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    Introduce named parameters at program and procedure calls

    When calling SQL stored procedures and User defined Functions parameters can be passed with an argument list (i.e. Naming the parameter and assigning the parameter value to the named parameter). Would be great if we could call (prototyped) Program...
    1 day ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Submitted

    Allow calculated values for CONST and INZ

    Currently, only hard-coded values ​​are allowed when initializing a variable or constant. dcl-c BIT31_EXC_SENT const(2147483648) ; dcl-c BIT31_EXC_SENT const(x'80000000') ; or dcl-s BIT31_EXC_SENT uns(10) inz(2147483648) const ; dcl-s BIT31_EXC_SE...
    3 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    enable interactive user and password authentication on sftp client

    It would be useful to have the same possibility that is present on all other Windows and Linux systems.
    3 days ago in IBM i / Networking 0 Submitted

    Typed constants

    It is possible to type enumerations, that is, the constants within the enumeration. However, it is impossible to type a constant outside of an enumeration. Compilation OK : //1. Typed & qualified enum dcl-enum ACTION char(3) qualified ; dcl-c...
    3 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

    Add OVRSCOPE to OVERRIDE_INFO

    Please add the Override Scope, parameter OVRSCOPE in most OVRxxx commands, as a column to the results returned by the Override Information View, OVERRIDE_INFO. I find it surprising that this was missed from the specifications as most of us who nee...
    4 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

    Add "Inband" instead of empty Space in HMC GUI when Inband is in use

    If inband is in use on P11 machine you see only empty space instead of an IP Address....maybe you can add the word Inband into the IP Address field when Inband is in place rather IP Address. Thx vince
    4 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

    upgrade HMC service-management-panel - dump-panel - to add IBM-support-case-no when calling-home a dump

    It will ease up work with HMC-GUI to have an option to add the IBM-Support-case-no. to a dump-file when choosing " call-home dump ". This will give IBM-ECUREP the feature to right place the uploaded dump-file to the correct IBM-support-case unless...
    22 days ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Submitted

    Fixentral Downloads of Machine Code updates are limited to 25 per day, Automate request to download beyond the stated limit

    As an outsourcing provider managing numerous customers and hundreds of LPARs, we frequently encounter challenges due to the current restriction of 25 machine code downloads per day.This limitation significantly impacts our ability to perform essen...
    3 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 33 Under review

    In Run Sql Scripts, visual explain, allow explanation to be refreshed

    When using Visual Explain, it would be useful to be able to refresh the explanations and recommendations after creating indexes.
    about 16 hours ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

    Create serviceable events support for all Power Systems not only Power 11

    ich beziehe mich auf die kürzlich veröffentlichte Funktion zur Erstellung von Service-Cases direkt über das HMC-Interface. Diese Neuerung ist ein hervorragender Schritt, um die Fehlerbehebungszeiten zu verkürzen und den Prozess der Datensammlung z...
    15 days ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

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