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Db2 for i

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    Table Reorganizations

    Table Reorganizations option from Iseries Navigator does not periodically update the status of rows being reorganized. It waits until end to provide status. IBM developer went into tasks and processes and found what the count of rows re-org was. W...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under 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.
    over 1 year 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...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Add ability to use any RPG variable in an embedded SQL statement, including those that come from Qualified Dimensioned data structures

    Programmers would benefit by not seeing the error - Variable :BLAH is not usable for reason X when writing exec SQL select statement in an RPG program. Some variables are allowed and some are not, but it is not always clear why this basic select d...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Provide ARD Program(s) for non-Db2 Connect from IBM i

    WRKRDBDIRE supports *ARDPGM but none are provided, by IBM. The system needs the easy abilitty to connect to non-Db2 database systems, like MariaDB, SQL Server using SQL via *ARDPGM. Provide basic support (perhaps using ODBC or JDBC drivers) for re...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Not under consideration

    Provide a QCMDEXC-Likc Stored Proc that uses CONTAINS SQL

    Provide an NEW SQL Stored Procedure for QCMDEXC or QCAPCMD that is set to CONTAINS SQL instead of MODIFIEDS SQL DATA. Use Case: When creating user-written SQL Functions that only contain SQL statements or perhaps READS SQL DATA, the use of QCMDEXC...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Not under consideration

    Add SQL Object Type to QDBRTVFD and QUSROBJD APIs

    Today the SQL object type is available only via the QUSRMBRD (Retrieve Member Description) API. However when a file has NO MEMBERS, the QUSRMBRD API cannot be used to retrieve the needed SQL Object Type. Ironically, the QDBRTVFD (Retrieve File Des...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Functionality already exists

    Improve the SET DESCRIPTOR statement

    The usage of the SET DESCRIPTOR statement is currently complex, tedious and error prone, this leads to hard to maintain code and the usage of anti patterns like user supplied strings directly inserted into dynamic SQL or complex case statements in...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under 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

    Adjust the functionality of AUDIT_JOURNAL_* table functions

    I think the current behavior is quite confusing. For example, if I'm trying to retrieve the QAUDJRN "PW" entries from a specific receiver, I might try this: SELECT * FROM TABLE ( SYSTOOLS.AUDIT_JOURNAL_PW(STARTING_RECEIVER_LIBRARY => 'QSYS', ...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

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