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I hope IBM will consider the possibility to write directly into a stmf from a STMT sql Insert. I am at 75 and I must use "cursor " for write IFS in Rpgle. I use a lot files IFS
The QSYS2.IFS_WRITE procedure and the companion QSYS2.IFS_READ table function were delivered in fall 2020 with with IBM i 7.4 PTF Group level 10 and IBM i 7.3 PTF Group level 22.
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The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a HIGH priority requirement that is important to address. This is a feature that should be available "out of the box" as opposed to depending on open solutions.
Background: The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CEAC has a crucial role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
To find out how CEAC help to shape the future of IBM i, see CEAC @ ibm.biz/BdYSYj and the article "The Five Hottest IBM i RFEs Of The Quarter" at ibm.biz/BdYSZT
Therese Eaton – CEAC Program Manager, IBM
The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM not implement this request. Multiple solutions already exist.
Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community, and has therefore reviewed your RFE.
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Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager
This can also be done using Open Access:RPG - Jon Paris & Susan Gantner have examples of this, as I believe Barbara Morris already has published in a simple example.
Hello, You can find some functionality to ifs at https://github.com/BirgittaHauser/Write-to-IFS-with-SQL
Regards,
Koen Decorte
There are workarounds for that - but it will be nice too have the following in QSYSTOOLS done by IBM:
ifs_write:
https://gist.github.com/NielsLiisberg/3a5ea6d03687310f877ec65a7748e196
ifs_write_clob:
https://gist.github.com/NielsLiisberg/cd2350aee85f5b2e967993faf7ea7595
I agree that this (and the companion Read from IFS) would be nice to have. But folks should be aware that writing is already possible by using the tool supplied by Birgitta Hauser which you can download here: https://github.com/BirgittaHauser/Write-to-IFS-with-SQL
Would a UDTF that provides textual read of IFS files be what you're looking for? If you read textual files with a length of say 8k lines or less, would that be good enough? Or do you want a LOB with a huge potential dataSet length?