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IBM i

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    The limit of 9999 records in a subfile is more than 30 years old. Time to increase

    There is some justifcation about the limit of 9999 for a subfile. It is more than 500 pages. To roll so many pages does not make sense. But many have desinged programs that search subfiles, sort the subfile, print the subfile, see also request htt...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

    Media reporting

    Media reporting: I would like BRMS to report location mismatch where the BRMS location and the actual device location are different. Use Case: This would help my operators know where volumes actually are and better understand when they need to tak...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 3 Not under consideration

    Allow embedding of DB2 Web Query reports in other webpages

    Currently DB2 Web Query sends X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN in the header which prevents embedding reports in other webpages if the host and port does not match. There is curenlty no way in DB2 Web Query to modify this behavior. To maitain security p...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 3 Not under consideration

    RGZPFM While Active, show jobs locking object in the job log

    When performing a RGZPFM with ALWCANCEL(*YES), if the job completes but cannot return the deleted space due to the file being locked by other jobs, it would be useful if a message was issued in the RGZPFM's joblog, stating that jobs were locking t...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Support Subsystem names and multiple Job SubType Enhanced for all API format choices for calls to QGYOLOBJ

    All other selection (filter) criteria work when calling QGYOLOBJ except "Active Subsystem" and multiple "Job Type - Enhanced". The issue with Job Type may be a bug, but the Active Subsystem should not be limited to only format OLJB0300
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Not under consideration

    From a library, a CHGCURLIB option

    In RSE, from a library, an option to change this library on the current library Use Case: Currently the option "Change Current Library" is only available on the libray list. It would be usefull to have it on a library
    over 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

    In the "Commands Log" view, a "Display second level message" option

    As we can do on the DSPJOBLOG screen, the ability in the "Commands Log" view to position the cursor on a message and pressing the F1 key to get the message ID and second level text Use Case: Usefull to get the second level message as we can do in ...
    over 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Not under consideration

    Filtering source members and other files in iProject perspective

    We would like the option to filter in iProject perspective like when using the "Programming Development Manager (PDM)" in the green screens. Use Case: When an iProject contains hundreds of files we need the option to help the developers to navigat...
    over 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

    Resolving to Logical File to Physical Files and displaying the data with defined keys

    When a Logical File is shown in the table view it will display the field definitions of the logical file or have the option to show data from the appropriate Physical Files. Use Case: When needed to use different keys to see content of Physical File.
    over 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Not under consideration

    Support case insensitive (double) quoted names for PARMS and VARIABLES in SQL/PL

    When creating user-written SQL functions or procedures, the name of the parameters with the recent NAMED parameter syntax is difficult to use. The end-user is made to guess the upper/lower case specfiied for parameter that contains quotes but not ...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

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