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IBM i

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DKIM implementation on IBM i SMTP server

DKIM SERVER SMTP Use Case: CHGSMTPA
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Not under consideration

CPYPTF with SAVF

when you copy a ptf by the command CPYPTF .if you choise *SAVF It is not possible to send at the same time the savfs necessary for the processing of this PTFalso my dedande is to have this possibility for dispatch my ptfs to all my partitionsthank...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 2 Not under consideration

ENDJOB OPTION(*IMMED) considered harmful

ENDJOB OPTION(*IMMED) has outlived it's usefulness. Modern code contains more subtle locking then in days past & often has exit handlers to perform cleanup. This is true of both client & IBM code (I'm looking at you, SQE). End *IMMED ends ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 5 Not under consideration

ACS Data Transfer upload should allow *UPDADD

ACS Data Transfer "To IBM i" only allows add or replace. There's no way to update existing rows. This is a very common task, where data needs to inserted or updated if it already exists.
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

XMLVALIDATE: when it found an issue, it doesn't inform in which number line inside XML is the issue.

Hello, At present we're using XMLVALIDATE (SQL-XML) to check if the file XML it's right or not with XSD files. When we use "XMLVALIDATE" and SQL founds an issue inside XML, then SQL throws a message error, but it doesn't inform to us in what line/...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Functionality already exists

Allow reports to be sorted differently than the columns are displayed (ie. display = C1,C2,C3 sort order C3,C1,C2)

In DB2 Web Query the records are by default sorted by the order that the columns are displayed in the report without being able to change the sorting other that changing the order of the columns. There is the capability to "hide" columns to change...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 5 Not under consideration

add support for additional DB drivers

we would like to have support for additional db drives in "run SQL scripts" module of IBM i Client Access solutionsthe support could be added by either referring to system installed DB drivers (like the old method used in IBM i Access for Windows ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Allow changing Record Format Name in ACS Schema Table Definition Window

Allow changing Record Format Name in ACS Schema Table Definition Window after the table has already been created. The field is only available during the new table creation. Use Case: You chose the auto-generated name, but would later like to fix t...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Change the SIZE Object in WRKOBJ from Byte to MB

Better to check the size of objects in WRKOBJ command
12 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

Increase size of hover over box in RDI

When hovering over a variable in RDi (example RPG source) a box shows up containing the definition of the variable, however this box is too small to see the actual definition which requires pressing F2 and resizing it manually. Use Case: When hove...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Planned for future release

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