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My votes: IBM i

Check for presence of folder in IFS root with same name as IASP during VARY ON process

During our recent failover the IFS situated in the IASP was not visible/accessible for the user after the VARY ON of the IASP.Fortunately I remembered this issue from my period at STG LabServices and I could correct the situation.The work around i...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / Core OS Delivered

Fix CHGFCNUSG processing when prompted from the WRKFCNUSG screen

If you use option 2 (Change usage) to repeatedly update a Function ID from the Work with Function Usage screen (WRKFCNUSG) the values are not always updated properly. Use Case: Assuming that QIBM_QMTF_CLIENT_REQ_0 has DEFAULT(*DENIED) ALLOBJ(*NOTU...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / Security Delivered

Command line tools for code coverage

RDi now has tools for producing code coverage reports. We would like to see command line tools for generating these reports, so that we may run them alongside our automated unit and system tests. Use Case: Allow for code coverage reports to be pro...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Delivered

In the Run SQL Scripts tool, when using "library.table" naming convention, double clicking on the library name should only select the library name and not the whole "library.table" string

This is how it works with "library/table". If you double-click on "library" the word "library" will be highlighted. But if you are using "library.table" and double-click on "library" it will highlight the entire string. It's cumbersome and inconsi...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Delivered

IBM Navigator for i: customize help/selections based on the OS version.

http://myibmi:2002/Navigator/mainframe/cfg/system-values System value in question is QSSLPCL. It says the default when using *OPSYS is TLS 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3. However the defaults for *OPSYS varies by OS release as shown at: https://www.ibm.co...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management Delivered

Change default source extension to RPGLE

When you review the code coverage source the member opens up using this name patter "member.membertype.rpg". By using the RPG extension you force the user into the LPEX edit profile for RPG III syntax styling. Use Case: Just cover an SQLRPGLE prog...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) Delivered

hope to use IMPLICITLY HIDDEN GENERATED TIMESTAMP field track record change, UDB and MySQL have this function

Customer want to use IMPLICITLY HIDDEN GENERATED TIMESTAMP field track record change, UDB and MySQL have this function. In UDB, they can do this by: alter table <tabname> add UPDATETIME TIMESTAMP NOT NULL IMPLICITLY HIDDEN GENERATED ALWAYS F...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Delivered

Need ACS bundle.jar to run under java 11 on IBM i

When running an export of data using the CLdownload and setting the job level to use Java 11. The program fails. I am running the following command. Type command, press Enter. Run this first: CHGENVVAR ENVVAR(JAVA_HOME) VALUE('/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdD...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Delivered

ACS Java Process Kill Daemon on Citrix Servers

Hello everybody I would like to mention a problem I am facing and discover right now , in the middle of a migration project , here in Piraeus Bank Greece. We have a variety of Power i Host Systems such as E880 P8 V7R3 – S824 etc. We are using ACS ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Delivered

64-bit LDAP services for DTAMDL(*LLP64) STGMDL(*TERASPACE)

Our company is a software vendor. We have started a project to convert our product (written in C++) to 64-bit pointers. We compile and link our C++ programs using DTAMDL(*LLP64) STGMDL(*TERASPACE). Our product uses LDAP services extensively. LDAP ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Networking Delivered

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