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Provide buffer length of LOB columns in SYSCOLUMNS2 view

When processing I/U/D entries from a journal using the DISPLAY_JOURNAL we need to "map" the entry specific data over the record layout. The amount of space occupied by a LOB column varies; depending upon where in the record the column starts. So t...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

Navigator for i

Th UI in Navigator for i is not consistent. As different components have different developers, the way they design their applications is different. Selecting a date in a calendar is not working the same, which makes it annoying to use. Use Case: A...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

Display host code page on ACS 5250 session screen

I want to display the host code page on the ACS 5250 session screen.ACS has multiple Japanese host code pages. These are used appropriately according to the purpose. Therefore, I need to know which code is set. Use Case: Windows settings
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

p7zip RPM on AIX toolbox for Linux applications

we have some LPARs that need p7zip and we are currently using the RPM coming from Micheal Perzl, since we are switching all RPM to only use the ones coming from AIX toolbox for Linux application, it would be helpful to have it. Also I guess is a c...
almost 5 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

VM snapshot and restore features on PowerVC

Would like to see VM snapshot and restore features on PowerVC GUI or command line
almost 6 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

ACS Emulator Target Address Functionality

IBM i Access Client SolutionsIn the bottom right corner of the 5250 emulator is a field that displays the target IP address or host name and port of the current connection. My request is to implement the ability to copy this information to the hos...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

Description Field for Compute and Storage templates

Add Description Field for Compute and Storage templates
almost 5 years ago in PowerVC 1 Delivered

PDF Print Support In IBM/I

PDF has become the new standard for output for documents being stored in document management systems. It would be nice for IBM/I to be able to push print directly out to printers like it does with PCL. Use Case: PDF has become a big standard in to...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Print 3 Delivered

Support UTF-8 source code in SQLC precompiler

The introduction of PTF SI62604 (which gives CRTRPGMOD the 'TGTCCSID' keyword and so allows RPG and SQLRPG modules to be compiled from Unicode stream files) now allows users to convert their source code to UTF-8 and store them as stream files in t...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Pipenv for IBM i

Pipenv is a tool that aims to bring the best of all packaging worlds (bundler, composer, npm, cargo, yarn, etc.) to the Python world. It merges pip (which you support) and virtualenv (which it seams you currently don't), together to work in unison...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 4 Delivered

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