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IBM i

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Optimize sparse index build on partitioned table

The index build process is currently not using the information on a partitioned table when building the index: We have a big table partitioned by range on a column.When we build an sparse index on this table only including values in this column gr...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Folding@home

Port Folding@home to be Used on Power specifically the IBM i. Use Case: Folding@home allows anyone to donate computer resources to help run simulations of protein dynamics which can bring insights into the development of therapeutics. At the time ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Not under consideration

PTF tool to identify missing co, prereq, and delayed ptf

Create application and supporting API to allow a user to query and compare PTF co/prereq and other information to what is installed on an LPAR versus what is available on fix central. Use Case: Use case would be to simplify PTF research. When ther...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

DST identification of disk controller cache failures without IBM i present

IBM technical support unable to diagnose failed disk controller cache failure on a brand new machine. Advised that support unable to diagnose without IBM i loaded and operating, during a risc-rick migration at the same OS level (V7.3) from POWER 7...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Storage 2 Not under consideration

CRTDUPOBJ of a table with long name

As indicated in the document N1017004 , ( http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=nas8N1017004 ) when I want to make a " CRTDUPOBJ " of a table with a long name, I can only change the short name of the table, not its long name....
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Not under consideration

Include Python and Perl IDE in RDi

IBM wants developers to use open source languages, therefore IBM has delivered Python and Perl. There is no IDE for these languages with IBM i integration.Please deliver plug-ins and perspectives for Rational Developer for i (RDi) for these new la...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Request for improvement of space padding when transferring data in UTF16LE

Please refer to AAA.jpg for the data on the host side. If you specify text format (UTF16LE) when transferring this data and receive it, the number of blank characters in the received text will change. (See AAA_UTF16LE.txt) This phenomenon does not...
5 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Limit of 10 characters for an objectname is more than 30 years old, time to increase

IBM allows procedure-names with more than 10 characters for the name of the procedure. For a Service-program-name (and for all other objects on the IBM i) only 10 characters are allowed. In my company we have thousands of Service-programs because ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

documentation for the journal entries MC

the " F MC" journal entries: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_71/rzaki/rzakivarlength.htm#rzakivarlength__TBLOBJLVL contain information about table changes however the details of the table structure are not documented. The tab...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Add SMTP attribute to limit number of outbound emails per minute.

Many 3rd party relay services have limits on the number of inbound emails allowed in a specified time frame from a mail server. We use SendLayer to relay emails from our IBM i server. SendLayer has a 250 email limit per minute. Would be a nice enh...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Not under consideration