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Optimizing SEU Usage: Balancing System Administration Needs and Developer Progress

The justification for keeping SEU in the operating system is that system administrators need it to modify CL programs while in restricted state. However, maintaining SEU hinders developers from transitioning to modern, more efficient development t...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Functionality already exists

Exit point QIBM_QPWFS_FILE_SERV should include the Netserver file share name

This exit point currently provides a lot of data about file server access, but this one key piece of information is missing (the share name). During security remediation, it would be invaluable to capture the name of the share that is being used, ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Submitted

Implement a %DTAARA built-in function in RPG IV

A %DTAARA built in function would be used to : When used as an lValue (left side of an =) Change the content of the data area. When used ias an rValue (right side of the = sign, or in compare opcodes) it returns the content of the data structure T...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

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 ...
3 months ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Future consideration

ADD in QSYS2 TABLES a new table to know wich programms use an exported porcedure from à service program

Hi, QSYS2 functions and tables allow you to know:- What procedures are exported by our service programs.- What programs use our service programs. But it is not possible to know which programs use which exported procedure. This is a pity because it...
3 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Submitted

Correct the Documentation and Termnology for Character vs Byte Count on things like %LEFT

I would like to propose a refinement to the terminology used in the documentation for the third parameter of %LEFT, %RIGHT, and other RPG IV built-in functions that handle multi-byte characters. Currently, the terms NATURAL and STDCHARSIZE are use...
6 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

Add *NULL as an option for parameter values.

Today we code OPTIONS(*OMIT) on parameters for subprocedures. Today we have to test a parameter to see if it was omitted by: Specifying foo('A' : *OMIT : 10); *OMIT on calls to subprocs. Testing if that parameter is "omitted" by comparing its addr...
6 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Submitted

Add user to SEP parameter so we can target another users job with that SEP

With the recent release of SEP support for Merlin and VS Code, it seems that they made it just use the user you connected to the IBM i with. In my product, we rarely (dare I say never) want to set an SEP on our current user. We need to 'catch' the...
5 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

Enhance the File Expiration Date on SAV commands

Right now, you have two options with the File Expiration Date on save commands: put *PERM for permanent or specify a specific date. Ideally, you would want to say "30 days from now" but there's no way to do that without putting the command in a pr...
17 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

Moving load source concurrently

The idea is based on the ability to be able to copy (and thus move) the load source from one disk to another without the need for downtime. The operating system is already capable of initializing and moving data from one disk to another without do...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Storage 2 Submitted

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