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[ACS] SQL content assist don't preserve naming separator

New feature "Content Assist" in SQL script of ACS don't preserve *SYS namming separator. Use Case: Select *SYS for naming convention in jdbc settings.Type a library, then "/" then CTRL+SPACE.Select a file and ENTER."/" separator between library an...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Future consideration

Add Amazon Corretto functionality to Download Director

With previous Java vulnerabilities as well as recent increase in cost, Java is being decommissioned by some organizations for Corretto. Also, there are many institutions that have security firewalls in place blocking the ability to download ptf's ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / JAVA 2 Submitted

declare multiple variables on the same line in RPG free

Please add the possibility to declare multiple variable of the the same type on the same line, taking advantage of "free" RPG form possibilities, similar to C or other languages. i.e. DCL-S i1, i2, i3, i4 INT(10); DCL-DS struct1, struct2, struct3 ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Not under consideration

spawn() - Don't check "max active" of job queue and controlled end of subsystem for spawn() jobs (BCI)

Spawn jobs (BCI) are handled like normal submitted jobs. This mean that the current job queue needs to have enough "max active jobs" left to start a BCI job. In my eyes the spwan() mechanism should always starts the requested jobs and ignore the "...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

Add the "Share Open Data Path" attribute to the QDBRTVFD API

The SHARE ODP attribute is missing from the QDBRTVFD API. While SHARE is technically a file's MEMBER attribute, it is an attribute that is pervasively associated with a file object. Currently there is no user-accessible way of retrieving that attr...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Functionality already exists

New SQLSetStmtAttr option for Completion/Diag Messages

During Debug mode, on IBM i, the SQL CLI APIs, such as SQLExecute generate diagnostic and completion messages indicating things such as "xx rows selected" or "xx rows inserted", or "Table XXX Dropped". This information does not currently get gener...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

port 2005 "TLS/SSL Server Supports The Use of Static Key Ciphers

An internal audit is reporting a finding on port 2005 "TLS/SSL Server Supports The Use of Static Key Ciphers". Confirmed Port 2005 is set up with SSL TLs1.2. Logs have been sent to development at IBM. I was requested to submit this RFE. Use Case: ...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

STRDBG C/C++: ATTR should show type name of structs and classes instead of TYPE=RECORD

When debugging a C/C++ program and want to check the attributes of a struct or class using the debugger command ATTR it only shows "TYPE = RECORD, LENGTH = 574 BYTES". This information is not enough. Instead of "TYPE = RECORD" ATTR should show the...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Future consideration

Add compiler error or descriptive runtime error to ILE C/C++ compiler in case of invalid pointer casts

We have encountered a problem at runtime when using a third party library (rdkafka) compiled with ILE C compiler. The functions used to set a call back function in the configuration converted a function pointer to a char pointer. We could build th...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Under review

Remove use of jdk7 from IBM i programs

IBM has announced that IBM i 7.3 will be the last version to support jdk7 at:https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20i%20Technology%20Updates/page/Java%20products%20and%20options%20on%20IBM%20iI believe IBM i 7...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / JAVA 3 Is a defect