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Db2 for i

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get n'th element in delimited string

in sql be able to extract the n'th element in a delimited string. would remove the need to use mutiple substring and posstr/locate. Use Case: select get_element('abc;def;100;;;qwert' , 3, ';') .... string, n'th element, delimiter would then return...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

Port FIRST_DAY function to Db2 for i

IBM Db2 11.1 introduced a new scalar function FIRST_DAY to return the first day of the month. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2/11.5?topic=functions-first-day Please port this function to IBM Db2 for i. Use Case: Make SQL more readable. Make SQL mor...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Requested porting of SYSTOOLS.JSON_UPDATE in QSYS

Since we are using the systools.JSON_UPDATE function which is not supported we would need to be able to bring it into QSYS so that we can keep the functionality of our programs in the future Use Case: in our rpgle program we need to be able to joi...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Implement qsys2.Http_get for blob file

I think then the new sql function for http_get are really interesting, fast and above all there isn't java! I started use it instead of systools funcion, but I need an http_get that allow me download binary files like .zip . Please implement it! M...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 10 Delivered

Include fully qualified Job (name) in JOBLOG_INFO Table function resultSet

The IBM Service named JOBLOG_INFO does not currently include the full-qualified job identity in the list of resultSet columns. Please add it and name that new column JOB. Use Case: When using JOBLOG_INFO in combination with other IBM Services, som...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Support 3-level name qualifiers with Table Functions

With the expansion in most IBM i customer shops of multiple partitions and systems, the need for 3-level names was apparent and provided. Today the use of SQL User-Defined Table Functions (UDTF) is often the focus of "enhancements" to the operatin...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Support COMMENT ON for ResultSet Columns for UDTF

When defining SQL Table Functions, the system catalog contains space for Comments to be associated with the ResultSet columns. However, DB2 for i SQL does not provide support to use COMMENT on (or LABEL on) for the resultSet columns of SQL Table f...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Improve performance when filtering QSYS2.OUTPUT_QUEUE_ENTRIES_BASIC

Improve performance when filtering QSYS2.OUTPUT_QUEUE_ENTRIES_BASIC (or QSYS2.OUTPUT_QUEUE_ENTRIES) using only a qualified job name. If compared with QGYOLSPL Api both views are very slow. Use Case: Handling job's spools.
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

DRDA SM D Audit entry

The SM D entry in the Audit log logs that an RDB Entry has been changed (Access Type 'C'), but does not log what the change was. We would like to see whatever the change was actually logged Use Case: We have people making changes on a test server ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

Format of header informations with QSYS.HTTP_*_VERBOSE functions

The RFE would be to add an option to the HTTP functions so that the verbose function would only return the header information as quoted JSON strings. Use Case: currently, it is impossible to differentiate between the following headers :ETag: 12345...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

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