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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 12, 2021

RELATED IDEAS

SQL-CLI Support "FOR" System names

When creating SQL tables with the keyword "FOR" system names to support legacy code, then for "FOR" system name is not available in the SQL-CLI api's.

The "SQLColAttribute" should support SQL_DESC_SYSTEM_COLUMN


Use Case:

We are in a situation where we converts DDS databases into SQL databases so each table is now created similar to this:

CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE mytable (
Active_Job_Name FOR MYACTJOB char(26)
) RCDFMT mytableR;

We are using the "FOR" system name - to cater for legacy applications. Also over the years we have made an abstraction layer that returns object graphs (used for JSON, XML, CSV etc) based on the resultset - this is done with SQL-CLI.

However all the access to the new tables need to know the original column name so the legacy code will not have to be rewritten.

The "SQLColAttribute" function need to support SQL_DESC_SYSTEM_COLUMN but it does not exists in the supported list:

SQL_DESC_AUTO_INCREMENT INTEGER
SQL_DESC_BASE_COLUMN
SQL_DESC_BASE_SCHEMA
SQL_DESC_BASE_TABLE
SQL_DESC_COLUMN_CCSID
SQL_DESC_COUNT
SQL_DESC_DISPLAY_SIZE
SQL_DESC_LABEL
SQL_DESC_LENGTH
SQL_DESC_NAME
SQL_DESC_NULLABLE
SQL_DESC_PRECISION
SQL_DESC_SCALE


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 24, 2021

    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
    |     Sep 13, 2021

    The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a MEDIUM priority requirement that should be addressed.

    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

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 13, 2021

    You can use SYSCOLUMNS as a workaround.

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