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Db2 for i

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    Add APAR id to Object_Statistics

    When performing an upgrade one may want to find all commands which have had their defaults changed via CHGCMDDFT.If you do the DSPOBJD with *SERVICE details you can look at the APAR ID (ODAPAR). It get CHGDFT for any commands that have had CHGCMDD...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

    HTTPGETBLOB result to IFS

    Currently, HTTPGETBLOB results can't be easily pushed to the IFS. Use Case: My specific use case is for bootstrapping installation of the forthcoming PASE yum packages that were announced at COMMONs17. Conceptual syntax: SELECT SYSTOOLS.HTTPGETBLO...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

    UUID datatype for IBMi

    A UUID is a Universally Unique Identifier, meaning that these identifiers are unique over your whole DB; even better unique" across space and time". UUID's are stored in 128bit format and follow a standarized format (rfc4122) This makes the type a...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 9 Delivered

    IBM i Service to List Disabled Netserver Users

    Currently, there is no way to list from an IBM i command the user that at disabled for use by Netserver. An IBM i Service to list the currently disabled users, and if possible re-enable them would be an ideal replacement. I accept that the Go Nets...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 9 Delivered

    DB2 SQL Engine should pass the descriptor operator information to RPGLE so that ALL *SRVPGM procedures can be called

    IBM talks about application modernization but the main player SQL (stored procedures and functions) can not properly execute the majority of our RPGLE service programs. Most service programs heavily rely on the %PARMS function to determine the num...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

    IBM i Services for defective PTFs installed

    Currently the Must Gather Tool has an option for checking for any installed defective PTF's on an LPAR. The output of this is a spoolfile, which does more belong to the time when we still used the term AS/400 Use Case: An IBM i DB2 for i Services ...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

    Better error handling in embedded SQL

    Currently, after every execution of an SQL statement, we must manually check the SQLSTATE to see if an error occurred. This adds bloat to our code. I would like to see the SQL engine send actual escape messages, so that we can catch these with RPG...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Delivered

    Extend FINAL TABLE to UPDATE/DELETE statement

    DB2 on other platforms offers the FINAL TABLE with UPDATE/DELETE statements, however on IBM i this is limited to INSERT only. Please change DB2 for i to also support FINALE TABLE on UPDATE/DELETE statements. Use Case: The statement below... Select...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

    SQL Write to IFS

    Please make writing to the IFS from SQL part of DB2 for i. Use Case: There is no general purpose way to write to the IFS using SQL. I have character data in an IBM i database tables and want to use SQL manipulate, sort, edit and create a text file...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 10 Delivered

    DB2 for i Service to retrieve jobdescription JOBD information

    We would like to have an IBM i db2 service to retrieve information about job descriptions - in particular which jobdescription uses which libraries Use Case: Many applications use jobdescriptions to define which library is used to access data. Dur...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

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