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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 ...
    about 2 months 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 ...
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

    `xargs` should support `-0`/`--null` parameter

    xargs on AIX currently does not implement -0. While this is not part of the POSIX standard ( AFAIK, please check), it is implemented by every other implementation, including FreeBSD's. While the OSS toolbox's implementation /opt/freeware/bin/xargs...
    about 2 months ago in AIX 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.
    2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

    Mitigate security risk VOLATILE TE - tsd entries after efix installation

    This IBM Idea is was earlier posted https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/AIX-I-778 with my old company name, but now we changed the name from to ASNbank I could not monitor this idea any longer. Therefore summitted this idea again. Original submmited: Why ...
    2 months ago in AIX 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...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    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...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 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...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Not under consideration

    Extend the QCMDEXC SQL procedure and function to log the CL command run

    Many SQL programmers using the QSYS2.QCMDEXC procedure and function are logging the CL command specified as parameter to the procedure / function, often to the joblog by calling SYSTOOLS.LPRINTF, just before calling QCMDEXC. The idea is to have QC...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    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...
    2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

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