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Db2 for i

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    Improve tracking of what job is the client job for QSQSRVR jobs with ability to review over time

    Today, a CPF9898 message is logged to the QSQSRVR job log with the server mode connecting job information. This is useful while the client is actively using the job, but it is insufficient to assess the overall workload on QSQSRVR jobs by the vari...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Generate SQL option to create check constraints when physical file has restricted values.

    Under ACS Schemas there is a feature to generate SQL. Would like to have an option to create check constraint on fields that have restricted values such as COMP, VALUES, RANGE. Use Case: Would save a lot of time in having to adjust the generated S...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

    Provide an SQL service, view, or other way to report out information about services deployed via Integrated Web Services.

    The ability to run reporting of information about deployed services, such as what services are deployed, what servers those are on, whether or not those are applying TLS and basic authentication, etc., would be a help to easily determine and audit...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    Command to validate indexes

    I am filing this RFE in response to the listed PMR at the advice of the IBM staff working on that issue.We recently had a case where a specific record in a table somehow did not update all related indexes using the updated field as a key. This lef...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

    Query Supervisor: Update ADD_QUERY_THRESHOLD procedure to add filters to restrict or allow users by Gruop Profiles

    Update ADD_QUERY_THRESHOLD procedure to add filters to restrict or allow users by Gruop Profiles. I think this capability can be enhanced add INCLUDE_GRPPRF and EXCLUDE_GRPPRF to allow more filters when we have the user profiles organized by Group...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

    Allow manually deleting Db2 temporary indexes

    Now that we have QSYS2.MTI_INFO and its visibility into DB2 temporary indexes, we are trying to clean them up and manage them better. We only IPL every 3 to 4 months. We created permanent indexes to replace a lot of temporary indexes, but they app...
    8 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    add extra detail to the view qsys2.AUDIT_JOURNAL_DATA_MART_INFO

    for the AUDIT_JOURNAL_DATA_MART_INFO view please add a column for the number of records in the data mart file.
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Multi-row insert in dynamic SQL RPG

    Please enhance dynamic SQL support in RPG to include multi-row insert. Use Case: Dcl-DS myQualDS ExtName('THETBL') Dim(200) Qualified Inz; End-DS; myQualDS (1).dta = '1'; myQualDS (2).dta = '2'; Ctr = 2; SQLStatement = 'Insert into THETBL ? rows v...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    Provide Db2 table / SQL Service to provide information on changed objects as seen in Memo to Users for new OS release.

    For each new release we review the list of changes made to APIs, SQL Services, Exit Points and Commands as recorded in the Memo to Users and then manually review these to see if our software uses any of these. For those that are used we then need ...
    8 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Provide a C/C++ "API" or function to enable reading Deleted records from a database file.

    Now that the system is "closed" we can't use our old ways to do certain things. There needs to be a way to go out to a database file record and programmatically "undelete" that record. That is, say I'm going to open file ABC using the open or fope...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

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