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My votes: IBM i

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    More than 10000 lines in the System Debugger

    We have (very) few big COBOL programs generated from an old 4GL generator. Theses programs exceed 10000 lines so we cannot acces to all the lines, and then we need to run STRDBG to debug them. We will be pleased to have more lines (20000 would be ...
    10 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

    Firmware level and PTF Group Currency on "About" page- IBM Navigator for i

    My understanding is that Navigator for i get's it's info about the system through SQL. I am also aware of a SYSTOOL to show PTF group currency. My suggestion is to combine these two features, and include the PTF Group Currency on the "About" page ...
    10 days ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

    IFS: Please add the box "Apply update to all files in selected folder and any subfolders" that is available in Properties to also Permissions.

    Please add the box "Apply update to all files in selected folder and any subfolders" that is available in Properties to also Permissions.
    15 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

    Journal receive encryption

    After a discution with a Db2 expert about RCAC implemenation, it appears that after an update of a journalized table, the corresponding journal entry can be fully displayed with a simple DSPJRN command. Is it possible to add a new option at the cr...
    16 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 0 Submitted

    Create a "Code for IBM i" Extension for JetBrains PyCharm (similar to the one for Visual Studio Code)

    Currently, the "Code for IBM i" extension is available for Visual Studio Code, enabling developers working on IBM i to benefit from a modern and integrated development environment. However, many developers also use JetBrains PyCharm for their proj...
    17 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

    Allow generic member/file name for /COPY and /INCLUDE compiler directive

    Today if we have to include several copy member, we have use one /COPY or /INCLUDE directive per member: /include qcopysrc,copy01/include qcopysrc,copy02/include qcopysrc,copy03 My proposal is, to extend the /COPY and /INCLUDE directive to support...
    17 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 6 Submitted

    Add SQL functions to return elements from qualified job name

    When we use the IBM i Services or SQL PL we often have a qualified job name, e.g. in the global variable QSYS2.JOB_NAME. Many of the services have been expanded with the elements of the job name in addition to the qualified job name. i.e. job name...
    18 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Make SQL function URL_ENCODE support RFC3986

    RFC3986 dictates that any space in a URL must be converted to "%20". However, when we run "values URL_ENCODE(' Hello there!'), we get "Hello+there%21" with the plus sign instead of "%20". The same is output from URLENCODE in SYSTOOLS. It seems lik...
    18 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    VARDIM for RPGLE

    Quick explanation. VARDIM is to DIM what VARCHAR is to CHAR. Background Interfacing with RPG complex structures can be done, however the implementations are not homogeneous. Examples. In IWS you need a pseudo variable suffixed by the array name ...
    18 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    enhancement with PowerHA Site-failure scenario with Hyperswap design

    It is about IBM i site failure protection with PowerHA + HyperSwap. When the source server and storage both power down, suppose the target server and storage (DS8K) will takeover the iASP asap. But there is a scenario the target LPAR will be hang ...
    18 days ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Submitted

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