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IBM i

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    Enhance Dcl-Enum to be multilevel as Dlc-Ds

    Dcl-Enum is very usefull but could be even better if provides multi-level definition as Dcl-Ds: Dcl-Enum Errors qualified; Dcl-Enum Severity; Info 'I'; Halt 'H'; End-Enum; Dcl-Enum Actions; Abort 'A'; Exit 'E'; End-Enum; End-Enum; Select RetCode; ...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

    Have possibility to download PTFs via https

    Hello, in our company we are forbidden to use java web start as it was marked as vulnerability and FTP connection is being slowly banned out as well. Would there be option (same as for fixes for other IBM products like storage etc) to use https fo...
    4 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Submitted

    Journal receive encryption

    After a discution with a Db2 expert about RCAC implemenation, it appears that after an update of a journalized table, the corresponding journal entry can be fully displayed with a simple DSPJRN command. Is it possible to add a new option at the cr...
    20 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 0 Submitted

    Detailing environmental variables used by IBM products

    It would be a great starting point having IBM list the environmental variables used for controlling additional application behavior allowing administrators the ability in some cases to control additional system behavior. eg QIBM_SMTP_FWDSVR_LCL_MAIL
    3 months ago in IBM i / Documentation 2 Submitted

    Add support for Java 21 to IBM i

    Java 21 is needed so we can use new features also on IBM i. It will enable IBM i community to run applications that requires java 21. Java 21 (IBM Semeru) is already available for other platforms.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / JAVA 3 Submitted

    create a temp per process ifs dir QTEMP like in use

    For security and auto cleanup, would be useful to have a particular named directory in IFS called for example /QTEMP or /jobtmp etc. that is local to the process (and PASE process) and behaves just like the QTEMP library. Or something autogenerate...
    about 1 month ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Submitted

    ADD in QSYS2 TABLES a new table to know wich programms use an exported porcedure from à service program

    Hi, QSYS2 functions and tables allow you to know:- What procedures are exported by our service programs.- What programs use our service programs. But it is not possible to know which programs use which exported procedure. This is a pity because it...
    12 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Submitted

    Allow to create and save to a Tape Image Catalog on remote server

    Please, add support to Tape Image Catalog so we can save on a remote server (probably NFS V4) and allow migrate to the cloud when there is not enough local storage in the ASP. I know we can use a Remote Virtual Optical Image Catalog, but this only...
    22 days ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

    Adoption of GOLANG (GO Compiler) by Google in the ibmi-ioss supported within PASE

    Nodejs Open source applications are beginning to leverage the GO compiler to increase performance. These tend to be things like Angular, typescript etc.
    4 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Submitted

    Bring the Rust programming language to IBM i PASE

    More and more open source packages depend on Rust so we would like to see the Rust language available on IBM i.
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Submitted

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