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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories Usability
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 11, 2024

RELATED IDEAS

Provide a way for Developer to input a 'hex' key in a search string.

we have unique client identifiers which are 4 byte character representations of a 8 digit hex value.

Eg.     

key_field_name : X'BE336244'  

 

This is the key in a wide number of tables and databases here, so is used quite commonly in queries.

 

Issue

When I am trying to execute a query which has this field in it either from embedded SQL in program source or a query from a SQL file that has a host variable defined in the WHERE clause, I am prompted to input a value for the host variable (in the above case that is key_field_name) but I can’t input the necessary hex characters, only display characters.

Idea priority High

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