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IBM i

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    Enhance RPG IV DATE FORMAT to include more clear 4-DIGIT Year Options

    Extend RPG IV support for date format keywords in opcodes and built-in functions to include *MDYY, *YYMD, and *DMYY, enabling clearer intent and improving developer productivity when working with 4-digit year formats. There is a growing need for a...
    6 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered
    149 VOTE

    SQL prompting in ACS

    The new SQL tool in ACS make so much more sense than the old STRSQL - however, the prompt feature from the STRSQL where schemas, tables, columns can be selected from drop-down to construct SQL statements is really missing in the new ACS. Use Case:...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

    Make the NEW IBM i Navigator the Default for Admin port 2001

    IBM has now provided a NEW and VAAAASSTLY Improved Navigator for i. BUT It is NOT THE DEFAULT! This makes it the best kept secret of the current Update Cycle Use Case: It's Better and It MUST become the default for https:/<Server name>:2001 ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management 11 Delivered

    Bold the column headings on the second (or subsequent) sheets that are appended into a workbook when using /plugin:CLdownload with /update flag

    When the spreadsheet is initially created, the column headings (labels) are bolded in Sheet1. However, when Sheet2 is added using the /sheet=2 and /update flags, the column headings are NOT bold.
    4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

    Check group profile authority for Netserver share secured by an authorization list

    Since V7R5, a Netserver share can be secured by an authorization list. When checking the authority, the user's (authorized!) group profile is ignored. While IBM i [native] security checking is always taking group profiles into account, it is much ...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 4 Delivered

    Extend RPG compiler messages to support modern RPG naming

    The current design for the compiler messages does not support the enhancements to modernize the RPG language. When messages are returned to a client via the *EVENTF option, the replacement values for the messages are limited to legacy system names...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Delivered
    121 VOTE

    Allow use of RPG constants in embedded SQL

    When a constant is defined in RPG, allow that constant to be used in embedded SQL statements so that the value of the constant does not have to be hard coded in the SQL statement. Allow the constant to be referenced as if it were a program variabl...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 7 Delivered
    138 VOTE

    Enhance the interface for Run SQL Script in IBM i ACS

    I would like to see the Run SQL Script interface support "." dot prompting for columns with descriptions, types and length. For example when typing in a select statement the user would use an alias such as:"Select a.column from mytable a"Once the ...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Delivered
    126 VOTE

    New built-in function %SPLIT.

    The new built-in function %SPLIT can be used to extract an array of elements from a source string. Use Case: DCL-S myArray VARCHAR(255) DIM(255);DCL-S myString VARCHAR(32767) INZ('a;b;c');DCL-C MY_SEPARATOR ';'; myArray = %SPLIT(myString : MY_SEPA...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 20 Delivered
    139 VOTE

    DB2 service for IFS listing

    I'd like to be able to get a list of IFS files within a directory using a DB2 service. For example, to get the root directory:SELECT * FROM TABLE(QSYS2.GET_IFS('/')) A Which would return a list of stream files and directories within root. For the ...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 13 Delivered

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