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Logical expressions resulting to *On/*Off

The result of a logical expression should evaluate to *On (True) or *Off (False) Use Case: DoW *On; // Infinite loopDoW *Off; // Bypass the loop. can be useful for testingDoU *Off; // Infinite loopDoU *On; If *On;If *Off;Etc. Now, compiler gives e...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Delivered

open source Node.js iToolKit

The following languages have open source iToolkits that allow for community collaboration and contribution: Ruby, PHP, Python, .NET, Swift, shell(db2util). And the one that doesn't: Node.js (arguably the most popular open source language IBM i has...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 3 Delivered

ODBC 1371E support

ODBCPlease enable the App Packages for Windows / Linux / Mac / PASE that provides ODBC to support full 1371E with Unicode surrogates.https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-access-client-solutions Use Case: ODBCPlease enable the App Packages for W...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

JDBC 1371E support

JDBCWe can access DB2 for i data in Java programs by using the JDBC driver that is included with the IBM Developer Kit for Java. Please enable the full 1371E support with Unicode surrogates. Use Case: JDBCWe can access DB2 for i data in Java progr...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

ACS - Add system name to title for result windows

Run SQL Scripts provide the option to display results in a separate window. The title for the result window is the SQL string run. The script window title contains the system connected to. However, there is no system name in the result windows. Us...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

PowerVM LPAR flag time_ref is not working on servers with LPM capability turned off

Although LPM capability is part of PowerVM by default in Power9 servers, there are setups which have this capability deactivated due to licensing requirements of 3rd party software (looking at you, Oracle). Due to substantially less precise source...
about 4 years ago in PowerVM 0 Delivered

Improve ALUA support to include "STANDBY" status

At the moment the storage subsystem in AIX does not have support for ALUA Standby. Implementing this state would allow larger flexibility in the interaction between an AIX system and the Storage arrays.
about 2 years ago in AIX 1 Delivered

BRMS report for omit objs

this request is for BRMS product on AS400 (IBM i). If it's possible to add the objects that being omitted from control group, especially IFS objs in the BRMS recovery report, or in any other Backup Analysis screen. Use Case: PMR 67780,004,000we ha...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 5 Delivered

RDi 9.8 IBM i Search Member filter

In RDi 9.8, the IBM i Search (CTRL-H => IBM i Search) doesn't retain the prior Member filter. Prior versions (e.g. 9.6) did so. This means that the vaule must be suppplied every time. Previously, I set it to "*" once and never had to change it ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

STRSST: Remove diskette data recovery

STRSST4. Work with diskette data recovery.Diskettes have not been supported in decades. Use Case: Improve customer perception that service tools are being verified as still fully functional and supported.
over 4 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 2 Delivered

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