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IBM i

Add support of FOR-CURSOR-SELECT statement to SQLRPGLE pre-compiler

In SQL/PL it is possible to repeat a block of code for each row of a SQL SELECT statement. SQL/PL Example: BEGIN DECLARE fullname CHAR(40); FOR vl AS c1 CURSOR FOR SELECT firstnme, midinit, lastname FROM employee DO SET fullname = lastname || ', '...
7 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

Add additional user profile parameter associated with OWNER(*GRPPRF) to close security vulnerability.

Lately I discovered a new security risk when user profile has GRPPRF(XXXX) and OWNER(*GRPPRF) specified. When such user creates another user profile or authorization list all XXXX group members can use these objects to get unauthorized access at l...
14 days ago in IBM i / Security Not under consideration

Provide a DCL-DEFN and END-DEFN block to define stand-alone fields without DCL-S

When declaring many fields in RPG IV, today we have to code DCL-S on every field name.It would be great to be able to do something similar to what we do with DCL-DS / END-DS and have a declarative block or "definition" block to define regular fiel...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Not under consideration

ACS 5250 Font is too Small! Mocha much better.

acs tool for System I has way too small Fonts for larger monitors. Its 2026 and we are still using small fonts. I really have to use Mocha, because they do such a great job. Its a beautiful Emmulator. With the unlimited money IBM has can't you jus...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration

Enable multiple QDBSRV01 jobs to process requests concurrently on IBM i

We experienced highly utilized QDBSRV0 job that was processing internal journal entries (J-XP) only done via QDBSRV01. IBM i system provided QDBSRV01 operates as a single-threaded job that receives incoming requests and distributes most of the pro...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

SPOOLED_FILE_INFO add parameter for spool file

I often spend time looking for certain spool files belonging to a user. At present I have to do: SELECT * FROM TABLE(QSYS2.SPOOLED_FILE_INFO( USER_NAME => 'HUTCHINSON')) WHERE SPOOLED_FILE_NAME = 'QPJOBLOG' ORDER BY CREATION_TIMESTAMP DESC ; ...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

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...
4 months ago in IBM i / BRMS Not under consideration

Replace SYSTOOLS http functions in SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY

With a view to phasing out the use of the old HTTP functions in SYSTOOLS, it would be ideal to replace them with the HTTP functions in the SQL services provided by IBM, including, for example, systools.GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY
4 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

Improved clarity for audit journal VP entries related to NETSMBSVR

Currently when *NETSMBSVR is enabled in QAUDLVL, if a user browses to the IBM i server using File Explorer (i.e. \\servername\) a list of available shares will be retrieved and displayed in File Explorer. On the server side a VP entry is created f...
4 months ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers Not under consideration

Extend the functionality of the IN operator

It would be a great help if the first argument of the IN operator could be extended to also enable arrays. This way, you could write a single statement to check whether an array element is present or meets the required bounds: Dcl-s myList char(1)...
4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Not under consideration

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