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IFS: Please add the box "Apply update to all files in selected folder and any subfolders" that is available in Properties to also Permissions.

Please add the box "Apply update to all files in selected folder and any subfolders" that is available in Properties to also Permissions.
about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Mitigate security risk VOLATILE TE - tsd entries after efix installation

This IBM Idea is was earlier posted https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/AIX-I-778 with my old company name, but now we changed the name from to ASNbank I could not monitor this idea any longer. Therefore summitted this idea again. Original submmited: Why ...
about 2 months ago in AIX 0 Submitted

Journal receive encryption

After a discution with a Db2 expert about RCAC implemenation, it appears that after an update of a journalized table, the corresponding journal entry can be fully displayed with a simple DSPJRN command. Is it possible to add a new option at the cr...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Create a "Code for IBM i" Extension for JetBrains PyCharm (similar to the one for Visual Studio Code)

Currently, the "Code for IBM i" extension is available for Visual Studio Code, enabling developers working on IBM i to benefit from a modern and integrated development environment. However, many developers also use JetBrains PyCharm for their proj...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Submitted

Allow generic member/file name for /COPY and /INCLUDE compiler directive

Today if we have to include several copy member, we have use one /COPY or /INCLUDE directive per member: /include qcopysrc,copy01/include qcopysrc,copy02/include qcopysrc,copy03 My proposal is, to extend the /COPY and /INCLUDE directive to support...
2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Not under consideration

Extend the QCMDEXC SQL procedure and function to log the CL command run

Many SQL programmers using the QSYS2.QCMDEXC procedure and function are logging the CL command specified as parameter to the procedure / function, often to the joblog by calling SYSTOOLS.LPRINTF, just before calling QCMDEXC. The idea is to have QC...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Add SQL functions to return elements from qualified job name

When we use the IBM i Services or SQL PL we often have a qualified job name, e.g. in the global variable QSYS2.JOB_NAME. Many of the services have been expanded with the elements of the job name in addition to the qualified job name. i.e. job name...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Make SQL function URL_ENCODE support RFC3986

RFC3986 dictates that any space in a URL must be converted to "%20". However, when we run "values URL_ENCODE(' Hello there!'), we get "Hello+there%21" with the plus sign instead of "%20". The same is output from URLENCODE in SYSTOOLS. It seems lik...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

Create SAN Zones from HMC (or from VIOS) for vFC-Client-LPARs

Using PeerZones simplifies Zoning and provides a base that can easily be expanded.Once the principals are prepared, it is easy to add new clients. This could also be extended to the storage system configuration for each host. HMC is in a pivotal p...
2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

VARDIM for RPGLE

Quick explanation. VARDIM is to DIM what VARCHAR is to CHAR. Background Interfacing with RPG complex structures can be done, however the implementations are not homogeneous. Examples. In IWS you need a pseudo variable suffixed by the array name ...
2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted