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Db2 for i

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    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

    Use job default CCSID for SQL (ie. instead of CCSID 65535)

    When a system is currently configured with its CCSID set to 65535, this causes issues with SQL functions that require CCSID conversions (ex. JSON, HTTP, ...), for example Select cast(RESPO00001 as varchar(32)), cast(RESPO00002 as varchar(32)) from...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 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...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

    Add format level identifier to journal entries for database journaling

    Today, journaling of database supply a lot of usefull information, but one is missing : the format level identifier, in other words, the description of the fields. Why do I need that ? Because sometimles I change a filed in a file. Then this file ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Add possibility to run an Excel macro from SYSTOOLS.GENERATE_SPREADSHEET

    It would be convenient having the possibility to automatically run an Excel macro on a worksheet created by SYSTOOLS.GENERATE_SPREADSHEET. For instance to generate a chart based on the Excel data created.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    RGZPFM while active does not always return deleted records space.

    RGZPFM while should always return deleted record space. We have a large, always active, file with 1/3 deleted records that RGZPFM while active did not return deleted records space. We run 24/7 & only come down for Cums & OS & barely ma...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

    Basic subfile/maintenance generator for a given table_schema, and table_name

    We have UPDDTA to edit individual records of a file. We have RUNQRY for displaying all file records. It would save a lot of development time when we can have a default built-in subfile handler for any given table. => Shift F8, F9 to move subfil...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Provide indicator for internal / hidden journal entries

    For ages the DSPJRN command has had the INCHIDENT parameter to include hidden / internal entries in the output; and recently the DISPLAY_JOURNAL table function has been enhanced to provide similar functionality via the INCLUDE_INTERNAL parameter. ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Getting the response as a stream from the HTTP functions in QSYS2

    The HTTP functions wait until the entire response has been received before returning it. Returning the response as a stream, without waiting for it to be complete, it would result in better performance particularly with very large responses.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    I would like to change the default value for the SQL command DROP COLUMN from CASCADE to RESTRICT.

    HelloI would like to change the default value for the SQL command DROP COLUMN from CASCADE to RESTRICT. As far as I know, this is not possible. The problem is that I usually enter the DROP COLUMN command as an SQL script in the ACS.And I often don...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

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