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IBM i

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Provide Favorites for Integrated File System

I have a number of specific locations on the IFS where I look for files. It may be for reviewing logs, troubleshooting problems, or adjusting a configuration file. Having favorite IFS locations would allow us to quickly go to a file folder and acc...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Planned for future release

Google Pub/Sub support on IBMi OS

We have tried to develop a solution to interact with Google Pub/Sub directly on the IBMi and have been unable to due to restrictions related to the processor on the IBMi. This has included attempts to run a Python coded solution on the IBMi direct...
3 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 4 Submitted

Embedded SQL - SQLTYPE xLOB_FILE with CCSID

Since release 7.2 variables in RPG can be defined with a CCSID. With embedded SQL it is possible to read from the IFS and writing into the IFS with (static) SQL SELECT-Statements just by specifying a xLOB_FILE. A xLOB_FILE must be defined in compo...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Under review

Integrated File System tool: Allow us to change the size of the font

In ACS's Integrated File System tool the font is too small. I want to be able, like I can in other ACS tools, adjust the size of the font.
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Under review

Provide hash_row functionality to UDTF, Stored procedure that returns table, Cover all columns of a View over multiple tables.

hash_row is an handy function to get hash/check sum value of the complete row. However there are exceptions. Expanding that benefit to all exceptions will be very helpful.
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Suggested versions of IBM i support for new Power Systems

Power 8 (generally) supports IBM i 7.1-7.4 Power 9 (generally) supports IBM i 7.2-7.5 Power 10 supports IBM i 7.3-7.6 (and, if the pattern holds) likely not iNext Power 11 supports IBM i 7.4-7.6 and likely iNext I propose that new systems should s...
3 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

Allow brms restore files without member

The operating system natively allows you to restore *FILE objects without members using the FILEMBR((*ALL *NONE)) parameter with the RSTOBJ command, which is very useful when, for example, you need to align test environments and are not interested...
3 months ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Future consideration

Enhance RPG IV DATE FORMAT to include more clear 4-DIGIT Year Options

Extend RPG IV support for date format keywords in opcodes and built-in functions to include *MDYY, *YYMD, and *DMYY, enabling clearer intent and improving developer productivity when working with 4-digit year formats. There is a growing need for a...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Planned for future release

Allow the evaluation of RPG expressions as "pseudo host variables" in EXEC SQL statements

The idea is, to allow the evaluation of RPG expressions (including the call of %BIFs and procedures) inside an EXEC SQL statement as "pseudo-host-variables". The syntax could be like that: exec sql select count(*) into :myCounter from mytable w...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

In DATA-GEN, allow array count to be specified using a suffix in addition to prefix

We are using both the DATA-GEN operation and providing IWS web service using the same data structures. Unfortunately, the nomenclature to specify an array length for the two systems are opposite. IWS uses array_LENGTH to indicate array length and ...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

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