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Languages - RPG

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Provide a CTL-OPT keyword to prohibit or issue a compiler warning when 6 char dates are used in RPG programs that will not work after 2039

dsply %date('010140':*mdy0) ; it will show DSPLY 1940-01-01 which is wrong. At least issue a compiler warning.
10 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Delivered

Change RPG compiler to require prototypes for exported procedures

With 7.1 the compiler was changed to not require prototypes for procedures of a RPG module. While that change is great for local procedures, it is really bad for exported procedures, because the compiler does not necessarily validate the prototype...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 15 Delivered

Add Joblog Messaging Built-in Function to RPG IV

Need simplified methods for writing messages from RPG IV to the Joblog. To that end, we need built-in function that will:write to the joblog using Qp0zLprintf or similar. This built-in function should be named %JOBLOG.Send various message types (*...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Delivered

Create XML in RPGLE, BIF like %XML-CREATE()

In the Current world, IBM i is interacting with other systems by using the XML format messages which can be easily understood by different systems and humans. IBM has recently provided XML-INTO and XML-SAX built in functions to read the xml and to...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Delivered

RPG datastructure array sort by more than one subfield

For RPG please provide extended sort capability for datastructure arrays. This means sorting of an array over more then one subfield.E.g.: sorta name_of_array(*) (subfieldx: subfieldY: …) using the names of the subfiledsOr sorta name_of_array(*) (...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 9 Delivered

For RPG provide JSON support

Please provide JSON data support in RPG. Read JSON document from IFS or variable. Same methods as already there for XML data. Use Case: Gaining need for processing JSON documents.
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Delivered

RPG - options(*autostring) in prototypes

To get a more "polymorph" approach to transfer parameter to API's - it would be nice if a prototype could be declare to automatically convert date, time, timestamp, int, packed, zoned, char's and varchar to zero terminated strings with that same c...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Delivered

Allow numeric variable as second parameter to %KDS

Currently, the %KDS bif has a second parameter to specify how many of the key fields are to be used in the I/O operation. This second parameter can only be a numeric constant (named or literal). Please allow a numeric variable (integer or zero-dec...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered

Add new BIFs %max() and %min()

While I can easily create sub-procedures to handle these functions, I can't create a single max or min sub-procedure to handle all numerical combinations, or a true variable numbers of parameters. Please add %min(1: 2: ... : n), and %max(1: 2: ......
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Delivered

Enhance %DEC to recognize and accept thousands separators

Currently, the %DEC BIF interprets either/both comma and decimal -- regardless of the QDECFMT system value -- as the decimal point. If the character representation of a number contains both, error RNX0105 occurs. This should not happen. In an inte...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered

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