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I agree that it should be nice to have an SQL service that returns all released PTF's.
IBM updates a CSV file every week with all (or almost) all PTF's released for a specific release as SF97xxx.csv (where xxx is the release) at https://public.dhe.ibm.com/services/us/igsc/PSP/
The information is currently available for 710, 720, 730, 740, 750 and 760.
If you have the IBM i Open Source repo installed, i.e curl is installed, you can easily create your own table function to download an query this information.
This is a simple example how to create an table function for this, change to fit your needs:
-- description: Create Function to list PTF's released for a specific release
create or replace function MYLIB.PTFLIST (
IBMI_VRM char(3) default '750'
)
returns table (
PRODUCT char(7),
VRM char(6),
PTF char(7),
PKG char(6),
AVAIL_DATE date,
MRI_FEATURE char(4),
REPLACED_BY char(7),
CATEGORIES char(3),
ABSTRACT varchar(120)
)
language SQL
specific PTFLIST
not deterministic
modifies sql data
no external action
disallow parallel
not fenced
begin
declare CMDTEXT varchar(1024);
set CMDTEXT = 'QSYS/ADDENVVAR ENVVAR(QIBM_MULTI_THREADED) VALUE(Y) LEVEL(*JOB) REPLACE(*YES)';
call QSYS2.QCMDEXC(CMDTEXT);
set CMDTEXT = 'QSYS/QSH CMD(''PATH=/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin:$PATH;export PATH;curl -o /tmp/SF97' concat
IBMI_VRM concat
'.csv https://public.dhe.ibm.com/services/us/igsc/PSP/SF97' concat
IBMI_VRM concat '.csv'')';
call QSYS2.QCMDEXC(CMDTEXT);
drop table if exists QTEMP.PTFLIST;
create or replace table QTEMP.PTFLIST (
PRODUCT char(7),
VRM char(6),
PTF char(7),
PKG char(6),
AVAIL_DATE date,
MRI_FEATURE char(4),
REPLACED_BY char(7),
CATEGORIES char(3),
ABSTRACT varchar(120)
);
set CMDTEXT = 'QSYS/CPYFRMIMPF FROMSTMF(''/tmp/SF97' concat IBMI_VRM concat
'.csv'') TOFILE(QTEMP/PTFLIST) MBROPT(*REPLACE) RCDDLM(*LF) STRDLM(*NONE) FROMRCD(2)';
call QSYS2.QCMDEXC(CMDTEXT);
set CMDTEXT = 'QSYS/RMVLNK OBJLNK(''/tmp/SF97' concat IBMI_VRM concat '.csv'')';
call QSYS2.QCMDEXC(CMDTEXT);
return select PRODUCT,
VRM,
PTF,
PKG,
timestamp_format(char(AVAIL_DATE), 'YYYY-MM-DD') as AVAIL_DATE,
MRI_FEATURE,
REPLACED_BY,
CATEGORIES,
ABSTRACT
from QTEMP.PTFLIST
where AVAIL_DATE is not null;
end;
To run the table function, just change the input parameter to the release you are interested in:
-- description: List Available PTF, in this example for V7R6M0
select * from table(MYLIB.PTFLIST('760'));