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IBM i

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Improve reorganize while active

the reorganize while active mechaniism is a very interesting mechanism and allows you to reorganize files under journal allowing you to clean up many deleted records without closing applications and services. However, the mechanism does not allow...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

Allow for Synchronous Policy Based Replication (PBR) on IBM Storwize

With the recent version of IBM Storwize, metro mirror - synchronous replication - is no longer available for IBM i. This version allows for policy based replication (PBR) or policy based High-Availability (PBHA), both asynchronous. In order to get...
7 months ago in IBM i / Storage 4 Not under consideration

Point SQL messages to the place where they originated

When we see a message in the log like SQL0501 - Cursor xxx not open, and drill down to the details to find where the message comes from we see internal SQL references and not our program name and statement. This makes it hard to debug and fix. Ple...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Functionality already exists

Enable options(*exact) for indicators.

I am the developer of RPGUNIT and recently I added procedure assertEqual() to it. This procedure handles all data types, because it uses the OVERLOAD keyword for delegating the call to the procedure that is in charge for the data type. dcl-pr asse...
9 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

Enhanced Remote RSTLICPGM with License Acceptance Parameter

Current Limitation Today, when you run RSTLICPGM, if the product requires license acceptance, the system: Prompts interactively on the green screen OR requires a separate manual step using a CL program or override to accept the license This makes ...
2 months ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 0 Submitted
125 VOTE

Develop Visual Studio Code Extension for RPG

Visual studio code is one of the most code editor used all around the world. What I want is an extension for Visual Studio Code to use it as RPG Editor. You could implement one of this extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 18 Future consideration

Websphere Liberty Express Start/Stop Multiple instances at one

Ability to start/stop Websphere Liberty Express instances at the same time. We have like 15 instances and currently doing sequential start/stop.
14 days ago in IBM i / Application Development / System Management 0 Submitted

COBOL SQL Precompiler able to use Host Variables using LIKE and SQL commands allowed in Copybooks

Hi Jeff, Development reviewed the information you sent in and provided the following feedback: Thanks for providing examples to illustrate your questions. Unfortunately, both of the examples provided are not supported by the SQL COBOL precompiler....
14 days ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 0 Submitted

Enable Headless Execution for Interactive Green Screen Commands on IBM i

Idea Summary : Introduce a capability to run interactive green screen commands (like WRKSBMJOB, WRKUSRJOB, WRKACTJOB, etc.) in headless mode, allowing scripts and automation tools to execute and retrieve results without requiring a 5250 terminal s...
14 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Submitted

ACS SQL実行結果を多段表示に

Access Client Solutions の スキーマ > SQLスクリプトの実行 機能について。 複数のSQLスクリプトを同時に実行した際の、実行結果についてです。 現在の Ver. 1.1.9.7 では、それぞれの実行結果タブが1行で表示され、1行で表示しきれないタブは矢印ボタンで探す必要があります。 以前の Ver.1.1.8.8 では、それぞれの実行結果タブが多段で表示され、1行で表示しきれないタブは上下に全て表示されていました。そのため、探したい実行結果を探す操作が必...
15 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted