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SQL check authority enhancement to understand level of authority

QSYS2.SQL_CHECK_Authority function in SYSTOOLS, is available to retrieve whether the current user is authorized to an object. This is good as returns 1 if authorized. However, if the business needs to know, for a file object whether user can view ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

QUHDSPH API Window border type

The 'QUHDSPH' API display a panelgroup help text in a window, however the window border is hardcoded to the 'dotted line' characters. When not hardcoding window border characters, IBM i ACS displays the window border in a nice 3D-effect which is n...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Future consideration

Tooltip for CL-Variables in Debug-Mode

In RPGLE the debugger is capable to show the contents of variables in a tooltip by selecting and hovering over its name. This functionality does not work for CLLE. Use Case: Any CLLE-program that needs to be debugged.
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

i access for web product 5722-XH2 using URL interfaces

in the database link you can create a new sql request (the http link is >>http://SYSTEM_IBMI:PORT/webaccess/iWADbRequests<<) but the output is not possibile in the xlsx format , but only in xls or csv or xml . So if you whant the expor...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Need additional ways to route jobs into subsystems other than User ID and IP address via SET_SERVER_SBS_ROUTING

We are using a WebSphere application that accesses the IBM i using DB2 UDB for iSeries (Toolbox). By default, this runs jobs on the IBM i under the QUSRWRK subsystem. We need to configure the system so that all the QZDASOINIT (or QZDASSINIT) jobs ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 3 Not under consideration

MOVMEDBRM wrongly changes location during I/O error

When an error occurs during the execution of the MOVMEDBRM command the volume location is changed. ex an error CPA401E received by the command and answering C the move is validated. Use Case: When you have a problem with the I/O station of a tape ...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 4 Not under consideration

Elminate excessive alarm sounds during entry of CL source

When entering a CL command and typing beyond column 80, an error sound is triggered for each character typed. This is superfluous when "Automatic formatting" is enabled as the text will not be truncated once the formatting takes place. The consist...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Not under consideration

Lock CMNxx from having multiple IPs assigned

We have a customer system that we will be hosting at our data center and we would like to be able to block the CMN03 port which is used as the a LAN Console port from being changed to allow anything else to use it.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Future consideration

Need SQL Procedures to allow the ownership to be changed and to allow the use of adopted authority

We would like to have an SQL statement way of changing the ownership of a stored procedure. The TRANSFER OWNERSHIP SQL statement does not support stored procedures.In addition, there needs to be a SQL statement way of allowing a stored procedure t...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

XSLTRANSFORM should support newer XSLT version

Using XSLTRANSFORM and it's excellent but...It supports XALAN 1.1. XSLT that is very limited and old.The transformations would be so much easier to create if at least XALAN 2.x will be supported.Today I have to make workarounds in mapping to archi...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 4 Not under consideration

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