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Status Future consideration
Workspace File Manager for z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 6, 2024

RELATED IDEAS

Enable SQL simple comments in FM/Db2

Why useful:

 CA FILE-AID (and QMF) supports SQL simple comments, but FM/Db2 does not. With this enhancement it will be easier for their users to transition to FM.

FM/Db2  just ignores any statements after an in-line '--' comment.

SQL simple comments:  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/db2-for-zos/12?topic=statements-sql-comments 

 

Current FM/Db2 behavior for '--' comments

* Option 4.3 'Enter, Execute and Explain SQL' does not have support for using the characters '--' as comments. Db2 when processing the SQL statement will treat anything after the '--' as comments.

* Option 4.4 'Edit/Execute SQL (Data Set)' does have support for comment characters but they must be the the first non-blank characters in a record.

In Option 4.4,  when executing SQLs like below, FM/DB2 ignores any SQL statements after an in-line comment without any warning message.
 

```
SELECT EMPNO, FIRSTNME, SALARY, WORKDEPT
FROM DSN81210.EMP
WHERE WORKDEPT LIKE 'A%'
OR WORKDEPT LIKE 'B%' -- INLINE COMMENT
OR WORKDEPT LIKE 'C%'
OR WORKDEPT LIKE 'D%'
OR WORKDEPT LIKE 'E%';

```

 

Idea priority High

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