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    IBM MQ Configuration file for SSL to support multiple ciphers

    We use a common default MQ SSL Configuration file for all our MQ SSL channels. The IBM limitation is that the MQ configuration file can only have one cipher defined, unlike the HTTP & MONGO SSL Configuration files that support the definition o...
    over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

    Bring SQL-Compiler-Suboptions into LoadModule, especially ATTACH(TSO/CAF/ULI)

    We try to find out whit compiler options are used for some programs on load library. When using the FM-LoadModule-Analyzer, we can list the compiler options of the load modules. If the program uses SQL, we see "SQL" as COBOL-option, but not the us...
    over 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 3 Planned for future release

    Enterprise Cobol V6R2+ Support REPLACE directive with ALSO phrase

    ISO/IEC 1989:202x WD 1.00 describes the ALSO phrase for compiler directive REPLACE. This is currently not implemented in Enterprise Cobol 6.2. ALSO will enable us to use more than one REPLACE statement in Cobol source without overriding the replac...
    almost 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Future consideration

    Free Source Format

    The e-COBOL Compiler should follow the standard 2002 with the definition of free source format. It should be implemented how it was done in COBOL for AIX.- variable length up to 252 columns- existence of area A and area B (not standard-2002!!!)- s...
    over 12 years ago in COBOL Compilers 3 Not under consideration

    license cobolscript interpreter on your platform. http://www.cobolscripting.com

    small cobol interpreter tool for cobol programmers.
    10 months ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 1 Not under consideration

    Provide ISO 2014COBOL Decimal Floating Point Support

    Submitted By: 3100012QSB #56Submitted Date: 2016-06-14, Submitted By: Cheryl Watson
    over 9 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

    Implement dynamic-capacity tables

    Implement dynamic-capacity tables as defined by the COBOL 2014 standard (INCITS/ISO/IEC 1989:2014 [2014]).
    over 10 years ago in COBOL Compilers 7 Not under consideration

    Transfer Recoup statistics out of TPF using RTMC

    We need Recoup data sent from TPF to our offline analyitcs tool, to enable Recoup checkout.
    over 2 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Future consideration

    Add a warning message when the Network Services Database rejects socket connections due to Max connection value

    In order to more rapidly troubleshoot and resolve production network and connection issues, updating the TCP/IP Network Services Database code to issue a warning message to the console when the NSD limit rejects an inbound or outbound connection c...
    over 1 year ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 0 Future consideration

    SSRANGE have more granular suboption such as enabling checking to target (update) fields only

    During runtime whenever COBOL code don't well handle for reference modification fields such as below it would cause serious storage overlay especially within CICS. WS-A PIC X(10)WS-B PIC X(20)WS-POS PIC S9(04) COMP MOVE WS-A TO WS-B (WS-POS:) Whil...
    over 7 years ago in COBOL Compilers 4 Not under consideration

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