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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 15, 2022

RELATED IDEAS

Make it possible to also define SYSTEM NAME for short LONG NAME for tables

When creating an SQL Table we define long descriptive names for them. We also define SYSTEN NAME that is used to name RPG Procedure Source files, Modules and Service Programs. When the descriptive "LONG NAME" is 10 letters long or shorter it is not possible to enter a SYSTEM NAME for them. The workaround is currently to make the descriptive "LONG NAME" longer, but that is not nice. It would be great if it would be possible to also define SYSTEM NAME for Tables also when the descriptive name is short.
Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Aug 22, 2025

    Yes please! This comes up time and time again in our shop. We have conventions for both and this problem causes us to have to do silly things like adding extra words to our long names just so we have have the short name that matches our QSYS conventions... and other likewise things...

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  • Guest
    Jan 5, 2024

    Highly support this idea.

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  • Guest
    Jul 14, 2022
    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.
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  • Guest
    Jun 20, 2022

    Why would You need this?

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