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My ideas: RDi (Rational Developer for i)

Add Function Usage for SQL Statements similar to Allowed SQL Statements in Query Manager

Query Manager allows for limiting of SQL Statements, ALTER, DELETE, UPDATE, INSERT, etc. which is helpful to reduce the amount of users who can use SQL to manipulate tables. However, it only works within Query Manager. Can a Function Usage be adde...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

Make IFS_OBJECT_STATISTICS threadsafe

I have a case where I am getting SQL State: 01H13 Vendor Code: 462 Message: [SQL0462] Procedure or user-defined function IFS_OBJECT_STATISTICS in QSYS2 returned a warning SQLSTATE. Cause . . . . . : An SQLSTATE of the form 01xxx was returned by th...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

Implement BRMS in S3 compatibility (I would like to know if there is any plan in future to implement BRMS in S3 compatibility)

We are using BRMS on some of the servers as we are planning for S3 compatible storage for BRMS backup. Please confirm IBMi compatible on S3 protocols. Our plan is to replace the physical tape library with S3 protocol to backup the data to Dell ECS...
2 months ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud Not under consideration

Enhance %CHAR or create a new built-in that referrences an array as a character string

RPG IV currently lacks a clean, safe, and expressive way in free-form RPG to treat an array (or a contiguous subset of an array) as a character string. This gap is most visible when attempting to replicate the behavior of the legacy MOVEA opcode, ...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Not under consideration

in RUN SQL SCRIPT to have the ability to run scripts from GitLab

We have a GitLab, and all our SQL scripts are stored in this GitLab. To run them in RUN SQL SCRIPT, we first need to download them to our PC. Would it be possible to have access to a URL to open the script directly in GitLab?
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration

IBM i Access ODBC driver query execution timeout

My organization is using PHP/Laravel and the IBM i access odbc driver to connect to DB2. We have had a few scenarios where the php application sends a sql query and then waits indefinitely for the result, until PHP's max execution time kicks and k...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration

Add TRUNCNBR(*EXPR) to the RPG IV CTL-OPT keyword to trunction results in assignments

When using legacy MOVE opcodes to copy one numeric variable to another, if Factor 2 contains a longer variable than the result and Factor 2's value actual fits into the Result field's variable, it does the assignment as expected. If Factor 2 conta...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Not under consideration

Add configurable continuation start column (left margin) for fully free-form RPG (**FREE)

RPG IV currently supports two “free format” models: Hybrid free format (traditional RPG IV), where a statement is considered free format when it begins in column 8 or later. Fully free format using **FREE in column 1, where all source lines are fr...
4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG Not under consideration

ACS - Spool Files Component - Allow defining outque residing in IASP library

We have outque libraries that reside in SYSBAS as well as in the iASP. But using the ACS Spool Files component, we cannot get to our outque libraries in the IASP. Only in the SYSBAS libraries. Even though we created the spool files that are put in...
4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration

Enabling an SQL query for the OVRFLW line of a spool file.

It would be great if the OVRFLW line could be retrieved through an SQL query. With this attribute, spool files could be correctly duplicated from an application.
4 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Not under consideration

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