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SQL Inserts Using When FieldProcedure Attached

When using SQL on a table with 1 or more field procedure programs attached to 1 or more columns, a select to produce output will demonstrate DETERMINISTIC behavior in that output values will be cached and the field procedure program will only fire...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

Add command-line options for running Data Transfers in BAT files or add Edit option in context menu of DTFX/DTTX files

Our users have used Data Transfer for many years. They have used BAT files to run requests that belong together. With IBM i Access for Windows and its predecessors, these have run uninterrupted - the Data Transfer GUI did not appear, and there was...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Not under consideration

Obscure the RUNSQL and RUNSQLSTM Workfile names in QTEMP

When using RUNSQLSTM in CL, a source file is created in QTEMP with the name QSQLSRC.Users with QTEMP on their library lists now have a "magically appeared" file on their library list that may cause corruption of tasks that previously ran normally....
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

Allow path to hod files to be specified so open other will start in the required directory.

I have quite a few systems that I connect to using 5250 sessions and I use the tabbed option. When I click the + sign to start a new tab, which I have set to Start Other, the directory shown is where the last session was started from which commonl...
8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Enable *ADD by using CPYSPLF *TOSTMF (*PDF)

In some cases it would be usefull to merge multiple spoolfiles to one pdf. Please enable in a further release or TR the option *ADD for pdf-creation via CPYSPLF. Thx Use Case: CPYSPLF FILE(AFPPRTF) TOFILE(*TOSTMF) JOB(123456/USER/SESSION) SPLNBR(2...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Print 4 Not under consideration

DCM needs a Remove Certificate Assignment option.

The DCM GUI is not intuitive to users when attempting to remove certificate assignments. To remove one certificate assignment, you must go to Manage Application Definitions > select the + for an application > then click on "Assign" and unche...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

RPG string templates

Modern applications are using strings more and more to provide data for documents and web applications. Strings can be constructed today but the syntax get the process very convoluted especially when strings folds over several lines and contains v...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Not under consideration

SSL/TLS support for SET_SERVER_SBS_ROUTING

We have a number of customers within our Managed Service offering, all of which are using ODBC/JDBC connectivity. To enable us to manage these connections we are adopting the use of SET_SERVER_SBS_ROUTING to route users into different subsystems. ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Not under consideration

Allow CHGAUTCOL command to enable authority collection on objects with type *USRPRF

Use case: A user profile object is secured with *PUBLIC *USE, allowing anyone on the system to submit jobs to run under that unsecured user profile. Securing the *USRPRF with *PUBLIC *EXCLUDE might break some existing processes which rely on the e...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

LUN_RESET delay/timeout after I/O timeout should be a customisable value

We have noticed a significant impact in terms of IO paused after IO timeouts since the introduction of IJ07805 / IJ07842 / IJ10537. We consider that the new timers added to the LUN Reset should be part of the ODM definition for the disk class in o...
over 5 years ago in AIX 0 Not under consideration

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