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IBM i

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    DATFMT(*JOBYY) for date fields in DDS

    We want to control the format of our date field dynamically depending on a country or user setting. Normally you can use the DATFMT keyword to set the date's format. And all formats are supported. Our idea was to use DATFMT(*JOB) because we wanted...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Not under consideration

    Add %HEX (or %TOHEX and %FROMHEX) built-in functions to RPG IV

    Utilizing the cvthc and cvtch functions for converting to and from hexadecimal notation is a valuable tool in RPG land. However, in the context of RPG development, we must rely on our own prototypes since IBM does not provide standard prototypes w...
    11 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Consolidate documentation for Services and documentation for the system catalog into one area.

    Instead of placing the documentation for IBM i Services underneath "Performance and query optimization" move it to "Db2 for i catalog views". Take these links: Db2® for i Services: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=optimization-db2-i-service...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 9 Future consideration

    Add 'compare' function when working with IFS source.

    When editing a source member that contains unsaved changes, you can press ESC and type 'compare' to highlight those changes. With IFS source, it doesn't do anything. I'd like the 'compare' function to work with IFS source just like it does with so...
    10 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    IBM i AI Assistant (Like ChatGPT, But Specialized for IBM i)

    An intelligent assistant (CLI + Web + 5250 integration) that allows system admins, developers, and operators to ask natural language questions and get actionable, accurate, context-aware responses specific to the IBM i ecosystem. Command Explanati...
    8 months ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 1 Submitted

    Add "Deprecated" as a special keyword to procedures

    Deprecation is something that is not something that RPG developers would be familiar with, however open source developers are. When you no longer need a method or when you dont want someone to use a method that is out there, you deprecate the meth...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Future consideration

    new build in function %PASSEDVALUE

    In procedures with optional parameters, the %PASSED-BIF can be used to check whether the parameters are passed. To use such a parameter, a local field must be defined and the value must be set in the local field when the parameter is passed, other...
    6 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Not under consideration

    BASH as a SQL service ( SQL scalar function)

    Lots of great tooling is available in PASE via bash. It would be appreciated if commands could be executed using a "user defined function" returning a CLOB for the stdout. An implementation can be found here. https://github.com/NielsLiisberg/sql-o...
    12 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    Possibility for %lookup to search more than one field of a structure.

    In data structures, lookup using %lookup is fantastic. But it would be interesting to add the possibility of searching on two or more fields: structure(1).field1 = 'A'; structure(1).field2 = 123; structure(1).field..... structure(2).field1 = 'B'; ...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

    Moving load source concurrently

    The idea is based on the ability to be able to copy (and thus move) the load source from one disk to another without the need for downtime. The operating system is already capable of initializing and moving data from one disk to another without do...
    11 months ago in IBM i / Storage 2 Under review

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