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IBM i

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A wrong comment

Today an operator made a mistake in putting the sign in an update SQL stmt, and instead of a hyphen he put two hyphens.The result was catastrophic. Over 700,00 lines have been updated: update TABLE set AMOUNT = ,01--, TAX=123,4where KEY = 1 instea...
8 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

New Navigator: Customize browser for mobile clients

With IBM i 7.5 IBM i Access for Web is no longer supported. This includes the web interface for mobile clients. Have you tried using http://myibmi:2002/Navigator/ from a browser on a mobile client? UGLY!
about 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Not under consideration

Allow current date usage in RDi snippet controls

The snippet view allows you to create dynamic variables, using "${varname}" string formatting. Allow the current date constant value to be selected. Use Case: I have some snippets I use, with variables to represent the current date. I have to cons...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

IBM i support for PDF/A-3

Please provide PDF/A-3 format for generate PDF files on IBM i V7R3.(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A#PDF.2FA-3 ) Use Case: Please provide PDF/A-3 format for generate PDF files on IBM i V7R3.
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Print 2 Future consideration

Add Continuation Handle to QWCRJBLK API

"Job holds a large number of locks" but the best we can do is the limitation on the size of a Poitner to a User Space (16M) of available space to dump the job locks info with QWCRJBLK. The API needs to have a Continuation Handle like those used in...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

Get dates for NetServer API's

None of the existing NetServer API's return: 1. Creation date of a share 2. Date last changed of a share. 3. Date last used of a share Use Case: Automate cleanup of existing shares based on these dates (and others). But in general it would be good...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Future consideration

DSPJRN IFS entries to ASCII

When displaying journal entries for IFS (type B) the ESD data in the journal is in ASCII, but the display is EBCDIC so the content when display via the interface is not readable. It would be far better to either convert the content to ASCII automa...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Ability to start and stop monitors in Navigator

I would like to have the ability so specify a start and stop date/time for monitors in i Access Client Solutions. Currently the only options are start and stop. Use Case: Customers running monitors may only be concerned about daytime process, not ...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Future consideration

Document Display_Journal_Entry_Info

Found this undocumented feature Display_Journal_Entry_InfoI'd like it documented and supported. Use Case: Bust apart the journal entry data.
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Default 5250 Session Font

Hello, Please make the ACS - PCOMM SESSION font the default font for 5250 screens. I was frustrated with the ACS 5250 screens not using all the windows space of my sessions, but I change my font the PCOMM SESSION and now it perfect. Using all of w...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

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