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Allow SQL Precompiler to handle longer names of fields

It must be possible to use long names of fields/attributes defined in qualified data structures when building applications using modern free format RPG with embedded SQL. Use Case: When using names for fields/attributes defined in qualified data s...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Future consideration

Argument for a built-in function can be the result of another built-in function

I would like that the argument for a built-in function can be the result of another built-in function. For example if I was going to emulate a varying length variable then I can only get the total length of the fixed length variable, not the lengt...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 4 Future consideration

Create GenerateAndEmailSpreadsheet

With the addition of Generate Spreadsheet and Send Email both are valuable but the adoption would have quite a bit of use if we had one function that does both.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

Download I/O Firmware to HMC

It would be nice to have the option to download a copy of the I/O Firmware to the HMC like how you can with a VIOS image. That way you don't have to use the IBM Service Web Site or an FTP server. It would make it faster to update I/O Cards if you ...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Planned for future release

Setting cap/uncap for existing VM in PowerVC

Currently PowerVC allows setting cap/uncap mode via compute template before VM creation. There is no way to change this once the VM is created. The request is to allow cap/uncap to be changed after the VM is created.
5 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Port Mongodb

Port Mongodb to IBM i PASE. https://mongodb.com Use Case: It is starting to become more prevalent that tools(n1) are using NoSQL databases as their means to store data. This means we can't adopt those tools to further our businesses and we are lef...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 4 Not under consideration

Low latency interpartion communication on Power.

Idea is about improvement of inter-partition communication on Power. As a part of our internal PoC project we have been reqested to measure latency between virtual lpars running on one hardware ( POWER 9) and compare results with results between v...
almost 2 years ago in PowerVM 1 Future consideration

PCL 6 Manufacturer Types and Models needed

When printing through a printer session set up to use Host Print Transform ( HPT ) to a PCL6 ASCII printer, nothing physically prints on the printer. This happens using both IBM i Access Client Solutions ( ACS ) and IBM i Access for Windows. Use C...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Print 13 Future consideration

Exit Point QIBM_QDB_OPEN split

In the operating system there is one entry point DBOPEN Format DBOP0100 that takes care of database access. This is a really powerful exit point, because if activated it shows every access to a file. But on the other side is this exact the biggest...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 12 Not under consideration

Allow library for Prompt Override and Choice programs to be changed to close security hole.

Products and utilities that can be restored into any library need to be adjusted at 'install' time to properly library qualify pieces of the package. UPD[SRV]PGM SRVPGMLIB( ) and CHGCMD PGM( ) VLDCK( ) HLPPNLGRP( ) PMTOVRPGM( ) are helpful for thi...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 1 Submitted

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