ByteBuffers in the IMS Universal JDBC and DL/I Interfaces

In IMS 15.3, ByteBuffers have been enabled in the IMS Universal JDBC and DL/I interfaces. A new interface for issuing ICAL and enhanced support for Dynamic Arrays and ArrayResultSets have also been added. This feature is delivered by the APAR PH14157/UI64958.

All users of IMS Universal Driver running IMS 15 or higher can now use Byte Buffers as an I/O area to INSERT, SELECT, and UPDATE full segment areas from an SQL query.

Documentation changes

The following table lists the publications that contain new or changed topics for the New function name enhancement. Publications that are not impacted by this enhancement are not included in the table.

Table 1. Links to topics that have new or changed content for this enhancement
Publication	New or changed topics
Release planning	IMS enhancement PTFs IMS 15.3 system continuous delivery functions IMS continuous delivery functions [For IMS 15 new enhancements, list the function, including APAR and PTF number, in the table] ByteBuffers in the IMS Universal JDBC and DL/I Interfaces(new) (this topic)
Application programming	Using ByteBuffers with the IMS Universal JDBC Driver Using Byte Buffers with the IMS Universal DL/I driver Using the expandArrayResultSet property Programming with the Callout API