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Db2 for i

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    Add Function Usage for SQL Statements similar to Allowed SQL Statements in Query Manager

    Query Manager allows for limiting of SQL Statements, ALTER, DELETE, UPDATE, INSERT, etc. which is helpful to reduce the amount of users who can use SQL to manipulate tables. However, it only works within Query Manager. Can a Function Usage be adde...
    5 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Submitted

    Enable "MAINTAINED BY SYSTEM" in creating an MQT

    Complex SQL views are slow so when response time is paramont I firstly create an MQT by executing a CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE (table name) (some SQL) DATA INITIALLY IMMEDIATE REFRESH DEFERRED MAINTAINED BY USER and then query this table. However, I ...
    11 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Submitted

    SQL function for CVE currency

    Customers need a way to audit compliance with IBM i CVEs. Each CVE is published with a corresponding patch from IBM. A SQL function similar to PTF currency will give customers the ability to check the patch status for all CVEs published by IBM. Th...
    9 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 11 Future consideration

    Generate qualified data structures for *LOB sql data types

    When generating data structures for BLOB & CLOB SQL data types, use a qualified data structure instead of using the variable name with _LEN and _DATA appended. For example, Currently, for this field definition, DCL-S BLOBFIELD SQLTYPE(CLOB:160...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Allow constants to be used when defining sql data types

    Allow constants to be used when defining sql data types. Currently, when defining SQL LOB types, the length of the field must be defined using an explicit value. Often I've found that it would be better if the length of the LOB type can be a const...
    14 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

    Subsystem information in plan cache

    When analyzing the cache plan, the subsystem information for accessing the job that generated the plan is not visible. The client's IP address would also be important. This would allow filtering the information by subsystem or IP address.
    14 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Db2 JSON functions for RPG data structures

    In some of the currently most used languages like Python and Node.js, it is common to define a data structure for your JSON payload, which is then easily transformed into JSON. In Python, we usually define a dictionary with all the fields and our ...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

    Extend the QCMDEXC SQL procedure and function to log the CL command run

    Many SQL programmers using the QSYS2.QCMDEXC procedure and function are logging the CL command specified as parameter to the procedure / function, often to the joblog by calling SYSTOOLS.LPRINTF, just before calling QCMDEXC. The idea is to have QC...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Add a special register in SQL triggers to get the schema of the underlying table, at any point, not just in error handlers

    In SQL Db2 for i, we would need the SQL triggers to provide a simple way to know the schema of the underlying SQL table of each trigger. It is important to have this data, especially when using library lists, because sometimes we need to pass this...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Future consideration

    Make IFS_OBJECT_STATISTICS threadsafe

    I have a case where I am getting SQL State: 01H13 Vendor Code: 462 Message: [SQL0462] Procedure or user-defined function IFS_OBJECT_STATISTICS in QSYS2 returned a warning SQLSTATE. Cause . . . . . : An SQLSTATE of the form 01xxx was returned by th...
    10 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

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