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Db2 for i

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    Implement JSON_LEN SQL scalar function (returns # of elements in JSON array)

    Please implement a new SQL scalar function JSON_LEN, which returns the number of elements in a JSON array. if MyJSON contains "{"MyObj":{"MyArray":["One","Two","Three"]}}" exec sql set :NumElems = JSON_LEN(:MyJSON, '$.MyObj.MyArray'); sets NumElem...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

    An IBM i Service for retrieving device status similar to WRKCFGSTS

    A device's status is currently not available via SQL. This would be useful for tracking the status of devices such as virtual display/printer devices. It would be useful for System Admins. It could be partnered with QSYS2.OBJECT_STATISTICS to find...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

    Add an SQL processing option to automatically produce default values for NULL columns

    Add a new processing option for use in SET OPTION statement that would cause DB2 to essentially produce COALESCE() functions for null capable columns. Suggested option keyword: GENDFTONNULL. Default to *NO for compatibility. *YES would cause null ...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Implement TO_UTC_TIMESTAMP in Db2 for i

    Other IBM database products have a method TO_UTC_TIMESTAMP that can be used to convert a timestamp from the local time zone to UTC, with awareness of the DST rules in effect on the date in question. Example Knowledge Center page from IBM Big SQL 5...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    RCVJRNE support journal entries QJORDJE5 Record Format (*TYPE5)

    System monitoring for many audit journal type to got relate IP information to determinate security issue
    3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Needs more information

    SQL view for Netserver info

    With the newer OS releases for IBM i there have been views created to look at many of the components of the OS. It would be nice if there was a view to look at netserver info. Like netserver attributes, as well as file shares on the system. Curren...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

    Declare UTF-8 character lenght in SQL TABLE not in bytes

    Currently, when I create a new table and declare a field, for example, of type CHAR(10) UTF-8, the system only allows for 10 characters if each character is 1 byte in size. If a character occupies 2 or more bytes, the field length is no longer suf...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

    add a new audit field to the SQL fields

    I would like to be able to get the program name that updated/inserted a row in SQL in a generated always field. Today we can add the job, user, timestamp, ... automatically but not the name of the program. It would be more complete if we could add...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    Resolve object references for embedded SQL at compile time

    Product: Change Management Our change management application allows us to track changes, automate our deployment and development process, and perform impact analysis, all of which give us better controls and reduce risk in our software development...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Not under consideration

    Allow ability to invoke Functions and Stored Procedures using Specific name in addition to Long Name.

    Currently Tables, Index and Views have the ability to invoke using either the long name or the short 10 character name. It will benefit for adopting both short and long names and stay consistent with Tables, Indexes and Views.
    3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

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