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IBM i

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Support WITH TIME ZONE in DB2 for i

Timestamps are stored by default in the current timezone which causes problems if you need to support an application in different timezones, compare historical data with other systems or on DST events. It would therefore be useful if DB2 for i wou...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Future consideration

Have CTRL-S remember last selections like CTRL-O does

Have CTRL-S remember last selections like CTRL-O does. If I want a different save destination, I can pick it from the menu or toolbar. Use Case: Open ACS - Run SQL Scripts, edit something, CTRL+S. You are asked what type of storage source (PC, IFS...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration

Add Update Version Check to ACS Emulator

Currently the version update check (when option is enabled) only works from the "main screen". Add an option to perform the test when the emulator is started. Outside of developers, most users have a limited number of IBM i servers to connect with...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Functionality already exists

IDN Domain in SNDSMTPEMM

Support for IDN domains in SNDSMTPEMM command is needed Use Case: IDN Domains allow special character s in domain name. f.e.: www.grün.at. to send e-mails from IBM i with SNDSMTPEMM to e-mail adr.: büro@grün.at currently not supported.
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Not under consideration

SNDSMTPEMM command must support SMTP Route field

The SNDSMTPEMM command currently disallows the Directory Entry SMTP Route field, and therefore resorts to using the SMTP user ID and domain fields for the e-mail sender information. This in turn causes the characters for the Domain to be converted...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Networking 8 Not under consideration

provide standard interface to translate SYSNAME (10) and SQLNAME (128)

regarding RFE https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=152380maybe IBM can deliver two standard interfaces for CL programmers make life more easy to translate between 10 char system name and SQL long name like a) R...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 3 Future consideration

PASE needs the MAN command and MAN pages for all commands

In IBM i we have very nice help capabilities for all commands. But when using PASE or QShell, we do not have the AIX "man" command or the "man pages" available. This means we need to resort to searching the internet, IBM web pages for AIX, the Kno...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 4 Not under consideration

Extend 32763 limitation on display file record

HTML keyword is useful to our environment as we use enhanced 5250 displays running IBMi Access for Web. However, the record length limitation makes it where our html portion of the output is limited.
6 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

need a new PTF Group for IBM i compilers and developer tools 5770-WDS

Recently I had some PMRs -> APARs resolved by PTFs. The problem is, these new PTFs are not automatically included on any CUMe package and I was very surprised to learn that they were not included in any of the current Group PTFs for IBM i 7.1, ...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 3 Not under consideration

Filter STrings to have exclude option

The Filter Strings option for the Remote Systems view allows filters for things like objects. Those filters allow include criteria, but not exclude criteria. It would be really helpful if we could also have excludes. Use Case: I'm using RPGUnit in...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration