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    ACS > run sql scripts allow reconnect to change profile

    In ACS > run sql scripts > reconnect > default to current user but, allow the user profile to be changed for the connection. This will help with testing out different sql scripts with different profiles.
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Make ACS RUNSQL SCRIPTS Open Source/Mbr Respect SRCFILE RCDLEN

    In IBM ACS RUNSQL Scripts, if you open a host Source File member, if that source member exceeds 80 bytes, then ACS "wrecks" the source code--potentially making it usable. This request is to have ACS retrieve the source file's record length, and be...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Future consideration

    ACS Run SQL script and prompting for statement variables. Support predefined and default values.

    In ACS version 1.1.9.2 support for prompting statement variables with the use of ? or a variable name starting with : was introduced. Ref: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-75-tr2-enhancements This is great. Prompting for a statement v...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

    ACS IFS Explorer - TreeSize-like functionality.

    I can't seem to find a good and intuitive tool to get an overview of the IFS. It would be nice to able to look at eg. the root folder and see for each folder how many files/folders/bytes are in that folder.Something like TreeSize for Windows' expl...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

    OLEDB error messages from ACS package V11.28.00 are not properly returned to Access VBA

    We are using Access 2019 VBA to connect to an IBM i (S914) database via OLEDB. Previously, we used "IBM i Access for Windows 7.1.1500" (IAW OLEDB), and error messages were returned correctly to Access VBA. Now, we are testing with "IBM ACS Applica...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Is a defect

    Eliminate / Upgrade Obsolete C++2013 from IBM i ACS

    We recently downloaded the IBM i Access Client Solutions: Application Packages provided by AS 400 support for the iSeries\Genius connections under the subjected project. However, we found that there are some out of support software (C++ 2013) whic...
    4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future 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.
    9 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    add feature to predict if "verification + synchronisation" will bring resource group(s) down of not

    When you make a change to the powerHA configuration on one node you have to run "Verify and Synchronize Cluster Configuration" to propagate the change to the other nodes. When you do that the smit panels will give you the following warning: "Depen...
    almost 2 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 0 Future consideration

    Add option to change the command that uses the Access Client Solutions change password plugin(pwchange)

    Add option to change (or change) the command that uses the Access Client Solutions change password plugin(pwchange) from CHGUSRPRF to CHGPWD or make it check the values so it meets the QPWDLVL and other systems values requirements for the password...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Dark Mode For Run SQL Scripts

    I would like to be given a dark mode or the ability to control colors for Run SQL Scripts. Between the dark screen of the emulator and dark mode of RDI, it would be awesome to also have a dark theme for Run SQL Scripts. RDI gives the option to app...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Not under consideration

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