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[AJS] Notification encoding

French special characters are not correctly formed when AJAX is sending notifications if smtp server use UTF-8. Use Case: SNDDSTJS RCP(PIERREYVES) SUBJECT('éèçàù') MSG('éèçàùêë')
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Not under consideration

Olap Save As - (Won't overwrite existing named report, but creates a second one).

The Olap Save As feature will not overwrite the same named report, rather it creates a second report with the exact same name. This is confusing because unless you are an admin you can't tell which one is the newest since it won't tell you the day...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 3 Not under consideration

Problem with CPYFRMIMPF command and file with CCSID = 1208 UTF-8

When using command CPYFRMIMPF FROMCCSID(1208) UTF-8 and *FIXED format, each national characters coded on 2 bytes are causing shifting of data in output file. As explained by iGSC in PMR 61492,001,822 when using *FIXED format and multi-byte code po...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

Allow IBM i connection to Fix Central to download PTF iso image files to also use port 990 as well as port 21 for secure downloads.

My company has threatened to disallow a connection to Fix Central using port 21 even if it is secure. This would prohibit the ability to download iso image files from Fix Central to the IBM i. Right now if the command FTP <fix-central> SECCN...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 2 Not under consideration

Declaration of like variables

Like Dcl-F/S/DS etc., it would be of great advantage to have a declaration type Dcl-Like. The format of Dcl-Like should be as under:Dcl-like [LikeReferenceField] [Field1 {inz}, Field2 {inz}, ..., FieldN {inz}] Use Case: 1. Dcl-Like would help redu...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

Change Threshold for Ineligible Job

According to this document, threshold for ineligible job is reset to 255 in IPL.http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1017756 There is no way to change this initial threshold number. If it can change, it could reduce alert message. Use C...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

Same name for RPG built-in Functions and SQL functions.

I don't understand why some functions present in RPG and SQL have different name. For example, %TRIMR and RTRIM, %TRIML and LTRIM, %SUBST and SUBSTR. Please, create an RPG alias equal to SQL name. Use Case: Every time I use thats built-in function...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

For queries requiring table scan agsinst of large, 100,000,000+ row tables, split the query into multiple threads based on a percentage of total table pages

WHY: Improved one off query performance against large, 100,000,000+ row tables. WHO: My customer has transaction log tables that can record millions of transactions per day. Peaking just above 58 million per month in the last 6 months. Maintaining...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Functionality already exists

Optim Test Data Management - LOAD Feature -Db2 for i - Table columns with "Generated Always" constraint

Db2 for I does not support IBM InfoSphere Optim to load into a column with the 'Generated Always' constraint. Use Case: System: IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data ManagementActor: Customer Use cases for the system: 1. Mask and load data into a Db2 tab...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

More flexible list

When defining a Web Service using IWS it's only possible to limit the size of the returned list by selecting a return parameter that is placed as a first level parameter field when using the "Count" feature or by using the hard coded feature "Dete...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Future consideration

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