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Enhance BOOLEAN support in SQL pre-compiler for ILE-RPG

Since the addition of the BOOLEAN data type in DB2 for i existing RPG programs might run into problems. The BOOLEAN support of the SQL pre-compiler is documented here. Now if there is an existing table with a column "column1" of type CHAR(1) it wa...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Enhancement for SELF: exclusion list

In production environments, running SELF with *ERROR monitoring enabled is highly valuable for identifying potential issues in SQL executed on production LPARs. However, a challenge arises when frequently occurring and well‑understood SQL errors—s...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Add DB2 for i SQL function for converting date format

With DB2 for i SQL, converting a date to another format (eg. YYYYMMDD to DDMMYYYY) implies using several intermediate functions, especially when input date is in numeric or char format. What about creating a new specific function for simpler date ...
7 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Future consideration

Make option "Format" available in Remote Systems and i Project views for bulk formatting

Currently, the IBM formatters can only be invoked within the LPEX Editor via the "Source -> Format" option. It would be highly beneficial if the "Format" option were also available in the following views: Remote Systems i Project Project Naviga...
26 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Future consideration

Extend prototyped procedure calls with "keyword parameters"

SQL has the nice feature, to use optionally use keyword parameters instead of positioned parameters. My idea is, also extend RPG prototyped procedure calls with the option to use keyword parameters. Imagine the following procedure prototype: dcl-p...
6 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Future consideration

Add size column to Performance Monitors in SQL Performance Center | IBM i Access Client Solutions

Add size column to Performance Monitor and Plan cache Event Monitor for easier monitoring of the current size multiple of the monitors just refreshing. Currently it's possible to check going into properties of the monitor one by one.
9 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

Automatic Management of TLS Certificates

Since the validity period of SSL/TLS certificates will be reduced from the current 398 days to 47 days starting in March 2029, managing certificates manually will become very difficult due to the significantly shortened validity.Therefore, a servi...
11 months ago in IBM i / Security Future consideration

PowerVC should fully support Policy-based HA

A lot of IBM flashsystems are now supporting policy-based high availability (PBHA). And a lot of clients are eager to start using it.To my knowledge, IBM PowerVC still does not support PBHA. It also isn't in the announcement for PowerVC 2.3.2 (the...
7 months ago in PowerVC Future consideration
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GitHub actions for ppc64le. Let's make ppc64le a standard!

With the exponential emergence of ARM-based systems we think it is time to make ppc64le a third standard along with x86 and ARM. 1. The context The rise of containerization and cloud-native applications has emphasized the importance of Continuous ...
about 2 years ago in Linux for Power / RHEL OpenShift (5639-OCP) Future consideration

Scott Forstie

At COMMON PowerUP, clients shared that they love to use ACS (via SQL) to generate CSV style spreadsheets.However, the current support generates a CSV that uses the comma character (',') as the delimiter.Clients are asking for the ability to influe...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

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