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Db2 for i

Provide a way to query Db2 for IBM i members

Currently, using OVRDBF to direct SQL statements to a specific database file member is functional, but it is not an ideal solution. It requires an external override that is disconnected from the SQL statement itself, making the code less self-cont...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Axis support for GZIP/deflate compression/decompression data

would like enhancement for Axis support for GZIP/deflate compression/decompression data
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Have "LABEL ON FUNCTION" update the text description of the UDTF *SRVPGM object

We're finding that we need to have this in the sql script in order to update the UDTF's object description: call QSYS2.QCMDEXC('CHGSRVPGM SRVPGM(MBMT99) TEXT(''Bill of Materials for a Parent Item'')'); Ideally we wouldn't need to use QCMDEXC but c...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Enhance BOOLEAN support in SQL pre-compiler for ILE-RPG

Since the addition of the BOOLEAN data type in DB2 for i existing RPG programs might run into problems. The BOOLEAN support of the SQL pre-compiler is documented here.Now if there is an existing table with a column "column1" of type CHAR(1) it was...
6 months 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...
6 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

DB2 for i - Add Function RENAME COLUMN to Rename name column

In DB2 SQL, create the RENAME COLUMN function to rename a column.This DB2 SQL function is supported in other environments (DB2 for Linux, UNIX, Windows, and z/OS).
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Can we please have a DEFECTIVE_PTF_CURRENCY_LOCAL

In the latest TR updates of IBM i 7.5 TR2 and 7.6 TR 2 the SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY_LOCAL was announced.As we all know keeping current with PTFs is very important.With that in mind it must also be important to be aware of defective PTF's.For th...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Support extended simple case expressions

It would be nice if the extended simple case expressions introduced with SQL:2003 were supported. CASE colWHEN 'A', 'B' THEN 'open'WHEN 'C' THEN 'done'ELSE 'unkown'END CASE colWHEN < 10 THEN 'low'WHEN < 50 THEN 'medium'ELSE 'high'END This wo...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Enhancement request: Add option to QSYS2.PTF_INFO to return all known PTFs, including PTFs for non-installed product options

Please enhance the QSYS2.PTF_INFO SQL service to optionally return all PTFs known to the system, including PTFs related to product options that are not currently installed. Today, QSYS2.PTF_INFO only returns PTF information for installed products/...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

include production ready IFS primitives (i.e. delete, rename) working with ccsid 1200 (or other unicodes).

Please introduce production ready QSYS2 primitives (functions, table functions...) to interact with IFS using an SQL interface, like a delete operation (unlink) or rename, in order to orderly and cleanly compose with the other functionality of the...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

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