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    ACS: Option to show description next to System

    When we add a new system most of us use the IP address, not the FQDN or hostname on our DNS or hosts table, and the real system name is on the description. It would be great to have the option to show the description next to the system name to imp...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Functionality already exists

    Allow TEMPLATE keyword for standalone fields

    The template keyword allows data structures to be defined as a custom complex type simply for the purpose of defining other data structures with the same structure. Extending this to standalone variables will allow custom simple types to be define...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Functionality already exists

    XMLVALIDATE: when it found an issue, it doesn't inform in which number line inside XML is the issue.

    Hello, At present we're using XMLVALIDATE (SQL-XML) to check if the file XML it's right or not with XSD files. When we use "XMLVALIDATE" and SQL founds an issue inside XML, then SQL throws a message error, but it doesn't inform to us in what line/...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Functionality already exists

    Add support for the BOOLEAN SQL data type to IBM i Access ACS Windows Application Package

    According to the ServiceLevel\readmesp.txt in the Windows Application Package it has last been updated in May 2024. So i guess the support for the BOOLEAN SQL data type isn´t implemented in the included ODBC Driver. This results in Errors when a B...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Functionality already exists

    Add a parameter in RSTOBJ command so we can restore files an can selecting attributes of files

    its usefull because may be you need to restore a group of large files with similar names (Like MST*) and only need to restore Physical files.something like this: RSTOBJ OBJ(*ALL) SAVLIB(MILIB) DEV(TAP01) OBJTYPE(*FILE) FILETYPE(*PF-DTA) or FILEATR...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 1 Functionality already exists

    Add mktemp utility to qshell & pase shell

    Provide the mktemp utility that is generally standard in most *nix environments. https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_3.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/mktemp.html
    2 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Functionality already exists

    %elem on enum

    I would like to define the size of my dim array depending on the number of elements of my enum. Example : dcl-enum my_enum qualified; value1 const('1'); value2 const('2'); end-enum; dcl-s my_array char(1) dim(%elem(my_enum));
    9 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Functionality already exists

    Hide IBM i Access Splash screen

    Intrusive panel disrupts the user experience and produces a constant flashing effect when a batch file runs multiple commands.
    10 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Functionality already exists

    Better documentation of Sqlstate behavior in IF statement

    I ran into some peculiar piece of code that didn't do what I expected and decided to run a small test.The goal is to see if SqlState is being reset in an if-statement. My human brain says it shouldn't be reset in the example code below begin decl...
    10 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Functionality already exists

    Relax requirements for /INCLUDE /IF /ENDIF in RPG IV

    We still have to start the /xxxx directives (e.g., /IF, /INCLUDE, /ENDIF, /DEFINE in column 7 even in *FREE. Please eliminate this restriction and allow them to be speified in any column so long as all content before the /<whatever> is blank.
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Functionality already exists

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