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IBM i

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iSeries ACS Run SQL Scripts - SQL SELECT - locking file

Running SQL SELECTs in ACS "Run SQL Scripts" on the iSeries leaves locks on physical files which prevent the CL command CLRPFM from running over the file. Old fashioned RPG programs never lock files when reading from them or writing to them and on...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered

Add GNU tools to PASE or 5733OPS

We have developed a build system for native ILE code that we are preparing to release as open source. When coupled with a source control product like Git and bug tracking software like Trac (or Jira), it should provide a free (or nearly free) chan...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Delivered

System Driver program *IBMSNMPDRV does not support SNMPv3

When changing from SNMPv1 or SNMPv2 to SNMPv3 printing stops functioning on printers that worked successfully on previous versions of SNMP Use Case: Due to vulnerabilities in SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 customers are moving to SNMPv3 and existing IBMi print...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Print 4 Delivered

RPG - options(*autostring) in prototypes

To get a more "polymorph" approach to transfer parameter to API's - it would be nice if a prototype could be declare to automatically convert date, time, timestamp, int, packed, zoned, char's and varchar to zero terminated strings with that same c...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Delivered

IFS 1MB View limitation

In ACS the IFS functionality allows you to view a file with the options "View" and "View...".When selecting one of these two, the size of the file you are able to view is limited to 1 MB.In the case you select a file for viewing which is larger, t...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

IBM i Service to List Disabled Netserver Users

Currently, there is no way to list from an IBM i command the user that at disabled for use by Netserver. An IBM i Service to list the currently disabled users, and if possible re-enable them would be an ideal replacement. I accept that the Go Nets...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 9 Delivered

Modernize Application Administration Interface in Navigator for i

The Application Administration interface i Navigator for i is old and klunky. It is also slow and unusable. The biggest problem is selecting a user profile - there is no search/find box and the list displays all user profiles on the system, which ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

Retrieve spool file data (contents of spool file) through SQL Service

Spool files are a vital source of data for traditional IBM i businesses. Currently, for a program to access spool data (contents of a spool file), one must either use APIs, or commands that create temporary objects of some kind. Although such trad...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

IBM i ACS Run SQL Scripts Enhancement

I am using the latest version of IBM i Access Client Solutions. (64-bit)Version: 1.1.6.2Build id: 7031January 16, 2017 12:19:12 PM CSTjava.version: 1.8.0_65I would like 2 design changes:1. With this new version the End key functionality changed. I...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Toggle button on Outline view to synchronize with the current selection in Lpex

In the outline view of RDi there should be a mark on the actual procedure or subroutine. The mark should be automatically updated every time when i scroll through the source code. Use Case: If i have procedures with many lines in my source i can n...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

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