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IBM i

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Access Client Solutions enhancement

Via Edit > Preferences the Passwords tab is very useful to change my passwords on multiple systems in one time (by selecting multiple). My problem is to select the correct ones. It would be a great enhancement if an extra column would be added ...
2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration

ACS - RSS, please add the option to include more default comments when retrieving DDL.

Please provide a feature that would allow generated DDL to have one or more templates that can be included when DDL is generated. Currently, the following comments are included. They do not provide enough useful information. -- Generate SQL -- Ver...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Add other various MERGE examples to ACS "Insert from examples" DML

In DML category of IBM i ACS, there is an example of a MERGE SQL statement but it is of the most simple kind. Please add more complex examples where you demonstrate several examples, of insert, update and delete. Also, if other ideas under future ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration

Run SQL Scripts - placing the tabs next to each other

Run SQL Scripts allows the user to create tabs for different queries. Please add the ability to place two tabs next to each other so that the user can see and edit two (or more) queries at the same time.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

QUSRBRM.CG_BACKUP_STATUS missing CTLGRP *ARC

Hello, QUSRBRM.CG_BACKUP_STATUS view is only showing backup related to control group referenced in WRKCTLGBRM *BKU. On our environment the management of journal receiver is done with CTLGRP type *ARC. We want to use the view QUSRBRM.CG_BACKUP_STAT...
4 months ago in IBM i / BRMS 2 Future consideration

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.
6 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Submitted

Do not HOLD job schedule entries with CFGSTRPRSC on Source lpar

Since version 5.2 of the FSFC toolkit, the startup program is not replaced anymore with STRFSFLASH. Instead, command CFGSTRPRSC must be placed in the system's startup program. With this command. the job schedule entries are put on HOLD and afterwa...
3 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 1 Submitted

Add bit identifiers to DCL-DS subfields in RPG IV

I'd like to have the ability to declare a bit field in an RPG IV data structure. In the C language, you might have a structure like this: struct _Gen_IOP_T { /*Gen IOP breakdown structure for MATMATR*/ char Bus; /* Bus Number */ int Card : 4; /...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

Gradual Password Rollover Time

As we all know - Security is a critical aspect of any organization’s information management strategy. One essential element of database security is managing user passwords effectively. The gradual database password rollover time refers to the abil...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Security 1 Not under consideration

A system needs to have the ability to call home when the slot on the bus is owned by the operating system (IBMi, AIX, Linux) and there is no hardware error logged as currently a system can only call home it there has been a hardware error.

There are cases where an issue has occurred on a system where data cannot pass but no hardware error has been logged. This can affect any adapter that passes data and is owned by the operating system. If this occurs, IBM cannot be automatically no...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Needs more information

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