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Add &SYSTEM as option in Query Manager Report

Query Manager Report Forms currently has three variables that can be used in Page Heading section: &DATE, &TIME, &PAGE. &SYSTEM would be very helpful addition. Use Case: We make wide use *QMFORM objects for presenting SQL reports i...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

LISTAGG - Add parameter for length and allow less than 4000

The new LISTAGG function is very convenient. Two things that have us scratching our heads though:(1) Why does the length have an arbitrary minimum of 4000?(2) Why is setting a different length done by a CAST of the input instead of just adding a 3...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Flag schema and it's objects to use SSD

To improve performance I would like to flag a SQL schema/library to store all objects contained in it on the Solid State Drives. Use Case: We have a process that builds tables, with a large amount of data, in a specific schema, copies them to the ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Increase size of SQL host variables

According to documentation the limit for an SQL statement is 2^21 bytes, yet the limit for a host variable in a dynamic SQL statement is approximately 2^15 bytes. This is preventing SQL statements larger than 32740 bytes from being prepared and ex...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Object control level - user defined attribute not persistent

IBM provide an API QLICOBJD which allows us to set some of the attributes of an object. This API is an extension of the CHGOBJD command that only covers limited fields. We use this to store a reference to which object promotion job/date/user etc p...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Allow cross system exception joins

Please allow cross system exception joins. Use Case: -- Not a valid statement. Apparently you cannot do a cross system exception join.-- SQL State: 56023 Vendor Code: -512 Message: [SQL0512] Statement references objects in multiple databases. Caus...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Include LF with shared access path in SYSPARTITIONINDEXES and SYSPARTITIONINDEXSTAT

SYSPARTITIONINDEXES and SYSPARTITIONINDEXSTAT include many usefull informations about logical files (DDS type). Since they are a valid substitute for the use of APIs, it would be very useful if logic files with shared access were also included in ...
5 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

RGZPFM option MBR(*ALL )

Enable the use *ALL on option MBR for the RGZPFM command for a hash partitioned table.
8 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Full support of Field Reference File (FRF) in SQL

When creating tables via SQL it is not possible to use the concept of a FRF to define fields in a consistent way and especially query the catalogs later on to find the origin of a field. A workaround is a CREATE TABLE AS however this doesn't suppo...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Provide a QCMDEXC-Likc Stored Proc that uses CONTAINS SQL

Provide an NEW SQL Stored Procedure for QCMDEXC or QCAPCMD that is set to CONTAINS SQL instead of MODIFIEDS SQL DATA. Use Case: When creating user-written SQL Functions that only contain SQL statements or perhaps READS SQL DATA, the use of QCMDEXC...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Not under consideration

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