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ACS RunSQL decimal seperator

In ACS (run SQL) a SELECT from a table containing numeric fields displays the values different as in "Green Screen" sql.The difference is the decimal seperator. In Green-Screen it is a Comma (on german language systems) in ACS-Run SQL it is a peri...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Not under consideration

Support UPSERT statement to improve SQL programming productivity

In-house development team in an IBM i customer here wants to pick up productive database, and UPSERT statement currently supported with PostgreSQL appears so attractive to them for productivity.
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Functionality already exists

Multiple SSL certificates

Currently the one certificate is used by all components within PowerVC. This works well with the self signed cert, but when I try using our third party wildcard cert a lot of the services fail because they use the IP address or short name for the ...
almost 3 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

Exit points for LPEX and screen designer.

Add an exit point for LPEX and screen designer when they open and update a source member. Use Case: Develope a simple change management system.
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

Allow condition indicators at record level in screen designer

The SDA and Code/400 Designer products have always had the ability to set condition indicators during the design mode in order to overlay or hide fields on the display.This function is needed when there are multiple fields on a record occupying th...
almost 15 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

provide a way to opena PMR directly from within RDP

Make it much easier for users to report problems from within RDP. Use Case: If it is not easy to report a problem, many users will not bother, especially if the process requires many steps (open a browser, go to the IBM web page to "Open a PMR", e...
almost 15 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

RPG IV extension regarding license program 5770SS1-27-DB2-Multisystem

RPG IV provides a file information data structure with database specific feedback information. In position 397 of the FIDS there is an unsigned integer field for the relative record number. This field contains the RRN of the record which was affec...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Launch Run SQL scripts from rdi debug monitor variable

In RDI debugger, when working with an rpgsql, could “launch run sql scripts” be added as a menu option for a monitored variable? My rpgsql program builds the sql statement based on prompted entries on the display file. When testing/ debugging, I m...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

IBM I DB2 - allow a wildcard filter across a resultset row on select

I'm am reviewing REST API programming. I found this article http://www.vinaysahni.com/best-practices-for-a-pragmatic-restful-api#advanced-queries. With regard to 'Searching' being used with pagination, then I run into a problem. Basically I can't ...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

IBM i - missing commands for BRMS

I have found that there are different commands for BRMS ending typically with BRM, but some functions to work with doesn't have a command to use....ex. a command for changing IPL controls doesn't exist, and using WRKPCYBRM *SYS would be expected t...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 2 Not under consideration