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Extend RunSqlScript functionality

With ACS, when running SQL scripts and extracting a file in XLSX format, it would be very useful if the system could save the SQL statement used (in a different sheet).
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

DB2 for i PTF services to use ESA configuration for internet access

SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY and SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_DETAILS are great tools to keep track of missing PTFs on a system. When running SQL statement against this view, there is an internet connection from the system to PSP documents. This is a direct ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

ILE "C" insecure String functions

We have already created a support ticket with case number TS011234820 on the same. As per the latest Insecure C functions that are documented everywhere, C program String functions like strcpy, strcat, strtok, and sprintf are considered unsafe and...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 1 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...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 2 Not under consideration

ACS Double byte character printing issue.

As users in our Asia Pacific locations are migrating from Client Access to ACS - they have noticed that when printing spool files from ACS (drag and drop - or downloading) some of the double byte characters are not showing up correctly. This reque...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Code colapse/expand for subprocedures/subroutines

This feature is to have the possibility to colapse/expand blocks of code such as subprocedures or subroutines.Just like the expand/colpase option in the Java editor Use Case: An [+] or [-] symbol should appear on the left side of the subprocedure ...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Add possibility to retrieve current number of filled elements in array with dim(*auto/*var)

Please add the number of filled elements in a varying dimension array. Currently we can set the allocated number with %elem(array: *alloc) = number. This says something about the memory being allocated as far as I understand. If you then use for i...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Functionality already exists

add support for windows server core to IBM i Access Client Solutions windows package (driver)

current situtation (working): windows server 2016 core with SQL Server and IBM i Access Client Solutions Windows drivernew situation (not working): windows server 2022 core with SQL Server but IBM i Access Client Solutions Windows driver can not b...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration

AJS schedule jobs in different time zone

Add the ability to "5770JS1 IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i" to schedule jobs in different time zones where DST is taken into consideration so that the job always starts at the correct time in the target time zone. Use Case: A customer has an LPA...
about 6 years 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...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Planned for future release

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