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SQL view device status

The idea is based on the creation of an SQL view that allows you to view the status of any device. The native RTVCFGSTS command is not particularly convenient to use via SQL, this view would allow you to break down this limit and provide the real-...
8 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Enhance RPG IV RENAME F-spec keyword to support *EXTFMT or *RCDFMT

Please enhance the RPG IV File Spec RENAME (Rename Record Format) keyword so that a Developer can specify *ONLY or perhaps *RCDFMT or *EXTFMT (any are fine) so that the external format name need not be known at compile-time. Thus instead of RENAME...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Future consideration

add email importance to the SNDSMTPEMM command

There is currently no way to flag an email with high importance in the IBMi SNDSMTPEMM command. The old SNDDST command had 2 additional options that are not included in SNDSMTPEMM. Content importance . . . . . . . *NORMAL *NORMAL, *LOW, *HIGH Prio...
5 months ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Not under consideration

%SCANRPL to replace only *FIRST or *LAST occurence

%SCANRPL is a nice and usefull function but sometimes we need to limit the replacement to the first or the last occurence. Use Case: When we use long varying strings with placeholders some of them are repeated and we cannot use %SCANRPL.
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Not under consideration

Argument for a built-in function can be the result of another built-in function

I would like that the argument for a built-in function can be the result of another built-in function. For example if I was going to emulate a varying length variable then I can only get the total length of the fixed length variable, not the lengt...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 4 Future consideration

ACS Run SQL multiple Systems in one window separated by tabs

Currently, in ACS in order to run SQL statements on multiple systems you need to open each System in a separate window. I would really like to have the possibility to group those systems into one window separated by Tabs.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Allow seamless Git integration with RDi

Make Git adoption in RDi seamless for RPG developers. RDi currently has iProjects which can be used to adopt Git, but iProjects operate on the premise of offline editing. Not all RPG developers are going to be editing offline. Use Case: Focus on a...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Future consideration

Exit Point QIBM_QDB_OPEN split

In the operating system there is one entry point DBOPEN Format DBOP0100 that takes care of database access. This is a really powerful exit point, because if activated it shows every access to a file. But on the other side is this exact the biggest...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 12 Not under consideration

Include SQL Cross Reference in RPG Outline View

We feel as though the Outline view in RDi 9.5 should be enhanced and improved with respect to how it handles embedded SQL. The outline view only shows the files defined via RPG file declarations. Only references to RPG variables within the embedde...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Future consideration

Allow CALLSUBR on EXEC() parm of global MONMSG

Currently, a global MONMSG can only have GOTO in the EXEC() parameter. With the addition of subroutines in CL, it would be beneficial to allow the CALLSUBR opcode in the EXEC() parameter to invoke a generic error handling routine. Use Case: Allowi...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Future consideration

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