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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM i
Categories IBM i Access Family
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 1, 2018

RELATED IDEAS

include SQL scripts in ACS SQL script

Including a ACS sql file into another ACS SQL script file. To minimize redundant "coding" and deployment errors. Also having the same possibility for RUNSQLSTM


Use Case:

To day you can enter any number of SQL statements and run them in a sequence. However the possibility to run existing scrips from stream files i.e. as include myscript.sql does not exists:

ex:
inlclude "myscript.sql";
inlclude "/mydir/myscript.sql";

Or maybe the industry standard:
@inlclude "myscript.sql";
@inlclude "/mydir/myscript.sql";


Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 6, 2021

    Since this RFE has already been marked Delivered based on what the original request was understood to be and what was provided, it would be best to open a separate RFE which clearly states the requirements.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 6, 2021

    The problem, ( that is not clear in the RFE - i see) is that the source for the include is supposed to be from the same source where the script runs. That means - if you in a begin/end make an include - then the normal include - which runs on the IBM i - have no chance to read the file from my PC ( aka the git version of the file) 

    The @include is done client side in this case. From RUNSQLSTM is run 100 % on IBM. From ACS it will be the same source as the "current open file" is located.

    This RFE is based on better integration for git and devops environments.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 7, 2020

    This support is now available in version 1.1.8.6 dated December 2020.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 17, 2020

    The INCLUDE SQL statement can be leveraged in existing versions of ACS within the body of a compound-statement. For example:

    BEGIN
    INCLUDE SQL '/home/mystuff/included.sql';
    INCLUDE SQL '/home/mystuff/other.sql';
    END

    In version 1.1.8.6, the BEGIN/END wrapper will be implied and will not have to be explicitly provided. For example:

    INCLUDE SQL '/home/mystuff/included.sql';
    INCLUDE SQL '/home/mystuff/other.sql';

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 25, 2020

    IBM understands this request and will consider it for a future code update, though no commitment is made or implied.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 26, 2019

    The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a high priority requirement that is important to be addressed. This enhancement would get a lot of use -- it has broad appeal.

    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.

    For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac

    For more details about CAAC's role with RFEs, see http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/May-2017/COMMON-Americas-Advisory-Council-%28CAAC%29-and-RFEs/

    Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 7, 2019

    IBM has received this requirement and is evaluating it. A response will be provided when evaluation is complete.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 18, 2018

    The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a high priority requirement that is important to address.

    Background: The 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

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