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IBM i

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SOAP 1.2 for Webservice Client

IBM i - Webservice ClientDie Anbindung unseres DMS (Dealer Management Systems) an das B2B-Portal von Daimler basiert auf dem Austausch von SOAP 1.2 - Dokumenten via Webservice. IBM i unterstützt lediglich SOAP 1.1 im Bereich Webservice Client; ins...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 4 Future consideration

Length of last field (numeric) in .fdfx not honored

During file upload (data transfer), for numeric fields, the length parameter for the last field specified in the .fdfx file is ignored, and instead all digits to the end of the record are attempted to be placed in the corresponding IBM i field. Th...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Smaller barcode size required in 5770TS1

System: Product 5770TS1Actor: Barcode size 0.007 required for barcode reader Description:Currently we are using a non IBM developed application for converting spoolfiles to PDF-Files. On most documents provided for our customers (for example: quot...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Print 3 Future consideration

ILE Swift

Extend the suite of ILE languages to include Swift Support Use Case: Bridge the gap between the growing pool of swift developers with the IBM i platform.
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 8 Not under consideration

Add TCP/IP route to administrative domain

Hi, is it possibile to add TCP/IP routes in a administrative domain as a monitored resources.
12 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Not under consideration

Enhance SQL CREATE_WRAPPED by making it a keyword on the CREATE FUNCTION and PROCEDURE Statements

When creating a UDF, UDTF, or PROC using SQL, the need to enclose everything in quotes and then double-up embedded quotes and everything else associated with that situation is painful when using the WRAP function and CREATE_WRAP procedure. So much...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

COBOL compiler option STDINZ required be enhanced to initialize variables

COBOL compiler option STDINZ required to be enhanced to initialize variables based on the data type. E.g. Numeric fields to be initialize with Zeros, Character fields to be initialized with Blanks etc. This is to avoid initialization issues of the...
12 months ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Future consideration

Tool to automate rebuild of DCM USRIDX QUSRSYS/QYCDCERTI

I have a corrupted *USRIDX QUSRSYS/QYCDCERTI which is causing numerous DCM errors and multiple software problems with QYCDCUSG to be logged, when using the DCM. Unfortunately, recovery involves deleting certificate assignments and manually rebuild...
12 months ago in IBM i / Security 2 Future consideration

Reset *JOB environment

Hi IBM Support, We have a situation where we run a third-party utility to import an excel file to a database table. As part of this process, a number of *JOB environment variables are added causing Python output to the console to display unprintab...
12 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

Allow authority on IFS share (logical)

Allow additional authority (for example *USE/*EXCLUDE) on the logical IFS share name instead of only on the underlying physical path. Use Case: Typically the IFS root is shared, however this should only be accessible for administrators while now t...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Not under consideration

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