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Db2 for i

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Enhance CMPPFM command

We currently use the CMPPFM command to provide an initial "sanity check" that data is replicated via our software correctly. DB2 tables have used this without issue until we had a requirement to support BLOB column types where the CMPPFM command f...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Group_Ptf_Currency: Also show those at "Apply at Next IPL"

I am trying to find out what group PTF's I need to order so I ran:SELECT * FROM SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY ORDER BY ptf_group_level_available - ptf_group_level_installed DESC; and I get:PTF_GROUP_CURRENCY PTF_GROUP_ID PTF_GROUP_TITLE ...INSTALLED...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Allow Replace Table functionality for Temporal Tables

It would be really great to be able to use the "Create or Replace Table" with Temporal/History tables. In order to modify these tables once in production, we'll need to maintain a list of alter statements to support any changes to be applied to th...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Delivered

Add parameter to CHGPF to ignore CPA32B2

Our CI/CD software uses SSH to communicate with IBM i. In addition to installing ILE program objects, IFS files, ... it can also execute CHGPF. When removing a column from a PF IBM i will send the message CPA32B2 which will be automatically answer...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Ability to determine DB Catalog journalling

Add the ability to determine the journal to be used for Catalogs when created via SQL. Use Case: When a new Catalog is created the OS determines the journal and journal attributes the current and new objects are journaled to (QSQJRN in same librar...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

DISPLAY_JOURNAL BLOB data

The QSYS2.DISPLAY_JOURNAL UDTF returns entry data as a BLOB. It would be incredibly useful if it could come back as text, like DSPJRN. Use Case: I often need to see what changes were made to a particular PF. I need to see the details of the change...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

qsys2.parse_statement function should return referential constraint information on create table statements

qsys2.parse_statement function should return referential constraint information on create table statements. Table name would probably be sufficient, but some might like column names also. There are many different ways to specify a foreign key cons...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

Reject connections if no prestart jobs available

A change was made so that connections could be routed to a specific subsystem based on User ID. We created a subsystem for these users and created a number of prestart jobs in the subsystem for the connections with a maximum number. This was to co...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

Outputq description view

New SQL View or enhancement to a current view (object statistics or output_queue_info maybe?) to view output_queue_info. Reasoning, a pain point for admins is when they have to create outputq’s for new printers, they dup the object, make some chan...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 10 Delivered

Allow the DSPDBR command to cope with more than 52,000 logical views over a single physical file.?

The limit of 52,000 logical views over a single physical file is not a system limit as the system clearly allows a lot more logical views. The only limit is in within the DSPDBR command, which crashes when it reaches a physical with over 52,000. C...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

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