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RPG update overwriting identity column

An RPGLE UPDATE statement will overwrite the value of an identity column. This results in bogus values in the DB. Example column:"ID" INTEGER GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY ( START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 1 NO MINVALUE NO MAXVALUE NO CYCLE NO ORDER ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

fcstat and underlying APIs - show fabric IDs

My storage team flipped out when I started including fabric IDs with my requests for zoning. It's available as HBA_PORTATTRIBUTES->FabricName from HBA_GetAdapterPortAttributes. Not sure why perfstat_fcstat_t wouldn't include it or provide anoth...
about 3 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

O-specs don't appear in the outline

In the Outline view list of field names used, it appears that O-spec references don't appear to be included in the list of data field line #'s being cross-referenced. Example: DC0175 uses field AMNAM1 that's coming in via a call to program MDAGC02...
over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Hover text for record formats shows file name

Hover text has been added to RDi which provides dynamic cross referencing. For example, when the cursor is placed over a file name, the declaration is shown. I would like to request a similar function for record formats so that when the cursor is ...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Allow Multiple Collection Objects to be selected in PDI Graphs

PDI is a goldmine of information but is currently limited to work with one Collection Object at a time. Often, to get the best value out of the date you need to analyse a period that involves date from another Collection Object. Currently you have...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 7 Delivered

make the pdf converter in ACS accessible by batch (.bat files)

make the function to convert a spool to pdf available via a command (just like we can open a 5250 session within a batch command).Thank you Use Case: it would be nice to have the function to convert spool to pdf available via a command from within...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

SQL Details for Jobs Window - Please allow column heading clicks for sorting

Please add the functionality to click on the column heading on the SQL Details for Jobs window so we can sort by the column clicked on. This is allowed/provided for on the iNav screen. I'd like equal ability on this window for ACS. Use Case: I hav...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Live Update support for Oracle ASM using raw Logical Volumes

Oracle ASM raw disks are supported in Live Update, but Oracle ASM using raw Logical Volume are not. This will result in following errors durinng LKU:1020-154 Resource /dev/rlvasm02 is not checkpointable (pid: 6685096) (name: oracle). Query returne...
over 5 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

search tabs

ACS RSS - Allow for search across tabs.
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Enable Excel Table functions In Db2 Web Query and ability to specify Freeze Headings, Rows or Columns

Db2 Web Query V2.2.1 currently allows you to specify Excel as Output type for a report or for a document. In the case of a document, you can create multiple reports inside the document. When run, the document generates tabs for each report. So far...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 2 Delivered

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