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    Allow a "FOR SYSTEM NAME" for CREATE ALIAS

    DevOps providers want to be able to fallback and restore implementation objects of SQL objects. CREATE ALIAS creates a *FILE DDMF in the library but we are not able to control the implementation name. This requires a lot of processing to make sure...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    Point SQL messages to the place where they originated

    When we see a message in the log like SQL0501 - Cursor xxx not open, and drill down to the details to find where the message comes from we see internal SQL references and not our program name and statement. This makes it hard to debug and fix. Ple...
    7 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Functionality already exists

    Add flag to viosbr backup command to exclude security files

    The viosbr command has been expanded to backup all of the trusted AIX file sets (twice) which has increased the size of the tarred, zipped backup file 1,000 times (not a typo). A flag has been created to not use these files when restoring but the ...
    about 1 month ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

    Extend viosecure.ctl config file with interface, address, and description fields.

    The viosecure -firewall command work now only as a port filter setup. In the /home/ios/security/viosecure.ctl there are no options to set ip addresses or ranges, neither a interface can be selected where the filter rules should be applied. It appl...
    9 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Future consideration

    Implementation of restore function that does not change the state of the access path

    We would like you to implement the restore function that does not change the state of the access path by implicitly shared access paths. Our customers are having trouble getting their program to do something unexpected by save and restore. We wou...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Not under consideration

    Select into :dsArray

    It would be great to be able to select columns from a table directly into a data structure array instead of going through the process of creating a cursor. Because a lot of times you just want the list of matches and then your done. It makes even ...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Not under consideration

    Last Updated Date for Server Firmware

    Last server firmware upgrade date is not reflected when we use this command, DSPFMWSTS. However it is very beneficial to know when the last update/upgrade was performed by seeing this installation date next to the current level of firmware. We do ...
    8 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Under review

    Modernizing IBM SEA to handle Cisco micro-segmentation policy

    CISCO ACI in conjunctions with VMWARE have developed the ability to apply multiple Private VLAN configurations (micro-segmentation) onto a single switchport. Normal Private VLAN implementations require the creation of the Primary VLAN (200) which ...
    over 1 year ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Submitted

    Support ISO 8601 Date-Time Format in VARCHAR_FORMAT and TIMESTAMP() patterns

    This may be a dup of an 4 or 5 year old request, but please add native support for the ISO 8601 date-time format in Db2 for i. This includes: 1. Parsing and Formatting: Built-in SQL functions to convert between ISO 8601 and existing Db2 date/time ...
    9 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    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

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