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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 3, 2023

Inline code for SQL procedures/function

Today you can use inline code in SQL procedures/functions with the "include" statement , but need to write the code in a separate file like this:


call qsys2.ifs_write(
path_name => '/tmp/main.c' ,
file_ccsid => 1208,
overwrite => 'REPLACE',
line =>'
{
#include <QSYSINC/MIH/MATMATR>

_MMTR_Template_T template;
short attr = _MMTR_APPN;

template.Options.Template_Size = sizeof(_MMTR_Template_T);
_MATMATR1 (&template , &attr );
memcpy (
MAIN.OUTPUT,
template.Options.Data.APPN.Sys_Name ,
template.Options.Data.APPN.Name_Len
);

}
');

create or replace function system_name ()
returns varchar (10)
set option output=*print, commit=*none, dbgview = *source --list
main:begin

declare output char(10) for bit data default '';
include '/tmp/main.c';
return rtrim(output);
end;

However it would be useful to dirctly make inline code possible either by curly brackets or by a directive like this:


create or replace function system_name () 
returns varchar (10)
set option output=*print, commit=*none, dbgview = *source --list
main:begin

declare output char(10) for bit data default '';
{
#include <QSYSINC/MIH/MATMATR>

_MMTR_Template_T template;
short attr = _MMTR_APPN;

template.Options.Template_Size = sizeof(_MMTR_Template_T);
_MATMATR1 (&template , &attr );
memcpy (
MAIN.OUTPUT,
template.Options.Data.APPN.Sys_Name ,
template.Options.Data.APPN.Name_Len
);

}
return rtrim(output);
end;

Or like this:

create or replace function system_name () 
returns varchar (10)
set option output=*print, commit=*none, dbgview = *source --list
main:begin

declare output char(10) for bit data default '';

-- inline;
#include <QSYSINC/MIH/MATMATR>

_MMTR_Template_T template;
short attr = _MMTR_APPN;

template.Options.Template_Size = sizeof(_MMTR_Template_T);
_MATMATR1 (&template , &attr );
memcpy (
MAIN.OUTPUT,
template.Options.Data.APPN.Sys_Name ,
template.Options.Data.APPN.Name_Len
);
-- end-inline;
return rtrim(output);
end;


Personally I prefer the first implementation.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |
    Oct 23, 2023
    IBM does not intend to provide a solution to this Idea at this time, so it is being closed.

    We understand what you are asking for and agree that it is a logical improvement for embedding C code in SQL PL. However, the database team has a long list of enhancements that have a higher priority than this one, so it is unlikely that this will be implemented within the next 3 years. For that reason, it is being closed. We will keep it on an internal list of Ideas that we might want to consider in the future.

    Db2 for i development team
    IBM Power Systems Development