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SQL alter table and loss of data

By using SQL as DDL we often run scripts that alter table layouts and hit the "CPA32B2 - Change of file X may cause data to be lost. (C I)" error. On green screen this question can be answered, however on database connections this requires changin...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

Subsystem rotuing by IP address for QZDASSINIT (SSL/TLS) connections

In Navigator Heritage there were the chance to manage rotuing for incoming connection in SSL/TLS to a specific server QZDASSINIT in any subsystem, custom too. This was the link: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/host-server-customization-routing-c...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

Add IBM i service and/or API to command help

I am modifying the following RFEhttp://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=102445so as to be clear that I am not asking for output file support to be added to certain commands. I am only asking that the documentation ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Documentation 4 Delivered

Enhance color-coding/readability

One of the many things that makes RDp a valuable IDE is the color coding it provides in RPG (opcodes, comments, field definitions, etc.). It's nice, but it could be better, in my opinion. I would really like to see any system reserved words color ...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Double-click include "*" for *blank/*off/*on

When you double-click on a source element in RPG when using IBM's Rational Developer for i, it normally knows what to highlight (variable, keyword, etc). With the special values of *blank, *off and *on, it highlights only the text and ignores the ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

increase encrypted password hash algorithm

The request is to increase the complexity of the hashed password as it is provided by QSYRUPWD API. Use Case: Even if the API is provided with *EXCLUDE authority for *PUBLIC, for a user profile with *ALLOBJ special authority, this is easy to retri...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 4 Delivered

PHP ODBC connections to MSSQL require FreeTDS

Our websites hosted on the IBMi require PHP connections to MSSQL database servers. This was possible with the Zend Server Free edition (expiring June 2021) with a PHP PDO driver plugin "dblib". With our migration to the RPM based PHP, there is cur...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 3 Delivered

Display additional parameter information in RPGLE content assist

RPG content assist shows only data type and length of parameters in a prototype. Prototypes in RPG allow parameters to have names, mainly for documentation. These parameter names, if available, along with keywords like OPTIONS(*NOPASS:*OMIT:*VARSI...
about 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Add extra Keywords &SYSNAME and &SYSDESC to Watermark Options

Currently the Watermark function you can use keywords : &COMPNComputer name&HOST - Host name defined within the emulator session.&ID - Current session ID.&NAME - Current session name.&USERN - User name that started the JVM. It ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Add message key to tabel function JOBLOG_INFO

Add a column with the message key to the table function JOBLOG_INFO(). This way you can easily remove unwanted messages from the joblog. Use Case: To make the joblog more readable we remove the unwanted messages. This reduces the time the support ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

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