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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 1, 2019

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Add variable support on CONNECT statement within SPL

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Add variable support for CONNECT statement in SPL.


Use Case:

CREATE or replace PROCEDURE BACKUP_STATUS
LANGUAGE SQL MODIFIES SQL DATA
P1: BEGIN
DECLARE COMMAND CHAR(200); -- Ensure this is large enough.
DECLARE V_SYSTEM_NAME CHAR(25);
FOR V1 AS
C1 CURSOR FOR
select x.* from table(
values('RACK1HST'), ('GDWEB'), ('GDIHQ1'), ('GDISYS1'), ('MAIL1'),
('RACK2HST'), ('GDWEB2'), ('GDIHQ2'), ('GDISYS2'), ('MAILTWO'),
('RACK3HST'), ('MAIL3'), ('GDI'), ('DOMTEST'), ('MAIL4')) as x (SYSTEM_NAME)
DO
SET V_SYSTEM_NAME = SYSTEM_NAME;
connect to v_system_name;
-- do some stuff there
disconnect v_system_name;
set command = 'SNDMSG MSG(' CONCAT system_name CONCAT ') TOUSR(ROB)';
CALL QSYS2.QCMDEXC(COMMAND);
END FOR;
END P1
;


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Feb 9, 2021

    IBM does not intend to provide a solution to this request at this time, so it is being closed. The cost of implementing this enhancement is not considered worth the benefit it would provide. Using dynamic SQL and three part names is the recommended alternative.

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