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Db2 for i

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Ending jobs controlled when HTTPPOSTCLOB (generally a ibm jvm) is involved

We are on a V7R2 IBM i machine:We have many self programmed prestart jobs which are correctly shut down onsubsystem end with option *cntrld. This was realized by evaluating thejob-end-flag in the main cobol program. Now we faced a problem with the...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Requesting IBM i Service to return message text

Requesting IBM i Service to return message file text. values MESSAGE_FILE_TEXT(MESSAGE_NUMBER,MESSAGE_FILE,MESSAGE_FILE_LIBRARY,MESSAGE_DATA,'*FIRST')would return the first level message text. For a comparison seeRTVMSG MSGID(&MSGID) MSGF(&...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Add Workload Group to SQL Table TABLE ACTIVE_JOB_INFO

It would be very useful if the Workload Group (Workload Capping Group) WLCGRP could be added to the IBM i Services SQL table QSYS2.ACTIVE_JOB_INFO(). Use Case: This addition would allow the addition search criteria such as WHERE WLCGRP <> ''...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Improve SQLUDT's

While SQLUDT's are the ideal replacement for the reference files in DDS, their use is not so flexible. The first issue is that two columns defined as the same SQLUDT are not considered equal, hence one needs to program additional cast statements w...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Automated Plan Cache Management

Currently the option is available to delete a plan from the Plan Cache. IBM i ACS SQL Performance Center allows you to look at the SQL statement currently in the Plan Cache and allows you to delete a Plan. We would like to have the option to do th...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Db2 dependency service

For moving forward with IT transformation from DDS to pure SQL we still need some tooling that was provide in pure DDS + RPG. With DSPPGMREF and DSPDBR in combination it was possible to build a decency graph to show the impact of a certain change ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 7 Delivered

Add IBM i Services to return a list of active watches as well as the information about those watches

There is the WRKWCH command as well as the Retrieve Watch Information (QSCRWCHI) and Retrieve Watch List (QSCRWCHL) APIs. This RFE is requesting IBM i Services to provide this information. Use Case: I want to ensure my watches are active; I really...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

Boolean data type for use within SQL Procedural Language

You can use a new system-defined Boolean data type for use within SQL Procedural Language (SQL PL) applications that provides support for declaring and referencing the system-defined logical values: TRUE, FALSE, or NULL within compound SQL (compil...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Enhance Performance of USER_INFO DB2 SQL View

The QSYS2.USER_INFO SQL View is nice to have. However, the performance on systems with thousands or even hundreds of User Profiles means a lot of waiting. Providea faster version of USER_INFO that returns only the User Profile Info and not the OBJ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Request a table function to display journal inheritance rules for libraries

Request a table function for journal inherit rules In the course of auditing journal inheritance rules we found only two ways to display journal inheritance rules: DSPLIBD to *PRINTorRTVLIBD A table function that returns separate columns is much f...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered