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ACS Schema Explorer - Stored Procedure editing has bugs

Create a basic SQL stored procedure that modifys data. Leave all default options. Hit OK and procedure should be generated. Now, go edit Stored procedure. Click "Specify SET OPTION statement". Click Modify. Change default schema to a different sch...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Is a defect

Screen Designer Indicator *On/*Off

There appears to be a lack of functionality to show/hide items on the screen based on whether an indicator is *on or *off. It currently just overlaps the displays. Use Case: This is a feature used in SDA via the F6 key. It's a well missed feature.
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

New control specification - Merge Default - MRGDFT

I'm missing an option in the control-specification statements so I can specify an option and then tell the compiler that it should merge the defaults in the data areas RPGLEHSPEC or DFTLEHSPEC. It could be MRGDFT(*YES) and MRGDFT(*NO) Use Case: No...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

Column Sensitive Editing in **FREE

When you are editing source in totally free (**FREE), the column sensitive editing still treats the first 5 characters of the line as a comment area. When you edit code in that space, it breaks up the line improperly. Totally free does not have a ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Is a defect

IBM DB2 SQL Table: Database Manger Identity / Duplicate Key

SQL Table created in IBM Navigator for I. Identity column created as decimal, 9 in length. Database manager generates value is set to always and cycle values when the maximum or minimum value is reached is checked. There is also a primary key cons...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

paging space usage optimization

The AIX OS is keeping the Oracle DB process always in paging space after once the process uses the paging space once it's life time - Further details are referenced in the Case Hello John, Thank you for your email. As explained, AIX is designed to...
almost 6 years ago in AIX 5 Not under consideration

Enable iProject to have an associated JOBD.

I have a number of ongoing iProjects and generally each projects requires it's own attributes when submitting for compilation or when executing. It would be greatly beneficial if I could specify an IBMi jobd where RDi could get attributes from bef...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Not under consideration

CLOB columns not showing in RSE>Show in Table>Data

I see that RSE>Show in Table>Data fails as well. And I think you might be right about the CLOB.Feel free to open a PMR (or Case as it it called today) on this situation. (For internal folks, you can find the reproducing materials in library ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

VM Recovery Manager DR host group support for multiple SVC or Storwize cluster required (TS007732006)

VM Recover Manager DR Host group currently supports a single svc or storwise storage cluster because VM Recovery manager Host group is unable to create consistency group on more than one svc cluster. Host group support for multiple svc cluster is ...
almost 3 years ago in VM Recovery Manager 3 Needs more information

IBM Commands and DS4

the IBM have a lot of commands.The screen output of the the commands are in DS3 24*80.It would be really great when the DSPF of commands would be changed to output the commands in DS4 when it's available. Use Case: See more directly.
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

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