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Db2 for i

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    Make it possible to change the SQE Temp Storage 7% Threshold

    The current fixed SQE Temp Storage Threshold is set to 7%. I have no idea how long this value is in place, but my guess is that values was set to this values decades ago. Over the year the usage of temporary storage has grown on nearly every IBM i...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    UUID datatype for IBMi

    A UUID is a U niversally U nique Id entifier, meaning that these identifiers are unique over your whole DB; even better unique" across space and time". UUID's are stored in 128bit format and follow a standarized format ( rfc4122 ) This makes the t...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

    Create a service for RMTOUTQs or *LAN Printer Device Descriptions

    Ref IBM Doc ID 640063 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/getting-list-all-tcpip-addresses-used-rmtoutqs-or-lan-printer-device-descriptions Getting a List of All TCP/IP Addresses Used in RMTOUTQs or *LAN Printer Device Descriptions Is there a servic...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Future 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 ...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Not under 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

    Create a system command to convert JSON files to physical files (PF) and vice versa

    IBM i increasingly interacts with external systems through APIs and JSON data. Developers often need to manually parse JSON into SQL tables using complex JSON_TABLE queries, or conversely serialize DB2 data into JSON for outbound APIs. My idea is ...
    8 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Functionality already exists

    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...
    over 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...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Future consideration

    Enabling an SQL query for the OVRFLW line of a spool file.

    It would be great if the OVRFLW line could be retrieved through an SQL query. With this attribute, spool files could be correctly duplicated from an application.
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under 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...
    9 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Functionality already exists

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