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    CLOB Pointers in RPG Not Working

    RPG A calls RPG B, passing pointer to CLOB. RPG B receives pointer, and uses it as base for CLOB there. Both compile. Both execute with no bombs. But based CLOB in RPG B does not reflect data in CLOB in RPG A. Use Case: Program A creates a CLOB an...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 6 Is a defect

    IBM PowerSC should provide an option to mark a failed compliance rule as exception in the GUI

    The IBM PowerSC Compliance Automation feature allows users to run compliance check. Once the check is complete, the GUI shows the result and displays the failed rules. If at least 1 rule has failed then the compliance status of the LPAR is shown a...
    over 1 year ago in PowerSC 2 Planned for future release

    Prepare the common OUTPUT parameter for all CL commands getting system information, *PRINT and/or *OUTFILE

    Prepare the common OUTPUT parameter for all CL commands getting system information by either or both following extension.Currently there are 2 types of CL commands, *PRINT or *OUTFILE for the parameter and it is not standardized. A. Extend all CL ...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 5 Not under consideration

    PowerSC Patch Management feature should also manage HIPER ifixes

    The PowerSC Patch Management is an excellent feature to manage security ifixes. There are few customers who want PowerSC to also manage HIPER ifixes. Currently PowerSC only download security ifixes. It would be nice if PowerSC can also download an...
    over 1 year ago in PowerSC 3 Planned for future release

    iACS system debugger required to use QGPL

    Fail to start system debugger in iACS due to no permission to create objects in QGPL. After checked with IBM support team, *CHANGE permission required on QGPL. Unfortunately, our development environment allows to grant *USE to developer only due t...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Future consideration

    RPGLE Language Server (Language Server Protocol)

    The Language Server Protocol (LSP) was created by Microsoft in 2016 as an open-source protocol for use between source code editors or integrated development environments (IDEs) and servers that provide programming language-specific features like c...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Functionality already exists

    IBM PowerSC should provide option to do selective apply and undo rules from a compliance profile

    The IBM PowerSC compliance automation feature is used to apply hardening rules. Currently the way it works is - we create a security profile and apply the complete profile on the LPAR. There is no way to selectively apply only few rules from the p...
    over 1 year ago in PowerSC 2 Planned for future release

    Implement SST or SUBSTR in RPG IV Built-in Functions

    Since integration with SQL is pervasive in RPG IV, it would be beneficial (particularly with new-hires) to have RPG support consistent components with SQL.To that end, the SQL language uses SUBSTR or SUBSTRING for the Substring function, while CL ...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Not under consideration

    Create a Get Short System Object Name from Long Name API

    The QDBRTVSN API has an interesting syntax and is limited to *FILE objects and retrofitted to also work with Libraries. What is now needed is a new API that works with all Object Types and that converts both the Library and Object names from long ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Not under consideration

    Add All DATE FORMATS to QSYSINC.MIH(MIDTTM)

    The QSYSINC/MIH/MIDTTM include member does not include a supported "date" format codes for the _CVTD MI instructions. Many are missing entirely. Please add them to this C include member so that we don't have to code them ourselves. Use Case: Tying...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Future consideration

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