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Db2 for i

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    Add command SQL service

    The idea is based on the creation of a command-related SQL service. This service must return some information about the commands such as the program, source, and various parameters. In addition, it would be very important that it returns the defau...
    11 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

    SQL Enhancement - CREATE OR REPLACE INDEX

    Please implement CREATE OR REPLACE INDEX Use Case: In setting up a source member for a CMS to create or change an index through RUNSQLSTM, if the index already exists, it errors out. If I precede the CREATE INDEX with a DROP INDEX, it errors out i...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

    DB2 Alter Table Rename column

    DB2 for LUW and z/OS provide the capability to rename a column. DB2 for i should have the same functionality. Renaming a column's system name should be included, too. Use Case: In our IT department, Data Studio is used to create or modify tables a...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Future consideration

    Create Db2 service that returns same content as iNav's "TCP/IP Servers"

    Most of iNav's functions provide the SQL statement used to return the results. This is not the case for TCP/IP Servers, found under Network / Servers. Please create a Db2 service that returns this information.
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Add *OUTPUT to WRKSMTPUSR

    Hi, After doing a STRIMPSMTP, we may need to do some change on each record to the list provided by WRKSMTPUSR. With thousend of records impossible to do that by hand. It would be usefull to get the same list in a PF to use ADDUSRSMTP or CHGUSRSMTP...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

    Follow up for CVE-2024-27275 and ACS - > Database Maintenance with Function Usage options

    With the recent changes to restrict *PUBLIC from *USE to *EXCLUDE in regards to files created in QRECOVERY for db administration tasks like reorganizing tables (physical files), table alters and index rebuilds, would it be possible with the except...
    9 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    Split DBOpen exit point in new format

    DBOpen Exit Point takes care of ANY database access, regardless what type. This results in performance problems. Severals performance tests show that from 100% DBOpen Acess apx. 95%-99% are coming from Native I/Os. This is from exit point technolo...
    11 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

    SQLRPGLE precompiler - allow usage of large VARCHARS by interpreting the same as SQLTYPE(CLOB)

    Currently you cannot use large RPGLE VARCHARs (length >= 32705) in EXEC SQL statements. I suggest updating the SQL precompiler and SQL processing so that they can be. This would remove the need for defining SQLTYPE(CLOB) in new programs, VARCHA...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    Enhance or create a new DB2 Service IFS Save Files

    Need the ability to see the details of a save file that contains IFS objects so that we can programmatically act on what is inside the save file. For example: CRTSAVF FILE(yourlib/yoursavf)SAV DEV('/qsys.lib/yourlib.lib/yoursavf.file') OBJ(('/home...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    SYSTOOLS.READ_SPREADSHEET to be able to read xlsx files from SQL

    It would be usefull to be able to read xlsx files from within RPG programs for importing data as a table function.
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

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