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Be able to use CTL-OPT BNDDIR anywhere in a program

For each service program, we put our exported prototypes into a "reference source" in a file named "QRPGLEREF". Hence, our programs can use these prototypes by including those reference sources, e.g. program ORD001 might begin: ctl-opt; /include q...
3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

Change of name for ILE/RPG

Time to give ILE/RPG a new name that is better suited to its current form.Call it "RPG for i", matching "Db2 for i". Use Case: By giving the RPG product a new name will help us define the difference between modern free format RPG & the older f...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Not under consideration

New ASSERT op-code

Assertions are good programming style and widely in use in C, C++ and other languages. The idea is to have an ASSERT op-code like that: assert sqlcode in %list(0:100) 'Unexpected SQLCODE = '+%char(sqlcode); assert sqlcode = *zero %msg(...) %target...
7 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 6 Future consideration

IBMi NPIV support for EMC PowerMax

Actually PowerVC only supports IBMi vSCSI attachment in combination with EMC PowerMax. For us its a requirement to attach IBMi with NPIV.
3 months ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Make Postgres 15.6 available in OpenSourceManagement

the latest supported version of Postgres on IBMi is 12.17-1 but Postgres 12 is getting EOL on Nov 2024 when will Postgres 15.6 become available in OpenSourceManagement
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Submitted

options(*exact) indicator should accept *on and *off

Declaring an indicator on a procedure parameter using options(*exact) restricts calling processes to passing in '1' and '0' literal strings. I think this should accept the special values *on and *off. This currently does not compile. I believe the...
5 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Is a defect

Use 'IN' operator on %split to compare like in %list

When working with a list represented in a string, with %split, the 'IN' operator cannot be used as it can with the function %list. However, it is necessary to have this functionality in order to check if certain elements are present in a string li...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

Getting the response as a stream from the HTTP functions in QSYS2

The HTTP functions wait until the entire response has been received before returning it. Returning the response as a stream, without waiting for it to be complete, it would result in better performance particularly with very large responses.
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

HMC delivering rperf calculation

Would simplify and speed up the process to gather this info, which will be helpful in the sizing of new customer environments and comparison of customer environments.
7 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

Allow Security Events from non-UI Agent sources

Provides a single point of information for security events
3 months ago in PowerSC 2 Planned for future release

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