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Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories Usability
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 23, 2024

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Automatically populate the "Data Type" when running a selected DB2 statement

Since the previous "Value"s are stored after running a selected DB2 statement, it would be helpful if the "Data Type"s of these host variable would be retained. This would be especially useful for queries with several conditions. It seems as though it would be easy to interpret the equivalent DB2 data type since the data type of the host variable will have already been defined

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    May 13, 2025

    As of release 16.0.6, when you run a SQL statement or call a routine, IDz will scan the active connection's recent query history for prior executions that ran the same statement, and use the most recent match to pre-fill in the Input Parameters dialog with values from your last execution, including setting the Data Type, Null, and Value fields.

    As of release 16.0.7, when running a stored procedure, if we do not find a matching statement from that connection's recent query history, the Type of each parameter in the Input Parameters dialog will be pre-filled based on the input parameter data type of the called routine.

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  • Guest
    Dec 4, 2024
    Thank you for submitting your Idea! We greatly appreciate your feedback and suggestions. We're excited to inform you that your submission has been successfully processed and included in IBM Developer for z/OS 16.0.6 and 17.0!

    To learn more about the latest updates, please check out the following resources:

    IBM Developer for z/OS 16.0.6 Blog - https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/andrew-tram/2024/11/22/giving-thanks-for-innovation-idz1606

    IBM Developer for z/OS 17.0 Blog - https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/andrew-tram/2024/10/18/ibm-developer-for-zos-170-slays-with-major-eclipse
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  • Guest
    May 13, 2024
    Thank you for taking the time to suggest an Idea to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. Your request is currently in line with our product strategy and we added it as a candidate for future releases of the product. Thank you for your suggestion and continued support.
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