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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories IBM i Access Family
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 2, 2023

RELATED IDEAS

Save Results Sets to the IFS

Enable the 'Save Results' feature of Run SQL Scripts to save the output to the IFS of the connected server. 

This enables data extracted to be kept on the originating server e.g. for data security purposes and  for environments where users are not able to save data to their local devices due to organisational policies 

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 10, 2023
    We understand the request and will consider it for a future update though no commitment is made nor implied.

    IBM Power Systems Development
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 9, 2023

    There are a couple of issues with the CLDOWNLOAD plugin in addition to it not being user-friendly to leave the GUI and run a command line option in QSHELL:

    1. There is no flag to set iASP - this means all SQL will need to be fully qualified in three part notation <DB>.<LIBRARY>.<TABLE> - SQL crafted in Run SQL Scripts would have to be amended before it could be run

    2. Only one SQL statement can be run - whereas Run SQL Scripts allows several with a final results set being generated - CLDOWNLOAD could be run multiple times but would each connection be guaranteed to be serviced by the same server job (e.g. with the same QTEMP?)

    3. Additional server-side setup required for configuration

    I have also investigated the QSH db2 utility but the output format of this command is not suitable..



  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 9, 2023

    The specific scenario we are working with is ACS being delivered via Citrix. ACS users do not have easy access to the local filesystem on the Citrix server, and performance saving to a network drive is very poor (5 minutes+ to save a 70-100 record result set from a simple select statement on a small table).

    I will investigate the CLDOWNLOAD plugin option, but it will probably require some development to create a user-friendly wrapper around it as a command line utility will be difficult to get ACS users to adopt.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 9, 2023
    Thank you for submitting your Idea to enhance IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS). To save the Run SQL Scripts results to the IBM i IFS, you can map a network drive to a network share on the IBM i and then select the location you would like to save the results. If the requirement is to keep the data on the host server for security purposes, then you should consider running the CLDOWNLOAD plugin directly on the IBM i and direct the results to a file in the IFS. See https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-access-acs-getting-started#9.1.17

    If neither of these options meet the requirement, please explain.

    IBM Power Systems Development

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