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    Add support for the BOOLEAN SQL data type to IBM i Access ACS Windows Application Package

    According to the ServiceLevel\readmesp.txt in the Windows Application Package it has last been updated in May 2024. So i guess the support for the BOOLEAN SQL data type isn´t implemented in the included ODBC Driver. This results in Errors when a B...
    24 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Functionality already exists

    Add a parameter in RSTOBJ command so we can restore files an can selecting attributes of files

    its usefull because may be you need to restore a group of large files with similar names (Like MST*) and only need to restore Physical files.something like this: RSTOBJ OBJ(*ALL) SAVLIB(MILIB) DEV(TAP01) OBJTYPE(*FILE) FILETYPE(*PF-DTA) or FILEATR...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Functionality already exists

    Add mktemp utility to qshell & pase shell

    Provide the mktemp utility that is generally standard in most *nix environments. https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_3.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/mktemp.html
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Functionality already exists

    Create a system command to convert JSON files to physical files (PF) and vice versa

    IBM i increasingly interacts with external systems through APIs and JSON data. Developers often need to manually parse JSON into SQL tables using complex JSON_TABLE queries, or conversely serialize DB2 data into JSON for outbound APIs. My idea is ...
    6 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Functionality already exists

    Add the attributes like the owner and creation date on the netserver ffile share so we know who created it and when it was created like IFS objects showing the owner and creation date

    Like IFS and object attributes, it is useful because we need to know who created and when it was created. Also, whatever the user creates the netserver file share, the user picks a name that might be acceptable or not acceptable. Also, it can be a...
    6 months ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 1 Functionality already exists

    Change of name and library of SQL package in a Embedded SQL program

    Our programs are compiled on a central build server which is integrated in a CI/CD pipeline. Created objects will be saved and restored on different production systems. We have a ILE Cobol embedded SQL program which can also be used to access a re...
    7 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Functionality already exists

    Point SQL messages to the place where they originated

    When we see a message in the log like SQL0501 - Cursor xxx not open, and drill down to the details to find where the message comes from we see internal SQL references and not our program name and statement. This makes it hard to debug and fix. Ple...
    7 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Functionality already exists

    Add Column of Configured Maximum number of jobs on Active Prestart Jobs

    In the latest TRs, V7R4 TR11 in our case have been included some additional columns that also included the Peak in Use! It would be very usefull to also have an additional column with the configured Maximum number of jobs per PJ, so we could easil...
    8 months ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Functionality already exists

    %elem on enum

    I would like to define the size of my dim array depending on the number of elements of my enum. Example : dcl-enum my_enum qualified; value1 const('1'); value2 const('2'); end-enum; dcl-s my_array char(1) dim(%elem(my_enum));
    9 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Functionality already exists

    Insert scripts from custom examples

    Hello, after installing version 1.1.9.7, I can't insert my custom scripts; In the previous version there was a button that did that. Is there a new option to do so? Thanks in advance
    9 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Functionality already exists

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