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Tech Refreshes Bring SQL-Based Services Galore For IBM i and Db2

October 16, 2023 Alex Woodie

With the latest Technology Refreshes, IBM unleashed another round of new and updated IBM i Services aimed simplifying life for administrators, developers, and other IBM i professionals. The company also refreshed its slate of Db2 for i Services.

Over the past decade, IBM has been busy rejiggering how users interact with core components of the operating system. Instead of issuing traditional CL commands or working with low-level APIs, users can tap into new SQL-based IBM i services via Access Client Solutions (ACS) to accomplish the same tasks.

Db2 for i Database Architect Scott Forstie and his team have created hundreds …
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Db2 PTF Group Enhancements Target Web Services, Audit Journal

October 4, 2021 Alex Woodie

It is indisputable that the Db2 for i database is the beating heart of the IBM i platform. There were no earthshattering enhancements to this database in the latest batch of Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.3 and 7.4 that IBM announced and shipped last month. But there were a few items worth mentioning that shipped in the Db2 PTF Group, including new HTTP commands for calling the database via REST and new SQL-based commands for querying the security audit journal.

The top new Db2 for i feature arguably is the new set of functions for HTTP requests to consume …
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