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Add documentation option to a SQL service in RSS

VS code has the brilliant option when hovering over a SQL service in a SQL request it allows you to search IBM documentation for this specific SQL service. This idea is about adding the same kind of functionality to ACS RSS if possible.
4 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

Make it possible to change the SQE Temp Storage 7% Threshold

The current fixed SQE Temp Storage Threshold is set to 7%. I have no idea how long this value is in place, but my guess is that values was set to this values decades ago. Over the year the usage of temporary storage has grown on nearly every IBM i...
4 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

Add logging option to QSYS2.QCMDEXC procedure and scalar function

With the introduction of SQL services the work of an IBM i system admin has changed. Especially the introduction of the QSYS2.QCMDEXC scalar function allows you to execute CL commands based on your SQL selection. When doing this once in a while an...
4 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

Keyword / Compiler Option to warn if a procedure uses global variable

New Control Spec Keyword / Compiler Option to warn if a calculation in procedure uses a global variable Keyword: PROCGLBVAR with options *ALLOW *WARN *ERROR *allow - no compiler message if a calculation in a procedure references a global variable ...
16 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

SQL function for CVE currency

Customers need a way to audit compliance with IBM i CVEs. Each CVE is published with a corresponding patch from IBM. A SQL function similar to PTF currency will give customers the ability to check the patch status for all CVEs published by IBM. Th...
6 months ago in IBM i / Security 9 Submitted

Pendant to SND-MSG to retrieve the error message text

Being mainly a C# developer, it seams for me completely absurd that in RPG when you send an escape message with the SND-MSG function, you don't have a built in function to retrieve the error message text! Instead of having each developer/company t...
24 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

Allow means to display multi-line clickable hot spot links in ACS 5250 emulation.

Despite the intent for many to move to web based UIs, many products still have 5250 interfaces and many customers continue to want to use them. It is useful for 5250 outputs to display a hyperlink to get to web help, do searches, etc. (e.g. starti...
4 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

Download spool file as text UTF-16 from IBM Navigator for i

In old client access, through navigator (desktop application), we could download spool file as UTF-16. But, In the new IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS), through IBM Navigator for i, the spool file downloaded as UTF-8. Please, support, to downlo...
5 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

Add support for the BOOLEAN SQL data type to IBM i Access ACS Windows Application Package

According to the ServiceLevel\readmesp.txt in the Windows Application Package it has last been updated in May 2024. So i guess the support for the BOOLEAN SQL data type isn´t implemented in the included ODBC Driver. This results in Errors when a B...
5 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

Extend the SQL command HTTP_DELETE and include a additional body parameter

It would be great if the SQL command HTPP_DELETE could be extended by an additional request body. I know that this is not the standard, but in an actual project we need to pass an order number in a HTTP_DELETE statement. The problem is, that other...
17 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted