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My ideas: Db2 for i

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    add open file in (QDMLOPNF) to GET_JOB_INFO table function

    please add to GET_JOB_INFO table function the jobs open file information as provided with API QDMLOPNF Use Case: none of the current SQL functions provide this information which will be helpful when looking for certain file information across jobs...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

    Support 3-level name qualifiers with Table Functions

    With the expansion in most IBM i customer shops of multiple partitions and systems, the need for 3-level names was apparent and provided. Today the use of SQL User-Defined Table Functions (UDTF) is often the focus of "enhancements" to the operatin...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

    Create a Standards Document for future SQL Services

    Please create and follow a Standards Document for future SQL Functions (i.e., SQL "services") that are created. We are seeing each new published function has little regard for existing parameter names or sequences. Some UDtFs have Object followed ...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

    SQL's HTTPxxxx-Functions should provide body data of the response

    It is great that we can consume webservices with SQL functions. I have to consume a REST web service that answers in the case of an error with HTTP response code 401 and a JSON object with "error" and "error_desc" in the body of the response telli...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

    Using SYSTOOLS.GENERATE_SPREADSHEET to export data to excel, using an existing excel template.

    Be able to use an excel template, SPREADSHEET_TEMPLATE, to put the generated data in, setting sheet SPREADSHEET_SHEET and cell SPREADSHEET_CELL where to start put the data.
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

    List Exit Programs via an SQL statement by Categories

    Allow SQL statement to query all Exit Programs by TCPiP Categories and Ports: - FTP (tcp 21)- TELNET (tcp 23 & 992)- CIFS (tcp 445)- etc Use Case: We run VMWare NSX in our environment only allowing necessary ports opened for connections to our...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

    DISPLAY_JOURNAL UDTF enhancement request

    DISPLAY_JOURNAL UDTF currently accepts library and object as parameters and also if object name is not specified, it defaults to "ALL" for the library. We would like to request for an enhancement where this UDTF can accept a list of objects as par...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

    DB2 Service for PTF currency at LICPGM level

    Today we have GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY** for PTF groups and it would be equally beneficial to have one for license programs that aren't part of a group. **http://bit.ly/db2-for-i-services Use Case: This would allow us to easily check whether, for exampl...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

    Trigger administration

    This set up rights on the ADDPFRTG command identical to those set up on the SQL CREATE TRIGGER statements
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

    Provide Db2i Service For Managing Certificates

    Recently our SSL certificates expired and upon raising a support ticket with IBM our only solution was to delete everything and start from scratch again. No message was issued by the OS to inform us that certificates were due to expire. The soluti...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

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