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    file system corruptions causin whole lpar reboot

    System: OS AIX Actor: Kapi bank File system corruption caused whole lpar to crash.We believe that it would be way safer if corrupted filesystem could turn read only instead of uncontrolled OS crash .
    over 6 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

    Search argument should not be case sensitive in spool

    After compilation of RPGLE modules in as400, spool files are generated. In order to find attributes and origin of a variable(which file or data structure it belongs to) , we type search argument in the "Find" space. This search argument is case se...
    about 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

    Unused procedures and variables warning

    It would be very useful if RDP shows warnings about unused variables and unused procedures. Every declared variable that isn't reference should be highlighted, indicating that is unused. For internal procedures (not exported) the behavior should b...
    about 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

    ACS printoutup plugin: View/modify Properties

    In old iseries Navigator was possible view/modify properties from each spool files. So, you could modify , for example, which pages to print. That, with de plugin SPLF from ACS is not available. Now, the only way is using the web Navigator for i a...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    SRVPGMOPT parameter for CRTSQLRPGI

    While the CRTSQLRPGI command contains a COMPILEOPT parameter that is used in creating modules and programs, it does not have a parameter for passing additional parameters to the CRTSRVPGM step when OBJTYPE(*SRVPGM) is used. This can result in comp...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Unrestricted access in HMC for debugging

    HMC provides only a restricted. This makes us depend on IBM for most issues with a expensive turnaround time of 1 day. IBM provides pesh access again it takes time. The restricted shell makes it difficult to debug even simple issues regarding netw...
    over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Not under consideration

    Enhance DCL-DS to emulate "i-Spec Member Format Identifier" in **free & /free

    When using **free (or /free) RPG, there is nowhere to specify the use of i-specs within the particular program. Overall, I agree with this, as i-specs really shouldn't be used. However - there are times, because of the way a logical file has been ...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Not under consideration

    Debug view obscures edit view when in full-screen

    When in debug, double clicking the editor tab maximises the source code view. This completely fills the screen; no other views are visible. When stepping through the program, the debug view re-appears and obscures the top part of the source code. ...
    over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

    Add a parameter to RUNSQLSTM to Delete its work files once it completes

    When running RUNSQLSTM to create SQL GLOBAL Variables or Global Temporary Tables or anything, it creates a couple of source files in QTEMP. One is named QSQLSRC, one is often named QSQLT000 or simlar. I would like a parameter on RUNSQLSTM named CL...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

    Please fix QMQUERY to not need to sign off and on again when modifying multiple queries.

    The company I am at uses *QRYDFN for most reporting. I have had to convert these reports from *QRYDFN to *QMQRY. When working with 1 QMQRY and have completed my changes, I then move to the next QMQRY. This is not possible as the tool is currently ...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

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