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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 5, 2019

Allow characters for DLVALUE

The DLVALUE statement might allow % and accented characters to be able to insert more diverse URL-compatible links


Use Case:

insert into dtalnk values('a',
dlvalue('https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%AAtes_raides' , 'URL' ) )
with NC;

or
insert into dtalnk values('a',
dlvalue('https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Têtes_raides' , 'URL' ) ) with
NC;

message SQL0802 rc10


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
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    Mar 23, 2021

    IBM does not intend to provide a solution to this request at this time, so it is being closed.

    While we agree with this request, the database team has a long list of higher priority requirements, so it is not likely to be implemented anytime soon.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |
    Apr 8, 2019

    You can use the DB2 procedure URLENCODE to encode your URL into the correct format.

    See https://www.mcpressonline.com/analytics-cognitive/db2/techtip-check-out-the-new-db2-for-i-http-functions