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    RPG Source compare for *functional* differences

    As many of us are doing these days, we are converting our old RPG 3, RPG ILE, etc. to 100% free RPGLE (**free) and making changes in VSCode. This is good. However, When you have to Peer Code Review your co-workers changes, it is extremely difficul...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Submitted

    IPv6 - Provide default gateway configuration for SST LAN adapter interface

    It is not possible in the existing OS releases to configure the default gateway for IPv6 interface in SST LAN interface. The only way how to make IPv6 interface working for this interface is to configure a LAN switch with auto discovery setup whic...
    12 months ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Future consideration

    Improvement to the DSPPGMREF command

    The command currently does not generate information about the commands used in a program.The improvement is to include information about this type of objects and be useful when performing some type of forensic analysis on the IBM i
    11 months ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Future consideration

    Results File - file naming template

    Regarding the use of RUN SQL Scripts and the default naming of output files, I've come across several suggestions advocating for more flexible file naming options beyond the standard "Untitled.xlsx". Many other applications—such as scanning softwa...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

    Allow to initialize arrays using %list

    Allow for arrays to be initialized using %list command, for example: dcl-s allowedValues int(10) dim(4) inz(%list(1:2:3:4)); Plus error checking when initial value exceeds array size etc.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

    New command CPYMSGD

    The command CPYMSGD shold copy a message description with all attributes such as message data fields, formatting information (&N, &P, &B) and reply attributes.
    3 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

    Custom SQLSTATE/MESSAGE for SIGNAL statement

    Currently it is possible with the SIGNAL statement to return a custom SQLSTATE and message. DECLARE COUNTRY_NOT_FOUND CONDITION FOR SQLSTATE '02000'; DECLARE EXIT HANDLER FOR COUNTRY_NOT_FOUND SIGNAL SQLSTATE '75001' SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Country no...
    9 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Give the possibility to use CREATE TYPE statement

    Add unique constraint on a field. For example : Create a weakly typed distinct type named BONUS that is based on an INTEGER data type and represents a percentage which cannot exceed 100. CREATE TYPE BONUS AS INTEGER WITH WEAK TYPE RULES CHECK(VALU...
    10 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Add support for golang on power i

    We run node servers built from typescript projects on power i. Typescript has recently announced they will be porting over their transpiler to golang https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/typescript-native-port/ Angular has already switched to...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Submitted

    Possibility to use generic message ID's on ON-EXCP section in MONITOR group

    It would be very useful to have ability to use generic message ID's e.g CPF0000, CPF9800 in ON-EXCP op-code within MONITOR group. This should be similar to CL's MONMSG functionality in terms of generic message ID's monitoring.
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

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