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Better security for password validation program

Hello, I'am wondering if that would not be possible to secure a little bit better the validation program that can be setup in the QPWDVLDPGM and/or in the "QIBM_QSY_VLD_PASSWRD » format VLDP0100 and VLDP0200 exit points. I understand that just the...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Delivered

Retain values in IBM i SQL Table Audit columns when copying rows using SQL INSERT or UPDATE

In V7R3M0, the option of new audit column types were added to tables. These are often, though not exclusively, being implemented for use in temporal tables.An example of the audit column definitions in a CREATE TABLE for a non-temporal table state...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Nav4i Fingerprinting

Nav4i uses the fingerprinting functionality of a browser. In the link below is described what the impact of allowing fingerprinting in a browser does:https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/how-to-block-fingerprinting-with-firefox/ Use Case: As Firefox o...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Delivered

When upload by ACS IFS Tools, CCSID is changed.

Please add a option ccsid on ACS IFS Tools. Use Case: When I upload files ( UTF-8) to IFS on power, ACS IFS Tools changed files character code to 1041.That's confused.
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

qsys2.parse_statement function should return table on create index statements

qsys2.parse_statement function should return table on create index statements. When processing a 'create view' statement through the parse_statement function, the result set correctly returns tables used in the statement. When processing a 'create...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Using Error List should highlight the item in error, not select

The "Error List" in RDi will position into the source if you double-click an error. When it positions it also selects the item in error. Unfortunately, the "select" doesn't follow the same behavior as the standard LPEX editor "stream" block mode a...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Request for Data Transfer of ACS,allow extra columns automatically truncation and file uploading as with IAW even with ACS.

We are using IBM i Access for Windows(IAW) to upload CSV file and Excel file from PC to IBM i.We would like to do similar processing in IBM i Access Client Solutions(ACS). When number of columns of input file is more data than number of columns of...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Allow user to request more than 100 rows in Run SQL Scripts by default

Example: I am running a scan against the entire IFS for largest files. It takes 17-18 minutes or so to run. I can't ask for more than 100 results until after the 17-18 minutes. If I don't sit and watch it run, it closes the results before I can re...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Multiple/Parrallel BRMS save jobs with the same media policy would result in BRM148A

When multiple BRMS save jobs with the same media policy are run concurrently at the same time, BRMS might not be able to handle it well. At times, it will throw out false exception like BRM148A.
over 2 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 4 Delivered

Test coverage in RDP for rpg and cl languages

Will RDP for i also get the test coverage feature for the rpg, cobol and cl languages that the aix version of the product for c and c++ is getting and that java already has"? Use Case: Need to be able to see lines of code executed. Would select so...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

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