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IBM i

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ILE compile commands like CRTBNDRPGLE Parameter DBGENCKEY should protect all views

As of today DBGENCKEY only protects the debugging views that are embedded into the module by encrypting them. For maximum security DBGENCKEY should protect all available views, by requesting the key for the non embedded views like *SOURCE and *COP...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 5 Not under consideration

DB2 SQL join with USING need to support nullable column

I have a problem with a JOIN when columns are nullable. summary: I ask for an correction of the USING feature : in the sql engine do a IS NOT DISTINCT FROM when the column is nullable, so USING will do its job. details: for a better explanation, y...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Provide xlc compiler on IBMi PASE

Provide the community edition of xlc compiler in the Open Source (5733OPS) package as well as the gcc compiler. RDi needs to have a plugin to support the compiler as well. Use Case: Allows building of Open Source binaries for IBMi Open Source proj...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Not under consideration

Future price update should be reflected on e-Config

We see quite many price increase or decrease announcements with future effective date, but e-Config always output the price as of today. We want to have some mechanism in e-Config to specify the "as of date" in order to reflect the updated future ...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 1 Under review

IBM i operating system resiliency enhancement

We request improvement in the design of the resilience of the IBMi that we currently use in the banbif bank; This is due to the constant degradation incidents that we have had over time;which was caused by faulty tranceivers with low power (trance...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Storage 7 Is a defect

Save default user name of connection

When building a deployment template (Export configuration) we have the setting com.ibm.iaccess.ResetDefaultUserOnImport=true which blanks out the user that was used at that time, however the actual user now has to enter his user each time. We shou...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Is a defect

Add db2 direct connect (db2 CLI) to be part of ACS app package for windows

application access for MS PowerBI would benefit from db2 cli direct connect. Faster performance and less data transfer off of ibm i system.
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

RPG/COBOL Documentation like JAVADOC

We need to create JAVADOC style html by parsing RPG/Cobol source members that it Works with both fixed & free format and handles extended names. Modern RPG applications consist of a multitude of subprocedures and programs - a lot more than the...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

Add option to journal message content in a message queue

Add an option to journal a message queue, so that any and every messages is journaled, including the date and time and the content of the message.
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Not under consideration

Increase size of SQL host variables

According to documentation the limit for an SQL statement is 2^21 bytes, yet the limit for a host variable in a dynamic SQL statement is approximately 2^15 bytes. This is preventing SQL statements larger than 32740 bytes from being prepared and ex...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

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