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IBM i

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    Add an SQL processing option to automatically produce default values for NULL columns

    Add a new processing option for use in SET OPTION statement that would cause DB2 to essentially produce COALESCE() functions for null capable columns. Suggested option keyword: GENDFTONNULL. Default to *NO for compatibility. *YES would cause null ...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Authorization list or similar for User Profiles / Function Usage for Role Swapping

    When you need to swap profiles from one "Application user" to the "real user" (for example if you are running web services), the application user must have *Use privilegies for the user profile. If you need to give permission to a user to several ...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

    Resolve object references for embedded SQL at compile time

    Product: Change Management Our change management application allows us to track changes, automate our deployment and development process, and perform impact analysis, all of which give us better controls and reduce risk in our software development...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Not under consideration

    Allow host variable for sql-json-path-expression in JSON_TABLE nested path clause

    In most of the JSON functions, I can use a host variable for the sql-json-path-expression argument. I cannot do that in a JSON_TABLE nested path clause, however. For consistency, I'd like to be able to use host variables for the sql-json-path-expr...
    7 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    ACS should reestablish connection to session when comminication is lost.

    ACS is extremely sensitive when the communication is lost. Every time this happens a new session is started. Instead of this behaviour I would like that the connection is established to the original session. The problem happens for example when th...
    7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Expand on the Authority Collection process by logging commands that actually use the special authorities granted on user profile

    I'm trying to clean up security and while the Authority Collection process is valuable, I need to go a step farther. There are too many IDs with any combination of special authorities, and I do not have a clean way to monitor if it's needed. I wou...
    10 months ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

    Allow use of other ACS Tabbed 5250 sessions whilst another is Authenticating

    Allow use of other ACS Tabbed 5250 sessions whilst another is Authenticating. See attached screenshot for example. At the moment, if in tabbed mode, ALL tabbed sessions are locked and can not be used whilst the "Signon in Progress" dialogue displa...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

    need a new QPWD system value that allows to set case sensitivity mix

    need a new QPWD system value that allows to set case sensitivity mix that aligns with the rest of QPWD* system values. We are working on align the IBMi password set with our company policy. but, As per the documentation(IBM), if we do use QPWDRule...
    10 months ago in IBM i / Security 4 Not under consideration

    Declare UTF-8 character lenght in SQL TABLE not in bytes

    Currently, when I create a new table and declare a field, for example, of type CHAR(10) UTF-8, the system only allows for 10 characters if each character is 1 byte in size. If a character occupies 2 or more bytes, the field length is no longer suf...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

    Change HOLDS LARGE NUMBER OF LOCKS (CPI1466) when using SAVxxx Commands

    Change the message issued when running IBM SAVOBJ/SAVLIB/SAVCHGOBJ from CPI1466 (Job Holds Large number of locks) to a new message that is less scary to Users. MSGID(CPI1466) is fine for all other interfaces, however for SAV/RST is isn't necessary...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Not under consideration

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