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Additional Information From SYSCOLUMNS

The output provided by querying SYSCOLUMNS is missing key information that can only be retrieved via API calls run directly on the IBM i. For example, the format of date / time columns is not present, and there may be others. The information retur...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Delivered

DB2 SQL Engine should pass the descriptor operator information to RPGLE so that ALL *SRVPGM procedures can be called

IBM talks about application modernization but the main player SQL (stored procedures and functions) can not properly execute the majority of our RPGLE service programs. Most service programs heavily rely on the %PARMS function to determine the num...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

Enhance IBM i Tech Refresh 11 new view called SYSFILES to include the based on table if an index is being retrieved.

If I know the schema and name of an index within that schema I would like to be able to retrieve the based on table. This is the same as DSPFD *MBRLIST to an outfile and looking at MBBOF and MBBOL. Use Case: TS007423159
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

User Java coexist with Java stored procedures

Presently Java stored procedures are mutually-exclusive with other Java code (for ref see https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021863). We make extensive use of Java, so that means that the IBM-supplied Java stored procedures are i...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Extend DDL-while-open support

Please extend the support for changing database objects while they're open. Currently, the QAQQINI setting ALLOW_DDL_CHANGES_WHILE_OPEN only controls trigger changes. The next two features to be enabled for this support should be changing security...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Add Db2 Spatial Extender like functionality to IBMi SQL

In one of our applications we have geo_fencing functionality. When a vehicle enters a location, marked by 4 edges (GPS locations) it shows up on the map. Because of the lack of a geography Data Type like in other SQL variants (Microsoft, DB2 for L...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 7 Delivered

Add USRDFNDTA to OUTPUT_QUEUE_ENTRIES

In our ERP different informations are stored within the USRDFNDTA each spooled file. Like Mailaccount, Address and so on.Now i want to add some new feutures and at that point i would need the field USRDFNDTA in the SQL UDTF OUTPUT_QUEUE_ENTRIES. U...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_DETAILS - add DATE type column for PTF_INCLUDED_IN_GROUP_DATE

SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_DETAILS has a column PTF_INCLUDED_IN_GROUP_DATE, but the data is in a VARCHAR(10) type field, and formatted MM/DD/YY. This makes sorting and filtering a lot more complicated than it needs to be. Use Case: Ability to sort and fil...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Add TGTRLS on RUNSQLSTM OUTPUT(*LIST) Report

When creating a UDF or UDTF (SQL Function) using the RUNSQLSTM CL command, the resulting Output "Compiler Listing" does NOT including the TGTRLS (Target release) specified on the RUNSQLSTM command. The "current" VxRyMz does appear in the title of ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Monitor for Hardware Key expiration

We are trying to extract the firmware status to allow tracking of expired keys. There are some commands which will extract the key information (DSPFMWSTS) but no associated API's that we can find. We looked at monitoring for the messages when the ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Delivered

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