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    247 VOTE

    Machine pool minimum size setting for path switch.

    Please refer to TS005543906(CritSit(MEC)) . The system is configured with multi-path storage via SAN switch. The serious problem (5250 telnet terminals dropped) happened when the system did path switch. It was because the lack of machine pool and ...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Storage 4 Not under consideration

    Db2 JSON functions for RPG data structures

    In some of the currently most used languages like Python and Node.js, it is common to define a data structure for your JSON payload, which is then easily transformed into JSON. In Python, we usually define a dictionary with all the fields and our ...
    28 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

    Integrated File System tool: Allow us to change the size of the font

    In ACS's Integrated File System tool the font is too small. I want to be able, like I can in other ACS tools, adjust the size of the font.
    4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    New compile option for embedded SQL allowing to raise SQL errors as RPG errors

    Something like EXEC SQL SET OPTION SQLERRHANDLING = *EXCEPTION; that would allow a user to trap exceptions like this: monitor; EXEC SQL SELECT * FROM TABEL_THAT_DOES_NOT_EXISTS; on-excp [Whatevere error code for SQL error]; //Do something endmon;
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Allow the evaluation of RPG expressions as "pseudo host variables" in EXEC SQL statements

    The idea is, to allow the evaluation of RPG expressions (including the call of %BIFs and procedures) inside an EXEC SQL statement as "pseudo-host-variables". The syntax could be like that: exec sql select count(*) into :myCounter from mytable w...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration
    309 VOTE

    *ESCAPE messages for SAVLIB

    We have received MONMSG for CPF3795 in every SAVLIB running in our CL program: https://ecurep.mainz.de.ibm.com/rest/download/28061%2C100%2C838/2018-04-06/28061.100.838.SOURCE.txt?astext=true&fileSize=83568 But, when CPF3795 is reported saving ...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 5 Not under consideration

    Extend the SQL command HTTP_DELETE and include a additional body parameter

    It would be great if the SQL command HTPP_DELETE could be extended by an additional request body. I know that this is not the standard, but in an actual project we need to pass an order number in a HTTP_DELETE statement. The problem is, that other...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

    Add ability to open SQL scripts from github

    Hello, We store a lot of our custom SQL scripts in Github nowadays, we would find it useful to have ability to open scripts from Github repository. Run SQL Scripts > File > Open > PC File / IFS Stream File / Source Physical File + Github ...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    RACF should support dynamic altering the RACF database configuration

    Currently, the names of the RACF databases are defined in the SYS1.PARMLIB(IRRPRM00) parmlib member. Those dataset names become constant for the IPL. They can not be changed without SYSPLEX-wide IPLs which would cause the customer massive outages ...
    7 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Not under consideration

    Integrate SAML and/or OIDC authentication options for IBMi (5250/Navigator/IFS/Printer Output/SSH)

    Many businesses are increasingly demanding that standard authentication processes are adhered to for all applications/servers within their environment. Whether we agree with that approach or not, there is extraordinary pressure to fit IBMi into th...
    8 months ago in IBM i / Security 8 Not under consideration

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