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Add UTF8-Support to RUNSQLSTM

If you create an SQL script via the ACS, it is saved in the IFS as UTF-8. If you now call this script via the RUNSQLSTM command, it can happen that incorrect characters occurs. Eg if the script starts with "--". Use Case: Example: -- This script S...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

AIX LFS changes required for smbc performance enhancement

Development asked for an RFE to be opened to request modification of the LFS layer of AIX to add vinfo parameters to the vnop_readdir and vnop_lockctl calls so that the smbc client can get the information it needs to avoid duplicating SMB queries,...
almost 4 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

Change user of Integrated Webservice Server

Currently it is not possible to change the user of the webservices server without deleting, recreating and redeploying all services. Please extend the setWebServicesServerProperties.sh script with a -user parameter so that QWSERVICE (or any other ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

DSPSYSSTS ASTLVL(*BASIC) : Show "system storage" in GB or TB.

DSPSYSSTS ASTLVL(*BASIC)Disk spaces have grown so large that reporting in MB is no longer feasable. DSPSYSSTS ASTLVL(*BASIC)Disk space: System storage (in 1,000,000 bytes) . . . . . . . . . . : +++++++ System storage used . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Delivered

Add special authority to CHANGE_USER_PROFILE function

Please add the ability to add or remove special authorities via the change user profiles sql function. Use Case: From a security perspective, if you have too many users that have allobj authority and you need to mass remove that special authority,...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Create a feature to effectively export/import preferences

The existing export/import of preferences in Eclipse is inadequate for Rational Developer for Power Systems Software features. Currently with the product, when you import in a PRF file, you get little to no customizations duplicated from the exist...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 9 Delivered

Enhancement to Show Block Nesting for Else and When

Currently Else and When are ignored when Show Block Nesting is requested. Else and When could easily be shown also with a horizontal line connecting to the innermost vertical line. The horizontal line would (should) never need to go beyond the inn...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

Escape the delimiter when using systools.split

Enhance the systools.split function to escape the delimiter. Use Case: systools.split is an awesome function. The only limitation is that we are not able to escape any possible delimiters in the data we are splitting. For Example, if I run SELECT ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Automatically propagate hostname/ip address in hardware management interfaces

You can specify up to 6 hardware management interfaces in ACS for every defined system.We would like to have the field "hostname / ip address" - including the correct URL - automatically propagated with required information.IBM already knows the c...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Integration between Schemas and Run SQL Scripts

There should be better integration between the Schemas application and the Run SQL Scripts application.At minimum there should be shortcuts from Schemas to Run SQL Scripts and from Run SQL Scripts to Schemas.It would be nice to be able to right cl...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

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