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IBM i

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Add *TARGET to all RPG functions similar to *SRC in DDS

Example: %SUBST(NAME:1:1)=%UPPER(*TARGET); /* new way var. NAME is mentioned only once and %SUBST is not repeated*/ Instead of %SUBST(NAME:1:1)=%UPPER(NAME:1:1); /* var. NAME is repeated twice */ Also in mathematical statements: COUNTER=*TARGET+1 ...
10 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

In REPLACE mode, the RDI editor should overwrite existing text when pasting

In replace mode, any typed text overwrites existing text, including whitespace. Executing a "paste" operation, however, moves all existing text after the current insertion point, unless you preselect exactly the text you'd like to replace. Use Cas...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Future consideration

include 5250 Web emulator into New IBM Web navigator

include 5250 Web emulator into New IBM Web navigator
over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Not under consideration

Nested calculated columns in SQL

Today you are not allowed to use nested result columns in calculations and expressions. The work around is to rewrite the statement to use common table expression. This, however, removes the focus from what need to be done - just to satisfy the na...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

Provide an SQL service to retrieve same data as DSPFFD command to OUTFILE for non-db2 objects such as DSPF, DDM, etc

When writing applications that utilize DSPFFD information, today you must code the command. An SQL service could provide flexibility and granularity to access this data for specific objects, similar to SYSCOLUMNS or OBJECT_STATISTICS.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Add %OFFSET built-in function to retrieve the position of a Subfield within a Data Structure

Uisng APIs and other interfaces often provides a "Bytes Returned" value. This logical can mean that we can only retrieve data from the returned locations if it was in fact returned by the API. I would like to use something like: IF (objDesc.bytes_...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

please include all the data from DSPHDWRSC in the view QSYS2.HARDWARE_RESOURCE_INFO

this would help to get additional important ant data from the system
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

[AJS] Add a better way to view jobs that are scheduled to run.

The print schedule report (PRTSCDJS) will produce a spool file list of the jobs that will be run in the future. However, working with spool files is very old school and do not give you possibility to do anything. My suggestion is to create a new C...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

Change ENDTCPSVR from *ALL to *NONE

The default for the ENDTCPSVR command is *ALL, this means if type the command and press enter, it will effectively take an IBM i LPAR offline without any further action.
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Networking 6 Future consideration

Add line wrapping to ACS Run SQL Scripts CL Prompting

When using Run SQL Scripts to create a CL Command, please add the option to format a CL command in a way that wraps the text and makes it easier to read. This would be especially useful when using the RSS CL Prompt (F4) function to construct the v...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

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