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Db2 for i

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Materialized Query Table functionality

Add capability in SQL to create Materialized Query Tables (MQT) with the following:1. data initially deferred refresh immediate2. maintained by system3. set integrity for (MQT) immediate checked incremental (or Not Incremental) Use Case: create ta...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

Please create SQL service to retrieve PCML from compiled modules

Breaking out this part from https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-3437 Please create a SQL service to retrieve PCM from compiled programs like the QBNRPII but easier to use. My personal use case for this is to automatically create P...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Local scoped functions and procedures in UDTF and stored procedures

For structural reasons you sometime need to encapsulate logic as locally scoped functions and procedure when you create UDTF and stored procedures - just like you would do in any other programing language. However SQL-PL does not allow that in the...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

RGZPFM while active does not always return deleted records space.

RGZPFM while should always return deleted record space. We have a large, always active, file with 1/3 deleted records that RGZPFM while active did not return deleted records space. We run 24/7 & only come down for Cums & OS & barely ma...
4 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Under review

Add Journal Entry Type for TRUNCATE TABLE

Add Journal Code "D" Entry Type "TT" or equivalent ("F-CR") on the SQL TRUNCATE TABLE event. Use Case: Current state, TRUNCATE TABLE creates a journal entry of F-CH and D-CG which states that the file has changed, these are the same entries writte...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

tool to summarize all PTFs and APARs in a CUME or group

CUMEs can contain hundreds of PTFs. Each PTF has an APAR and both should be reviewed for any special instructions and or issues in the APAR. It would be good to have a tool to filter through all this and summarize any actions or special issues. Us...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

QIBM_QZDA_INIT - Add new format that includes the source IP

Add a new exit point format for QIBM_QZDA_INIT that includes the IP address of the client initiating the connection. Use Case: We use the QIBM_QZDA_INIT exit point to filter which user accounts are allowed access via ODBC/JDBC. We would like to be...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

An IBM i Service for retrieving Netserver session details

The QSYS2.SERVER_SHARE_INFO service shows various details about the existing shares including the share name, IFS path, read/write status, and current number of users that are connected. However it does not give a view of who those users are. This...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

create SQL Service like WRKJOBLOG e.g. JOB_LOG_INFO and REMOVE_JOB_LOG

using JOB_INFO one is able to find about job status. If there is high activity on a server, a lot of job logs are created. To clean up, one can use WRKJOBLOG, use filtering, and F13 to delete. Please provide SQL service for a) filtering and gettin...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

Support for Application-Period Temporal Tables

System-period temporal tables are great, but "system-time" is not appropriate in many applications. Quoting from an article by Philip Nelson on DB2 Temporal Support - A Practical Introduction: Temporal support consists of two key concepts : system...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

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