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    Add a special register in SQL triggers to get the schema of the underlying table, at any point, not just in error handlers

    In SQL DB2 for i, we would need the SQL triggers to provide a simple way to know the schema of the underlying SQL table of each trigger. It is important to have this data, especially when using library lists, because sometimes we need to pass this...
    1 day ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Submitted

    Query a specific JVM via QSYS2.JVM_INFO

    To automate the monitoring of JVMs, one approach is to utilize QSYS2.JVM_INFO like this: SELECT * from TABLE(QSYS2.JVM_INFO(WAIT_TIME => 1)) WHERE JOB_NAME = '791185/JOBUSER/JOBNAME' Unfortunately, to get the values of a single JVM, this call m...
    2 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

    PowerVC support for multiple SCG to the SAME VM

    Customer would like to be able to have more than 1 SCG for a given VM, for example using SCG X for disk and SCG Y for Tape for the same vm, powervc doesn't currently support than one scg per vm
    21 days ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

    Extend the QCMDEXC SQL procedure and function to log the CL command run

    Many SQL programmers using the QSYS2.QCMDEXC procedure and function are logging the CL command specified as parameter to the procedure / function, often to the joblog by calling SYSTOOLS.LPRINTF, just before calling QCMDEXC. The idea is to have QC...
    29 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Add SQL functions to return elements from qualified job name

    When we use the IBM i Services or SQL PL we often have a qualified job name, e.g. in the global variable QSYS2.JOB_NAME. Many of the services have been expanded with the elements of the job name in addition to the qualified job name. i.e. job name...
    29 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Make SQL function URL_ENCODE support RFC3986

    RFC3986 dictates that any space in a URL must be converted to "%20". However, when we run "values URL_ENCODE(' Hello there!'), we get "Hello+there%21" with the plus sign instead of "%20". The same is output from URLENCODE in SYSTOOLS. It seems lik...
    29 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    PowerVC should fully support Peer Zoning

    Can we please get PowerVC to fully support Peer Zoning. It was an idea in 2023 but we now in 2025 and still no Peer Zoning. This is an industry best practice recommended by IBM and Broadcom.
    about 1 month ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

    PowerVC should fully support Policy-based HA

    A lot of IBM flashsystems are now supporting policy-based high availability (PBHA). And a lot of clients are eager to start using it.To my knowledge, IBM PowerVC still does not support PBHA. It also isn't in the announcement for PowerVC 2.3.2 (the...
    about 1 month ago in PowerVC 4 Future consideration

    Make it possible to change the SQE Temp Storage 7% Threshold

    The current fixed SQE Temp Storage Threshold is set to 7%. I have no idea how long this value is in place, but my guess is that values was set to this values decades ago. Over the year the usage of temporary storage has grown on nearly every IBM i...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Db2 JSON functions for RPG data structures

    In some of the currently most used languages like Python and Node.js, it is common to define a data structure for your JSON payload, which is then easily transformed into JSON. In Python, we usually define a dictionary with all the fields and our ...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

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