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IBM i

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    Support the very latest C and C+ Compilers natively as IBM i targeted Compilers

    The ability to use C and C++ on IBM i is becoming increasingly frustrating as new C++ class libraries have been introduced and implemented in C++ variations on ALL OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS. The decades-old Spec used for native IBM i development is ...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 7 Future consideration

    Native CLOB and BLOB in RPG

    CLOB and BLOB fields as dynamic size dependent on actual datasize. It would be appreciated that RPG could support these datatypes native in RPG and used exactly like varchar with out any explicit size Use Case: CLOB and BLOB is implemented as a st...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

    Allow PTF's to be downloaded via HTTP instead of FTP or Download Director

    Allow PTF's to be downloaded via HTTPS instead of FTP or Download Director. Some organizations do not allow access to external FTP sites and most Java browsers discourage use of Java applets. Allowing download via HTTPS will make it easier to acce...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 2 Future consideration

    IFS: Add attribute that objects created in that directory use the authority of the parent.

    In the QSYS.LIB file system I can runCHGLIB LIB(MYLIB) CRTAUT(MYAUTL)and now any new object created in that library will have the authority as per the authorization list MYAUTL.I am looking for something similar for the IFS.For example, if I creat...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Not under consideration

    RPG - New BIF for comparing data structures

    Based on this discussion: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=81260576-dab9-4955-b19b-a2c4b4130cd3&ps=25 Would like a BIF to compare corresponding fields in data structures. This would be a field-by-field comparis...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 6 Future consideration

    PDF/A urgently needed!!

    We really urgently need the possibility to create PDF/A documents as defined in ISO standard, because of our huge PDF archive (3500 PDF files daily). If we want to to store PDF documents in archive for 10 years(10y x 270 days x 3500 PDFs), we must...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / Print 8 Future consideration

    Allow to initialize arrays using %list

    Allow for arrays to be initialized using %list command, for example: dcl-s allowedValues int(10) dim(4) inz(%list(1:2:3:4)); Plus error checking when initial value exceeds array size etc.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

    String interpolation for RPG

    Add string interpolation support so variables can be inserted into string literals without having to use concatenation with + symbols and multiple literals. For example:apples = 4bananas = 3print(f"I have {apples} apples and {bananas} bananas") Us...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 11 Not under consideration

    Allow CALLSUBR on EXEC() parm of global MONMSG

    Currently, a global MONMSG can only have GOTO in the EXEC() parameter. With the addition of subroutines in CL, it would be beneficial to allow the CALLSUBR opcode in the EXEC() parameter to invoke a generic error handling routine. Use Case: Allowi...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 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...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 12 Not under consideration

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