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IBM i

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    Query a specific JVM via QSYS2.JVM_INFO

    To automate the monitoring of JVMs, one approach is to utilize QSYS2.JVM_INFO like this: SELECT * from TABLE(QSYS2.JVM_INFO(WAIT_TIME => 1)) WHERE JOB_NAME = '791185/JOBUSER/JOBNAME' Unfortunately, to get the values of a single JVM, this call m...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    A SQL view to display the information on a line

    A view or function that provides information as in the DSPLIND command or the API QDCRLIND More here : https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.6.0?topic=ssw_ibm_i_76/apis/QDCRLIND.html
    8 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Future consideration

    Enhance the SNMP or PJL driver to allow drawer control for PDF files

    Enhance the SNMP and/or PJL driver to allow the inclusion of PJL drawer commands to allow PDF files to print to specific drawers. Currently IBM i does not support PCL6, and that, combined with the ease of using color with PDF files, has meant that...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Print 1 Future consideration

    VARDIM for RPGLE

    Quick explanation. VARDIM is to DIM what VARCHAR is to CHAR. Background Interfacing with RPG complex structures can be done, however the implementations are not homogeneous. Examples. In IWS you need a pseudo variable suffixed by the array name ...
    4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

    Allow to initialize arrays using %list

    Allow for arrays to be initialized using %list command, for example: dcl-s allowedValues int(10) dim(4) inz(%list(1:2:3:4)); Plus error checking when initial value exceeds array size etc.
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

    %SCANRPL to replace only *FIRST (or *LAST) occurence

    %SCANRPL is a nice and usefull function but sometimes we need to limit the replacement to the first or the last occurence. Of course we can code around it using %scan but nowadays UTF strings are more complicated so the code itself can became frag...
    9 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Future consideration

    Oauth authentification for email

    Hello, In September 2025, Microsoft will deprecate SMTP with login/password and will only allow SMTP with OAuth. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/deprecation-of-basic-authentication-exchange-online I...
    10 months ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Future consideration

    Restoring individual Authorization Lists.

    When moving one customer from a SAAS LPAR to his own LPAR, you must be restoring ALL user profiles to get all Authorization lists. The SAAS LPAR is running multiple customers with over 1500 user profiles. If you want to move one customer with abou...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 3 Future consideration

    IFS: Please add the box "Apply update to all files in selected folder and any subfolders" that is available in Properties to also Permissions.

    Please add the box "Apply update to all files in selected folder and any subfolders" that is available in Properties to also Permissions.
    4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration

    Add a compiler directive to emit a message to the compiler listing

    Under special circumstances it can be useful to add a user defined warning or error to the compiler listing - even to the extend, that a module should not compile. A new compiler directive "/MESSAGE" should be introduced like this: /IF NOT DEFINED...
    8 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

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