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Db2 for i

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Let QSYS2.GENERATE_SQL also generate the system name for SQL global variable

Currently the QSYS2.GENERATE_SQL() procedure does not generate the FOR SYSTEM NAME part when it generates the source for an SQL Global Variable. When a variable is recreated based on the output of this procedure it will generate a system name, whi...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

SQL Plan Cache Filter option for Job

The Filters option in SQL Plan Cache has no option for entering job information like jobname and jobnumber. for analyzing the SQL Plan Cache and searching for the SQL statements initiated in that job, the searching takes much time and caused extra...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Delivered

Support UTF-8 source code in SQLC precompiler

The introduction of PTF SI62604 (which gives CRTRPGMOD the 'TGTCCSID' keyword and so allows RPG and SQLRPG modules to be compiled from Unicode stream files) now allows users to convert their source code to UTF-8 and store them as stream files in t...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Provide API to retrieve journal cache wait interval

For IBM i servers with journal caching available there is no method / API available that allows the current cachewait value to be retrieved / reported. It would be useful, see Use Case below, to have this functionality via an API; even if the valu...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Allow me to stop producing message from SYSPROC.WLM_SET_CLIENT_INFO

I use SYSPROC.WLM_SET_CLIENT_INFO to set some registers so that my temporal tables audit columns like HISTORY_CHANGE_PROGRAM will have values I want. My problem is this function reports to the job log an informational message telling me the value ...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Format of header informations with QSYS.HTTP_*_VERBOSE functions

The RFE would be to add an option to the HTTP functions so that the verbose function would only return the header information as quoted JSON strings. Use Case: currently, it is impossible to differentiate between the following headers :ETag: 12345...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Retrieve SMAPP information a file

I would like to be able to extract the SMAPP information available thru the command DSPRCYAP in a file. Today the DSPRCYAP command only allows to print the information. The information I am interested in, are:- Estimated system access path recover...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

SQL Extended Indicators in MAIN Stored Procedure

We have used SQL Extended Indicators in RPG/ILE for years and find them to be very useful -- including saving a lot of lines of code. For the first time, we tried to use the Extended Indicators in an SQL MAIN stored procedure and find that they ar...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

Add SQL URI_ENCODE / URI_DECODE Function

IBM i SQL URI_ENCODE / URI_DECODE Function required to provide native support for HTML entities conversion. Benefit: Enables decoded URI value to be stored in an IBM i table as UTF-8 and displayed in ACS. Especially useful when working with differ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

SQL service for cartridges in media library

please add SQL service to retrieve media library content from attached tape libraries. similiar to media_library_info it would be good to have possibility to get information of which cartridges are placed in which tape library.Similar information ...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 7 Delivered

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