db2 11, or not determined. `VvvRrMmmm` Compatibility with the behavior of the identified Db2 function level. For example, `V12R1M510` specifies compatibility with the highest available Db2 12 function level. The equivalent function level or higher must be activated. For the new capabilities that become available in each application compatibility level, see: SQL changes in Db2 13 application compatibility levels SQL changes in Db2 12 application compatibility levels Tip: Extra program preparation steps might be required to increase the application compatibility level for applications that use data server clients or drivers to access Db2 for z/OS. For more information, see Setting application compatibility levels for data server clients and drivers. V12R1 Compatibility with the behavior of Db2 12 function level 500. This value has the same result as specifying `V12R1M500`. V11R1 Compatibility with the behavior of Db2 11 new-function mode. After migration to Db2 12, this value has the same result as specifying `V12R1M100`. For more information, see V11R1 application compatibility level V10R1 Compatibility with the behavior of DB2 10 new-function mode. For more information, see V10R1 application compatibility level.	G
ARCHIVESENSITIVE	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT 'N'	The value of the ARCHIVESENSITIVE bind option. Y References to archive-enabled tables are affected by the value of the SYSIBMADM.GET_ARCHIVE built-in global variable. Y is the default value. N References to archive-enabled tables are not affected by the value of the SYSIBMADM.GET_ARCHIVE built-in global variable.	G
EXTSEQNO	INTEGER NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT 0	Internal use only.	I
DESCSTAT	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The value of the DESCSTAT bind option. Y The Db2 database manager generates a DESCRIBE SQLDA at bind time so that DESCRIBE requests for static SQL can be satisfied during execution. N The Db2 database manager does not generate a DESCRIBE SQLDA at bind time for static SQL statements. blank The package was bound before Db2 11, or not determined.	G
ORIGIN	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The origin of the EXPLAIN records: A Automatic bind B BIND command G Implicit automatic regeneration of the SQL routine or trigger for changed options, or an explicit ALTER REGENERATE of the SQL routine or trigger for the package I Implicit automatic regeneration of the SQL routine or trigger for the package because of fallback, coexistence, or deployment to a different release where the routines or triggers are incompatible. R REBIND command blank The row existed before Db2 12. This is the default value.	G
APREUSE_NO_FL	VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The function level when the package was bound with APREUSE(NO), or blank if the package was bound before Db2 12, or not determined. This is the default value.	G
APREUSE_NO_TS	TIMESTAMP NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The bind time when the package was bound with APREUSE(NO): 0001-01-01-00.00.00.000000 The package was bound before Db2 12. This is the default value.	G
CONC_STMT	CHAR(1) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT 'N'	Whether statement concentration is enabled: N No. This is the default value. Y Yes	G
FUNCTION_LVL	VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT	The function level of the package, or blank if the package was bound before Db2 12, or not determined.	G