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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 12, 2019

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Gain access to procedure parameters within a Create Table Statement

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Within SQL stored procedures, I would like to gain the ability to reference a stored procedure's parameters within a create table statement.

The current alternative I use is to create a qtemp table with fields matching the parameters that need to be used within the create table statement. You can then insert 1 record containing the parameter data into the qtemp table. Then within the create table statement, you can do a nested select on the single record to grab the needed field(s).


Use Case:

Lets say we have a stored procedure with a declared create table statement. The procedure takes in 2 parameters, a start date and an end date. Within the create table, we should be able to reference the start date and end date directly within the create table statement to grab the wanted data.

Example:
create or replace procedure testProc (a int)
begin
create table qtemp.test as (select * from someTable where col = a) with data;
end;


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Jun 1, 2020

    IBM does not intend to provide a solution to this request at this time, so it is being closed. While we agree that this is a valid request, the database team has a long list of higher priority requirements, so this request is not likely to be implemented anytime soon.

    As a circumvention, the parameter value could be set into a global variable. Global variables can be used in a CREATE TABLE AS statement.

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