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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 11, 2017

RUNSQLSTM MARGIN(100) fails if input record is less than 100.

RUNSQLSTM fails if SRCDTA column width is less than RUNSQLSTM MARGIN(100).


Use Case:

We wanted to use full statement length of QDDLSRC.

1) Copied RUNSQLSTM command to another library and changed command default to MARGIN(228).

2) CRTSRCPF QDDLSRC RCDLEN(240)
3) Created member using the longer length.
4) This test worked fine.

5) But third party software RUNSQLSTM failed because of failed SQL string when SRCPF had length less than 240. Garbage "?" showed up.


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    May 13, 2021

    This enhancement was delivered in spring 2021 with IBM i 7.4 PTF Group level 13 and IBM i 7.3 PTF Group level 24.

    The RUNSQLSTM command has been changed to correctly handle input when the record length is shorter than the MARGIN value.

  • Guest
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    Oct 19, 2020

    IBM will use this request as input to planning but no commitment is made or implied. This request will be updated in the future if IBM implements it.

  • Guest
    Reply
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    Jun 24, 2020

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Db2 for i
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Other

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Application Development
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Other