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IBM i

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    Provide an API that returns current override information for all session/job overrides

    The current API to retrieve an override information only returns the file to which a file label has been overridden. We need a way to determine (A) what files have been overridden and (B) what the override scope is for those files. Today the only ...
    10 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Not under consideration

    Typed constants

    It is possible to type enumerations, that is, the constants within the enumeration. However, it is impossible to type a constant outside of an enumeration. Compilation OK : //1. Typed & qualified enum dcl-enum ACTION char(3) qualified ; dcl-c...
    13 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

    Correct V7R5 Regression to allow TRANSFORM SERVICES TO CREATE A PDF IN QNTC FILE SYSTEM USING OVRPRTF AT V7R5 (working on previous releases)

    Please have a look on document DT284058 / SE79244 An attempt to create a PDF in /QNTC file system using override printer file (OVRPRTF) at VR75 fails with MSGCPFCE06: Error occurred while transforming print data. Reason code is 8: The transform in...
    20 days ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Not under consideration

    Add Function Usage for SQL Statements similar to Allowed SQL Statements in Query Manager

    Query Manager allows for limiting of SQL Statements, ALTER, DELETE, UPDATE, INSERT, etc. which is helpful to reduce the amount of users who can use SQL to manipulate tables. However, it only works within Query Manager. Can a Function Usage be adde...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

    Make IFS_OBJECT_STATISTICS threadsafe

    I have a case where I am getting SQL State: 01H13 Vendor Code: 462 Message: [SQL0462] Procedure or user-defined function IFS_OBJECT_STATISTICS in QSYS2 returned a warning SQLSTATE. Cause . . . . . : An SQLSTATE of the form 01xxx was returned by th...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Implement BRMS in S3 compatibility (I would like to know if there is any plan in future to implement BRMS in S3 compatibility)

    We are using BRMS on some of the servers as we are planning for S3 compatible storage for BRMS backup. Please confirm IBMi compatible on S3 protocols. Our plan is to replace the physical tape library with S3 protocol to backup the data to Dell ECS...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 11 Not under consideration

    Enhance %CHAR or create a new built-in that referrences an array as a character string

    RPG IV currently lacks a clean, safe, and expressive way in free-form RPG to treat an array (or a contiguous subset of an array) as a character string. This gap is most visible when attempting to replicate the behavior of the legacy MOVEA opcode, ...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

    in RUN SQL SCRIPT to have the ability to run scripts from GitLab

    We have a GitLab, and all our SQL scripts are stored in this GitLab. To run them in RUN SQL SCRIPT, we first need to download them to our PC. Would it be possible to have access to a URL to open the script directly in GitLab?
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Add TRUNCNBR(*EXPR) to the RPG IV CTL-OPT keyword to trunction results in assignments

    When using legacy MOVE opcodes to copy one numeric variable to another, if Factor 2 contains a longer variable than the result and Factor 2's value actual fits into the Result field's variable, it does the assignment as expected. If Factor 2 conta...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

    Add configurable continuation start column (left margin) for fully free-form RPG (**FREE)

    RPG IV currently supports two “free format” models: Hybrid free format (traditional RPG IV), where a statement is considered free format when it begins in column 8 or later. Fully free format using **FREE in column 1, where all source lines are fr...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

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