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Db2 for i

Add the ability to generate an ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram) to IBM i Access Client Solutions (iACS)

Deprecated Navigator used to have the ability to generate database maps and I'd like this ability back in iACS. Just had a new person start this week and trying to get them started and this lacks. Not a good first impression on their exposure to I...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

improve MERGE by adding the option "WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE THEN DELETE"

Today, it is impossible to use the DELETE clause behind WHEN NOT MATCHED.Some DBMS other than DB2 allow this.Would it be possible to add this feature, like in this example ? MERGE target_table USING source_table ON merge_condition WHEN MATCHED THE...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

Add to OBJECT_STATISTICS a column to inform us if a library is an IBM library

A new column would be added to OBJECT_STATISTICS called something like IBM_OBJECT. A value of 'YES' or 'NO' would be used. At present there does not appear to be an easy or definitive way of determining if a library belongs to IBM. SELECT OBJNAME ...
3 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

Replace SYSTOOLS http functions in SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY

With a view to phasing out the use of the old HTTP functions in SYSTOOLS, it would be ideal to replace them with the HTTP functions in the SQL services provided by IBM, including, for example, systools.GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY
14 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

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