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IBM i

Can we please have a DEFECTIVE_PTF_CURRENCY_LOCAL

In the latest TR updates of IBM i 7.5 TR2 and 7.6 TR 2 the SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY_LOCAL was announced.As we all know keeping current with PTFs is very important.With that in mind it must also be important to be aware of defective PTF's.For th...
3 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

include production ready IFS primitives (i.e. delete, rename) working with ccsid 1200 (or other unicodes).

Please introduce production ready QSYS2 primitives (functions, table functions...) to interact with IFS using an SQL interface, like a delete operation (unlink) or rename, in order to orderly and cleanly compose with the other functionality of the...
about 3 hours ago in IBM i / Languages - Other Submitted

Request for Missing Python 3.13 Packages in Open Source Package Management

We are upgrading the patches for the Open Source Package Management environment. However, we found that some of the required Python 3.13 packages are not available in the Open Source Package Management repository. For your reference, we have attac...
about 14 hours ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE Submitted

In the most recent TR LIKE(*EXT): Define a variable like one field in an external file was announced. Would it be possible to allow an initialization like the column/field in base file?

In physical files and SQL tables a default value can be set, when writing a new row. This default value sometimes does not match the data type default value. When defining a field like the column the database table, it would be great if it could b...
1 day ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Functionality already exists

Log invalid authentication attempts by user profiles with a password of *NONE

IBM i should be enhanced to log invalid sign-on attempts made against user profiles configured with PASSWORD(*NONE), and these attempts should be handled in a manner consistent with other failed authentication events. Today, these attempts are eff...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Security Submitted

Allow EVAL-CORR to accept a procedure return value of a data structure type (likeds)

Today, EVAL-CORR only accepts data structure operands on both sides of the assignment. When a procedure returns a data structure defined with likeds, the return value cannot be used directly as the right-hand operand of EVAL-CORR. Developers are f...
9 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Submitted

Add to OBJECT_STATISTICS a column to inform us if a library is an IBM library

A new column would be added to OBJECT_STATISTICS called something like IBM_OBJECT. A value of 'YES' or 'NO' would be used. At present there does not appear to be an easy or definitive way of determining if a library belongs to IBM. SELECT OBJNAME ...
9 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

Add the ability to generate an ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram) to IBM i Access Client Solutions (iACS)

Deprecated Navigator used to have the ability to generate database maps and I'd like this ability back in iACS. Just had a new person start this week and trying to get them started and this lacks. Not a good first impression on their exposure to I...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

ENTERPRISE : Ajout de la possibilité de rétention des PDF dans l'IFS

Bonjour, Suite à l'installation du 5770-BR2, nous mettons actuellement en place la partie Enterprise. Nous voyons que lors d'envoi des rapports par @mail que le processus passe par une création de PDF dans l'IFS dans l'arborescence /tmp/brms//Ente...
19 days ago in IBM i / BRMS Submitted

View to get a list of volumes along with media policy

Currently there is no way to get a list of volumes along with their media policy. We either have to use a control group method but that is not feasible where multiple control groups are used each day and backup strategy is complex. Additionally, i...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / BRMS Submitted

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