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IBM i

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    Enhance %CHAR or create a new built-in that referrences an array as a character string

    RPG IV currently lacks a clean, safe, and expressive way in free-form RPG to treat an array (or a contiguous subset of an array) as a character string. This gap is most visible when attempting to replicate the behavior of the legacy MOVEA opcode, ...
    5 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Submitted

    in RUN SQL SCRIPT to have the ability to run scripts from GitLab

    We have a GitLab, and all our SQL scripts are stored in this GitLab. To run them in RUN SQL SCRIPT, we first need to download them to our PC. Would it be possible to have access to a URL to open the script directly in GitLab?
    9 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

    Add a function usage that allows selected users to restore programs with adopted authority, overriding the QALWOBJRST system value.

    For security, a customer may by default set QALWOBJRST to disallow adopted authority objects to be restored. When a justified restore is needed, the setting is relaxed for a short time and for all users rather than just for the user(s) that actual...
    10 days ago in IBM i / Security 2 Submitted

    Add a new service that will convert *DTS columns to character date format.

    When selecting and displaying data from a file with columns of type *DTS char( 8) the column cannot be viewed correctly via SQL 'SELECT' or handled directly for file search and review. Using the TIMESTAMP_FORMAT or the VARCHAR_FORMAT functions wil...
    10 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

    When the Java virtual machine cannot be created, provide more information in joblog

    When invoking java from a RPG program, and an error occurs that causes the JVM creation to fail or not complete, there is usually a spool file generated that contains stderr content. In my case, the joblog contains a QJVM1164 message, but that did...
    11 days ago in IBM i / JAVA 0 Submitted

    CPYTOSTMF - Add a parameter allowing you to choose whether to propagate attributes (audit) when copying objects to QSYS and the ifs

    The behaviour of the CPYTOSTMF command can lead to uncontrolled results depending on the historical files and their configuration in the QSYS section when copying to the ifs. By default, attributes such as audit are necessarily propagated identica...
    12 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

    Path case sensitive inside iASP

    To the best of my knowledge, the only case-sensitive paths in the IBM i Integrated File System are /QOPT and /QOpenSys. In a configuration where an independent ASP (iASP) named IASP01 is present, once the iASP is mounted it is exposed in the IFS u...
    12 days ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 1 Functionality already exists

    Enhance(fix) the QLZARCAPI API so the messages returned are consistent.

    Currently there are 3 messages(CPF9897) returned for an LPAR that is part of other LPARs on a frame. SYSTEM INFO, PARTITION INFO, and PROCESSOR POOL INFO Of these, the second stanza "PARTITION INFO" is not terminated by a period. I have been worki...
    13 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

    adding 2 columns to authority collection

    I am using a lot authority collection. Fabulous tool even though not complete (some object types are not covered, which requires extra work). During my numerous remediation projects, I really feel we need to add 2 things in the collection: The tim...
    14 days ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

    QM Profile Management: CRTUSRPRF automatically creates QM Profile with *SELECT as Allowed SQL-Statement per Default

    Hi all if you create a userprofile, the CRTUSRPRF - command automatically creates a Query Manager Profile with (as default) *SELECT as Allowed SQL Statement. There is no way to inhibit creation or change any defaults. Also there is no command / AP...
    15 days ago in IBM i / Other 0 Submitted

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