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Db2 for i

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    RGZPFM option MBR(*ALL )

    Enable the use *ALL on option MBR for the RGZPFM command for a hash partitioned table.
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

    Visual explain as a SQL - IBM i service

    Visual explain is a vital tool to get the information about how a SQL statement is processed and to understand the nature of SQL queries. However, it can be quite complicated to oververview complicated queries and the graph can be quite chaotic. M...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

    Allow host variable for sql-json-path-expression in JSON_TABLE nested path clause

    In most of the JSON functions, I can use a host variable for the sql-json-path-expression argument. I cannot do that in a JSON_TABLE nested path clause, however. For consistency, I'd like to be able to use host variables for the sql-json-path-expr...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Create GenerateAndEmailSpreadsheet

    With the addition of Generate Spreadsheet and Send Email both are valuable but the adoption would have quite a bit of use if we had one function that does both.
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under 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 ...
    11 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    allow three part names in db2 for i services

    please add ability to use three-part naming in UDTF or in db2 for i services likeQSYS2.JOB_INFOIt seems that the 3-part naming isn't working or supported in UDTFs. .e.g.:https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under 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...
    about 1 year 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...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under 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

    Eliminate the Propagation of READS SQL DATA in Caller Functions in SQL

    When creating User Defined Table functions in SQL, the CONTAINS SQL, READS SQL DATA and MODIFIES SQL DATA statements are currently propagated up the food chain. This means if a simple function calls another function, that called function's attribu...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

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