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IBM i

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    Allow brms restore files without member

    The operating system natively allows you to restore *FILE objects without members using the FILEMBR((*ALL *NONE)) parameter with the RSTOBJ command, which is very useful when, for example, you need to align test environments and are not interested...
    6 months ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Future consideration

    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

    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...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    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

    QM Profile Management: CRTUSRPRF automatically creates QM Profile with *SELECT as Allowed SQL-Statement per Default

    Hi all if you create a userprofile, the CRTUSRPRF - command automatically creates a Query Manager Profile with (as default) *SELECT as Allowed SQL Statement. There is no way to inhibit creation or change any defaults. Also there is no command / AP...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Other 0 Submitted
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    Port Go Language

    Port the Go language(n1) to IBM i PASE. n1 - https://golang.org/ Use Case: Finding that the Go language is becoming more popular and that some (popular) tooling is being built with it(n2,n3). Commentary from Kevin Adler: http://bit.ly/golang-twitt...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 15 Not under 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'; ...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

    Provide visual indication when IWS web UI is busy

    When the IWS server web UI is doing work, there is no visual indication that it is busy when managing deployed services. Providing a busy indicator will make managing deployed services much easier because we will have an indication when processes ...
    8 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

    Do not re-create QSECEXP1 job schedule when changing profile expiration date

    Hi IBM team, When changing the date in the USREXPDATE of the CHGUSRPRF command, the QSECEXP1 job schedule is re-created even if it already exists. Also, the description disapears and the 'Scheduled by' is changed with the profile that did the chan...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

    ACS Printer session reset outq private authority when it is recreated.

    Current Observation: When the system recreates a printer device, the associated output queue (OUTQ) object’s private authority is reset to its default. If there are spooled files in the OUTQ, the system does not recreate the OUTQ—even if the print...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Print 1 Future consideration

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