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Languages - RPG

Enhance BOOLEAN support in SQL pre-compiler for ILE-RPG

Since the addition of the BOOLEAN data type in DB2 for i existing RPG programs might run into problems. The BOOLEAN support of the SQL pre-compiler is documented here. Now if there is an existing table with a column "column1" of type CHAR(1) it wa...
16 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

Add CCSID keyword to declared constants

Situation When we run a program in environments with different CCSID's and that program is using literals containing characters with different code points in different CCSID's (like square brackets '[' and ']' in CCSID 1140 and 1148) then ctl-opt ...
about 1 hour ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

Extend prototyped procedure calls with "keyword parameters"

SQL has the nice feature, to use optionally use keyword parameters instead of positioned parameters. My idea is, also extend RPG prototyped procedure calls with the option to use keyword parameters. Imagine the following procedure prototype: dcl-p...
6 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

%like() function in RPG

In the recent years a lot of string functions have been added to RPG.But I'm missing a %like() function like we know from QUERY and SQL. it could be something like:%like('%day%' : 'Today is Monday and the sun is shining')and it should return true....
15 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

not %passed parameters can be not %passed for successive procedures

When we call a procedure that allow optionnal parameters, then to call successive procedures that again allow optionnal parameters, we need to check each one, then we can either call the next procedure with default value, or make a call for each c...
22 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

Allow implicit literal conversion for options(*string) when ccsid(*exact) is in use

Currently, when ctl-opt ccsid(*exact) is in use, literals cannot be directly passed to procedures with parameters defined as pointer value options(*string). They have to be wrapped with %char() function to be converted to job's CCSID. Below fails ...
12 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

Create %PROGNAME built in function

We have the RPG built in function %PROC to return the name of the current procedure, I think it is time that we have the same for the name of the current program. By all means we can get this from the program status data structure, it would just b...
4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

Define a field in a copy source using a field reference file.

I'm missing a way to define a field in a copy source using a field reference file.It could either be an extended version of LIKE() or a new LIKEFLD() For example:dcl-s myField1 LIKEFLD(fldref.format2 : myField : +5)dcl-s myField2 LIKE(fldref.forma...
6 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

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 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Not under consideration

Add a JOB TYPE (Batch or Interactive) field to RPG's PSDS (Program status data structure)

When exception occurs I need to know whether to alert the (interactive) user or send alert (a MSG or e-mail) to SYSOPR. To achive this in the curren state of things I need to call a CL PGM (that does a RTVJOBA) or query the V_ACTIVE_JOB_TYPE Check...
4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

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