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IBM i Access Family

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    Add ability to open SQL scripts from github

    Hello, We store a lot of our custom SQL scripts in Github nowadays, we would find it useful to have ability to open scripts from Github repository. Run SQL Scripts > File > Open > PC File / IFS Stream File / Source Physical File + Github ...
    5 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Request for 「No conversion」 Data Transfer Support in ACS Data Transfer

    In PCOMM and IBM i Access for Windows data transfers, it was possible to specify "No conversion" as the file type. However, ACS does not support unconverted transfers.Could you please consider adding support for unconverted transfers in ACS as a f...
    10 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

    Just like the 5250 Emulator, please consider adding the "Tab" feature in the IBM I ACS Schemas tool. Thanks.

    Database design and maintenance would oftentimes need to look at database on different partitions. It would be nice to provide DBAs this convenience and not having to open multiple windows.
    12 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Provide Cursor Hover Row Highlighting in ACS RUNSQL resultSet

    I would like to suggest an enhancement to improve data review and usability within result sets. When a result set is displayed in ACS RUNSQL, it would be highly beneficial to introduce a cursor hover highlight feature. This functionality would: 1....
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

    Make RSS your own Examples easier to maintain.

    The functionality in RSS to insert from Examples and to save as New Example is absolutely great. As IBM keeps enhancing what we can do with SQL, like the prompting for statement variables addes in ACS 1.1.9.2, would it not be great if we could upd...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Submitted

    ACS - Add save to a new tab in Excel when using RSS.

    I use Run SQL Scripts (RSS) daily. Many times, I have to save the results displayed on the screen into a spreadsheet. Problem: Each save from the screen has to go to a new file or an existing file. If specifying an existing file, it overwrites tha...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Not under consideration

    Improve IBM i Access ODBC Driver simultaneous connections by eliminating constant Windows registry updates

    Please refer to IBM case number: TS014016695. It will fix the problem when ODBC driver creates multiple connections to the same host name as the same time. We had an issue in our organization when network connection drops between Windows cloud ser...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Future consideration

    Access Client Solutions TN5250 emulator: Four sessions in a 2x2 grid like the old IBM 3290 display (1982)

    A user on IBM i OSS asked if it was possible to have four sessions to tab between in the IBM i Access Client Solutions 5250 emulator in a 2x2 grid to make it easier to do terminal work.It's true that it's easier to work in green-screen land with f...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Add shortcut buttons/menu options

    When using IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS) 5250 emulation I am able to switch to almost every other option of ACS using the Actions menu oprion. I am also able to add action buttons to the icons menu bar. The options I am using the most freque...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration

    Add support for ARM based processors (Apple M2) using a Docker Linux container with the odbc driver

    When developing locally in a linux docker container that uses the IBM i Access ODBC driver the application has to be emulated and uses QEMU by setting platform : linux/x86_64 in the docker-compose.yml file. The docker daemon memory has to be incre...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Not under consideration

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