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IBM i

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Change "Open Member in Editor" dialog to open "Select a member" or file tree level matching where you click on "Browse..."

In the "Open Member in Editor" dialog, you can specify everything from connection to library to file to member. If you don't know the library or file or member, you can browse for them. See "Open Member in Editor.png" attachment. But the browse di...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Future consideration

Allow RUNSQLSTM to support a "continuation character" for very long SQL statements

When coding SQL statements for creating tables or indexes or whatever, we often have a problem formatting very long SQL statements because there is not "continuation line" character supported by the statement processor. The COMMENT ON statement ca...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

Support *DEC and *LGL Data Areas on QXXCHGDA API

The QXXCHGDA currently supports only *CHAR data areas. While non-*CHAR data areas are rare, it would be helpful to have QXXCHGDA or perhaps a contemporary form of it (QWCCHGDA?) handle all data area types, which includes *LGL and *DEC. Use Case: L...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 6 Future consideration

Convert to Free Format for D, P and F-Specs

We are missing an option to convert D, P and F-Specs automatically to Free format Syntax. This is currently only working for C-Specs. Please add this feature to the existing function. Currently you can reach the function by right-click on the RPG-...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Deploy DCM with default *SYSTEM key store

Currently DCM is deployed without a *SYSTEM KDB (key store). That means, even simple applications using https requests need to create a kdb to function properly. As it is common on every other operating system these days, IBM should deploy DCM in ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 4 Not under consideration

RPG File Description Keywords SFLPAG and SFLSIZ

I'm missing 2 File Description Keywords, SFLPAG and SFLSIZ.They should return the values from the subfile control record in a WORKSTN file. Today we are hardcoding the values in the programs and have to remenber to change them if we change the sub...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Not under consideration

Prevent ALTER TABLE when field size expanded and there is a field procedure

When a field procedure is assigned to a field, in our case for purposes of encrypting the field data, and an ALTER TABLE is allowed to execute against the field to expand the field size, then data corruption occurs. Use Case: Example Create table ...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

Make Remote Journaling visible on the source too

To my knowledge the remote journal config is only made visible in IBM i Access Client Solution Schemas on the target side by the added tab "Remote" on the journal Receiver.On the source side I have not yet found anything telling me that Remote jou...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Future consideration

Provide GCC compiler support in RDi

Provide compiler option for GCC compiler within the RDi IDE to allow seamless compiles of IFS based source. Also allow compiler options to be set as part of the set up. Use Case: Allows the creation of Open Source objects from within the RDi IDE e...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 4 Not under consideration

View Dependency Explorer in Access Client Solutions

I would like to see a feature in IBM i Access Client Solutions that shows a View Dependency Tree. By entering the name of a view, you would see a tree structure showing the tables and views that the views was dependent on as well as other views th...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

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