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IBM i

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    Use 'IN' operator on %split to compare like in %list

    When working with a list represented in a string, with %split, the 'IN' operator cannot be used as it can with the function %list. However, it is necessary to have this functionality in order to check if certain elements are present in a string li...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Change the performance adjuster algorithm

    The performance adjuster algorithm looks only if the pool is paging but doesn't care if it has already free memory. This causes sometimes that a pool start stealing a lot of memory without using it. The algorithm should look at the unallocated mem...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 4 Future consideration

    Provide capability to restrict use of Global Variables in Subprocedures

    Provide a capability to restrict access to global variables from local subprocedures. This could be done by adding a keyword to the dcl-proc specification that lists the global variables permitted for a given subprocedure. For example: dcl-proc My...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 18 Future consideration

    Allow more than 1 level of qualified datastructures in SQLRPGLE

    We get more and more embedded SQL code in our RPGLE sources but the compiler still only supports 1 level of qualified data structures. This is such a pain. See Use case for example. More practical examples are joins where you want to use the exter...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Future consideration

    FETCH LAST n ROWS ONLY Support in SQL for IBM i

    FETCH LAST n ROWS ONLY Support in SQL for IBM i Summary Currently, DB2 for i allows developers to fetch the first n rows of a result set using the FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY clause. However, there is no direct equivalent syntax to fetch the last n ro...
    6 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

    SMB 3.1.1 support needed in IBM i 7.4

    We have tested the communication between SMBv3 on IBMi and SMBv3.1.1 on Windows and it doesn't work.
    7 months ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 5 Future consideration

    Display Spooled File needs to support better F14/F15/F16 find options

    Search is NOT case-sensitive so we are often forced to guess the case. Also it would be very helpful to have F15=FindPrev since we are forever jumping to bottom of joblog and then paging up to find a previous Escape message.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Print 1 Future consideration

    See progress of RGZPFM

    When you do a RGZPFM can we see the progress in the joblog? or somewhere we could see how much progress is being made. This will help gauging how long a reorg will take.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

    Exit point QIBM_QPWFS_FILE_SERV should include the Netserver file share name

    This exit point currently provides a lot of data about file server access, but this one key piece of information is missing (the share name). During security remediation, it would be invaluable to capture the name of the share that is being used, ...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Future consideration

    SAVSYS show progress

    Some customers use an USB thumb drive to run a SAVSYS on a monthly base. With slow USB sticks this process needs 15+ minutes without any progress display. Some customers are curious if it is still working. Use Case: show progress on save to avoid ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 5 Future consideration

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