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    Allow multiple definitions in a Dcl-s statement

    A very usefull future I found in other languages is multiple variable definition in one line of code: Dcl-s a b c int(10); is clearly faster and shorter than: Dcl-s a int(10);Dcl-s b int(10);Dcl-s c int(10); Use Case: nd
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 6 Not under consideration

    Just like the 5250 Emulator, please consider adding the "Tab" feature in the IBM I ACS Schemas tool. Thanks.

    Database design and maintenance would oftentimes need to look at database on different partitions. It would be nice to provide DBAs this convenience and not having to open multiple windows.
    11 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Allow Standalone Field Declarations to Reference Subfields of Nested DS Arrays

    Declaring a standalone field with a reference field (keyword: LIKE) should work if the referenced field is a subfield of a data structure array in a nested data structure. Use Case: dcl-ds DS_A qualified template; dcl-ds DS_Arr_B dim(10); field1 v...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Not under consideration

    Add more functionality to *VAR and *AUTO arrays

    I really love the new *AUTO and *VAR arrays, I use them quite often. I would really like more functionality to be added, like the methods available for JavaScript arrays. Some examples assuming an Array "A20" with dim(*auto:20) : I gather a set of...
    11 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

    Native CLOB and BLOB in RPG

    CLOB and BLOB fields as dynamic size dependent on actual datasize. It would be appreciated that RPG could support these datatypes native in RPG and used exactly like varchar with out any explicit size Use Case: CLOB and BLOB is implemented as a st...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

    xml-sax -- invalid characters converted to substitution character

    Now and then I experience that XML-SAX in RPG throws an exception RNX0351 - The XML parser detected error code 6. This is caused by the situation that an UTF-8 character can not be converted to an EBCDIC character. It would be nice if it was possi...
    9 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

    RUNRMTCMD equivalent command for IBM i Access Client Solutions.

    RUNRMTCMD was available in IBM i Access for Windows (iAWin) but not in IBM i Access Client Solutions (i ACS). Up until Service Pack (SP) SI57907, when RUNRMTCMD is issued, the desktop application would launch and user is able to view the applicati...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Require QIBM_DB_SECADM or similar to perform set session authorization

    Today any user with *ALLOBJ is able to do the equivalent to sudo in Linux without the need of any password to become another user using set session authorization via SQL. Any user with *ALLOBJ can become Qsecofr by open strsql and run: “Set sessio...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Not under consideration

    DO NOT Drop support for X86 HMC

    IBM Has announced they will drop support for the X86 HMC BEFORE CUSTOMER LEASES ARE EVEN COMPLETE! This is BALDERDASH! I get it you want to support just one piece of hardware and the Power HMC is the correct choice. But especially customers who bo...
    over 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 7 Not under consideration

    Add *ALLUSR in command RSTLIBBRM

    RSTLIBBRM SAVLIB(*ALLUSR) - this is required to restore to another partition using BRMS network.
    2 months ago in IBM i / BRMS 4 Not under consideration

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