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Db2 for i

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Add USRDFNDTA to OUTPUT_QUEUE_ENTRIES

In our ERP different informations are stored within the USRDFNDTA each spooled file. Like Mailaccount, Address and so on.Now i want to add some new feutures and at that point i would need the field USRDFNDTA in the SQL UDTF OUTPUT_QUEUE_ENTRIES. U...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Add TGTRLS on RUNSQLSTM OUTPUT(*LIST) Report

When creating a UDF or UDTF (SQL Function) using the RUNSQLSTM CL command, the resulting Output "Compiler Listing" does NOT including the TGTRLS (Target release) specified on the RUNSQLSTM command. The "current" VxRyMz does appear in the title of ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Monitor for Hardware Key expiration

We are trying to extract the firmware status to allow tracking of expired keys. There are some commands which will extract the key information (DSPFMWSTS) but no associated API's that we can find. We looked at monitoring for the messages when the ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Delivered

User profile maintenance function

Can we have a function that we can maintain user profiles using SQL. For example: call systools.update_user_profiles(profile = > 'MARINATEST', enabled = > '*YES', password => 'Testing@@123' ) Or I can just disable the profile. call systoo...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Add UTF8-Support to RUNSQLSTM

If you create an SQL script via the ACS, it is saved in the IFS as UTF-8. If you now call this script via the RUNSQLSTM command, it can happen that incorrect characters occurs. Eg if the script starts with "--". Use Case: Example: -- This script S...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Escape the delimiter when using systools.split

Enhance the systools.split function to escape the delimiter. Use Case: systools.split is an awesome function. The only limitation is that we are not able to escape any possible delimiters in the data we are splitting. For Example, if I run SELECT ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Add special authority to CHANGE_USER_PROFILE function

Please add the ability to add or remove special authorities via the change user profiles sql function. Use Case: From a security perspective, if you have too many users that have allobj authority and you need to mass remove that special authority,...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Ability to read payloads when the web service is returning an error HTTP status code

When consuming web services using SYSTOOLS HTTP functions it would be important to have the ability to read payloads when the web service is returning an error HTTP status code like 422 Unprocessable Entity.The web apis served by IBMi are already ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

Add "For System Name" clause to "Create Sequence"

We commonly use database sequences in DB2 for i for unique counters in our applications which are created with a "create sequence" statement. DB2 also allows for the use of long names with sequences similar to other database objects. However, the ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Support OBJECT NAME as Parameter of OBJECT_STATISTICS UDTF

The Db2 for i SQL UDTF OBJECT_STATISTICS accepts only a FULL object name or NO object name as the third parameter. This means to produce a list of generic names, the WHERE clause must be added. Supporting a generic name on that Object_Name paramet...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

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