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Db2 for i

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    IBM i Service to list Netserver Share and Sessions

    Currently, there is no way to list from an IBM i command line the Netserver Share or Session details. An IBM i Service to list these details would make like a lot easier. I accept that the Go Nets menu is an alternative to this but it has signific...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 7 Future consideration

    DSPPGMREF with SQL

    In SQL Services create a view or UDF, who have the same information as the CL command DSPPGMREF Use Case: get the list of programs that use a file ...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Future consideration

    Hope IBM i can have DB2 Order By COLLATION KEY BIT scalar function

    Customer need to Order By some DBCS Chinese field by Chinese stroke order. In open platform UDB DB2, can use COLLATION_KEY_BIT scalar function -- https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPGG_9.7.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.sql.ref.doc/doc/r0050491.htm...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

    JavaScript (Node.js) as native stored procedure / UDTF language

    Today we can use PL/SQL, java and any other ILE language to make stored procedures and UDTF in Db2. However new languages are being used for modern application ie javaScript within Node.js and Python to name a few - and and other languages from th...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Future consideration

    Add ISO 8601 timestamp format.

    ISO 8601 format shows:2019-07-17T15:21:38Z2019-07-17T15:21:38+01:00T = seperator between date and timeZ = Zulu time+01:00 is Zulu + 1 hour Use Case: Trying to do data interchange with other systems.
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 10 Future consideration

    UDTF returning dynamic resultset

    Today stored procedures can return dynamic result sets. It will be appreciated if UDTF could have the same feature. Today you can only return a TABLE, you need however to define each column even though a cursor will contain the required informatio...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

    Provide an IBM i Service to return information from EIM Domain

    The current EIM has no decent user interface. It is very cumbersome to inquire, add, change and delete via IBM Navigator for i. Use Case: Inquire and maintain EIM Domain using SQL select, insert, update and delete.
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

    SAVLIB / RSTLIB - Guarantee that all type external procedures are saved and restored

    Our company does SAVLIB backups of production libraries for last resort recovery and development environment restoration. There is a hole in this process that is recognized in "External Procedures, Triggers, and User-Defined Functions on IBM DB2 f...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 7 Future consideration

    RPGLE embedded SQL nested datastructure (array)

    It would be useful to allow nested ds and nested ds arrays for hostvariables in embedded SQL (RPGLE). Because now i have to move the nested subfield into a secondary standalone field.This is a horrible workaround :-) . Use Case: CASE WHEN :Example...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Future consideration

    SQL Add ANCHOR DATA To (%TYPE) functionality

    The lack of support for the %TYPE or ANCHOR DATA TO for data declarations affects our ability to port databases that use this functionality. We are looking at porting a Postgres based application to IBM i and have a large number of functions that ...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

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