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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 19, 2018

RELATED IDEAS

select into IFS outfile

It would be nice to have a possibility to direct an sql-output to a certain file on the IFS.
something like below ...


Use Case:

SELECT l.ARTNR,
l.FARBT,
a.ARTBZ,
l.MLMNG,
l.MVMNG,
l.MMNGM,
l.LMDAT,
l.VISSB
into outfile '\home\spool\EMQRY01.slk'
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ';' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
CCSID= Job
from kbdata.iarlit l left outer join
kbdata.iartst a
ON l.ARTNR = a.ARTNR
WHERE l.MMNGM > 0 AND
l.MVMNG < l.MMNGM;;


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 13, 2020

    The QSYS2.IFS_WRITE procedure and the QSYS2.IFS_READ table function were delivered in fall 2020 with IBM i 7.4 PTF Group level 10 and IBM i 7.3 PTF Group level 22..

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 15, 2020

    BM 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. IBM will use votes and comments from others in the community to help prioritize this request.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 26, 2018

    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 - Analytics Platform
    Product family - DB2 for z/OS
    Product - DB2 Utilities Suite
    Component - Other
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Other

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 20, 2018

    roduct family: DB2 for system i is meant not DB2 for z/OS

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 20, 2018

    roduct family: DB2 for system i is meant not DB2 for z/OS

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 20, 2018

    roduct family: DB2 for system i is meant not DB2 for z/OS

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