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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 2, 2025

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New QSYS2 Table function : QSYS2.WRITER_INFO

Hello,

I wanted to retrieve the list of all the writers present on my client's machine.
I tried with the SQL table : QSYS2.OBJECT_STATISTICS.
SELECT * FROM TABLE (QSYS2.OBJECT_STATISTICS('*ALL ','*DEVD')) 
WHERE OBJATTRIBUTE in ('PRTLAN','PRTVRT','PRTLCL','PRTRMT','PRTSNP'); 
But the query is very long and the extracted data does not really correspond to my needs.

I then used the CL commands : 
WRKWTR WTR(*PRT) OUTPUT(*PRINT) 
and
WRKWTR WTR(*ALL) OUTPUT(*PRINT)
Then by retrieving the data from the generated spools with SQL and processing it, i managed to extract the list of local and remote printers.

Would it be possible to have a SQL table function like QSYS2.WRITER_INFO that would allow us to obtain this information directly, simply, and quickly ?

Just like it exists for OUTQ with QSYS2.OUTPUT_QUEUE_INFO...

It would be really convenient.

I hope that my idea will be useful to many people and that it will be considered for future updates.

Thank You

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Nov 25, 2025
    IBM will use this Idea as input to planning, but no commitment is made or implied. This Idea will be updated in the future if IBM implements it.

    Db2 for i development team
    IBM Power Systems Development
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  • Guest
    Sep 3, 2025

    Its a god idee

    1 reply

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