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Db2 for i

SQL Service to provide details of the contents of the TCP host table entries file

The TCP host table entries file, QATOCHOST in QUSRSYS is a special file whose access is some what restricted. It contains IP addresses and host names for other IP hosts, including other servers, devices and printers that the system may need to com...
15 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

Formalize and enhance the PARTITION_STATISTICS table function

The Table function QSYS2.PARTITION_STATISTICS effectively produces a member list for a given file name. This is a vast improvement over calling QUSLMBR or using the currently exposed SQL Views which can be slow. Please harden up the parameters (do...
16 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Enhancement for SELF: exclusion list

In production environments, running SELF with *ERROR monitoring enabled is highly valuable for identifying potential issues in SQL executed on production LPARs. However, a challenge arises when frequently occurring and well‑understood SQL errors—s...
17 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Improve the DB2 GENERATE_UUID function

For now, the function can only generate UUIDs according to version 4 of RFC 4122. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.6.0?topic=functions-generate-uuid We would like to be able to call the function and specify that it should generate a version 7 UUID,...
17 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

CREATE VIEW without dependency

We have a need to create views that might span multiple schemas (aka. libraries) and if you create a view that does this, you cannot clear any of the libraries because of the dependency. My work around has been to create a user defined table funct...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

SQL pre-compiler support for periods in file names

SQL pre-compiler fails for SQLRPGLE file names containing a period when compiling from the IFS and the SRCSTMT() parameter is specified. For example: ZC0160.1.SQLRPGLE fails ZC0160_1.SQLRPGLE works
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Needs more information

Add the option to log the deletion of MTIs.

Recently I discovered that next to a plan being removed from the Plan Cache, there is another reason why an MTI can be deleted. There is a connection between a MTIs and a Plans in Plan Cache. so when a Plan is removed/pruned from the Plan Cache th...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

Add options to indicate the trace output file and options for HTTP functions

Calling axiscAxisStartTrace("/tmp/axis.log":*NULL) followed by QSYS2.HTTP_GET or QSYS2.HTTP_POST via embedded SQL does not work when the http functions run in the default activation group but the service program for the axiscAxisStartTrace() runs ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Add OVRSCOPE to OVERRIDE_INFO

Please add the Override Scope, parameter OVRSCOPE in most OVRxxx commands, as a column to the results returned by the Override Information View, OVERRIDE_INFO. I find it surprising that this was missed from the specifications as most of us who nee...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

DISPLAY_JOURNAL and excluded access objects

DISPLAY_JOURNAL fails when I choose to use *ALLFILE for OBJECT_NAME if it attempts to display the journal details for a file I do not have access to view. Either make DISPLAY_JOURNAL always auto skip the process for files user has not access and r...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

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