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Keep debug session active when RDi connection is interrupted

When debugging via VPN connection, it happens that the debug session gets interrupted or disturbed by connection issues. In those cases, the program resumes and runs without stopping at breakpoints or stepping. It would be good, if the debugged pr...
2 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

RDi "BYOE" (Bring-Your-Own-Eclipse) Edition

The idea is, to have RDi as an BYOE (Bring-Your-Own-Eclipse) install, which can be integrated into any existing Eclipse installation (even under Linux). This way, RDi would open up to more developers, especially to developers running Eclipse on Li...
2 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

IPv6 - Provide default gateway configuration for SST LAN adapter interface

It is not possible in the existing OS releases to configure the default gateway for IPv6 interface in SST LAN interface. The only way how to make IPv6 interface working for this interface is to configure a LAN switch with auto discovery setup whic...
3 days ago in IBM i / Networking 1 Submitted

Enhance the SQL Query Verifier in ARE to support an SQL Script

The SQL Query Verifier in ARE is very powerful, but would be even better if it supported more than a single SELECT statement. I would like the ability to create a script and have ARE run the script. The end result of the script would be a result s...
9 days ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

Enhance iNavigator to allow copy of user profile to other systems when it contains a group profile.

We would like to use iNavigator to copy user profiles from one system to many. This currently does not work if the user profile contains a group profile - which nearly 100% of user profiles do. Reference TS017839310 We consulted our Navigator deve...
9 days ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

DATA-GEN multi types (polymorphic) during serialization possibility

Handle cleanly new modern APIs that allows for multiple "types" (say mainstream Microsoft Graph API ) usually inside an array (i.e. array of different things to attach to a chat message etc.). JSON doesn't restrict particulars types in - say - arr...
9 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

Enhance the CPIAD09, CPIAD0B, and CPI3E34 messages to indicate whether the connection came in an a secure port or a non-secure port

The subject messages are all very similar and are logged to the history log when new connections are made to the system. These messages are very useful to understand the workload for connections to the system. However, there is no ability to deter...
9 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Submitted

Check group profile authority for Netserver share secured by an authorization list

Since V7R5, a Netserver share can be secured by an authorization list. When checking the authority, the user's (authorized!) group profile is ignored. While IBM i [native] security checking is always taking group profiles into account, it is much ...
10 days ago in IBM i / Security 1 Submitted

Allow displaying LOB variables during debug without encountering exception

Currently while in debug if I mouse-over a LOB variable to see the value an exception occurs and the program returns to executing. This also happens if I forget to add "_data" to the variable name. Ideally, I'd like to see both the "_len" and "_da...
10 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Is a defect

Create Db2 service that returns same content as iNav's "TCP/IP Servers"

Most of iNav's functions provide the SQL statement used to return the results. This is not the case for TCP/IP Servers, found under Network / Servers. Please create a Db2 service that returns this information.
10 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

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