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    Double check to execute changes to a table when executing an update, delete or insert query in db2 for z/os

    It is necessary that when executing a query using the db2 for z/os tool that contains a statement of type INSERT UPDATE or DELETE, before the changes are applied to the table, a screen is added indicating how many records will be affected by the e...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 13 Under review

    IDz17 Client on Linux

    Historically, the IBM Developer for z/OS client was available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. However, as of version 17.0.2, IDz no longer supports Linux operating systems. This change was made without prior notice or official communication regardi...
    4 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 1 Under review

    Add auto-completion for structures when using header files (C/C++)

    When developping in C langage, the auto-completion is useful because it allows you to find the correct variable/function. However, when using a header file (example : #include "testpgmc.h") the auto-completion is not working but it is working when...
    6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 2 Under review

    Fix HLASM line continuation detection issue in MortgageApplication sample shipped with DBB

    The HLASM parser fails to correctly capture the line continuation when using IBM Z Open Editor to view the epsmort.bms file (lines 24-27) of the MortgageApplication sample shipped with DBB, and marks it as a code warning. See lines 24-28 of the at...
    about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Dependency Based Build 0 Under review

    Missing DB2 load/import option in IDz 17.0.2

    Until IDz v15, with the Data Source Explorer, the Db2 load/import option was available, but now that Data Studio has been deprecated (since IDz v16), the functionality is missing?
    about 1 month ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 3 Under review

    Add local property groups to push to client

    Push to client is a great capability, however, it doesn't support local property groups. As a result, developers are unable to pull in their copybooks locally without manually defining the property group. We would like to see the export capability...
    8 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Under review

    Adding UTF-8 support to the CARMA repositories view

    In the CARMA repositores view you can view and edit source files stored in Endevor. However some sourcetypes are in UTF-8 (in our case wsdl's and xsd's) but on the moment sources in UTF-8 cannot be viewed or editted because it is not supported by ...
    10 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Editors 0 Under review

    Strip EXEC SQL for cursor when running from cobol source

    When rearchitecting DB2 interaction between IDz 15 & 16 one of things changed is that running an EXEC SQL declaring a cursor now requires the developer to mark the select statement in v16 while v15 behind the scene stripped out the cursor decl...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 1 Under review

    Add the ability to explain multiple queries at once

    Since datastudio is deprecated with IDz 16 and functionality is moved into RSE the functionality to run visual explain is also new. Utilizing Query tuning server it's only possible to explain a single query at once. It would be benefical to have t...
    6 months ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Other/Unknown 0 Under review

    Add support for MFA and Yubikey in DB2 for z/OS Connections

    DB2 for z/OS has added basic MFA support. However, customers are integrating with more of the options provided by z/OS MFA. We need to expand this usage to accommodate customers configurations. See https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zma/2.0?topic=yubikey...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 0 Under review

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