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NOLAXNESTED behavior modification

The NOLAXNESTED compiler option should just prevent code in a proc and nested procs to be intermixed.The rule should be that the code in a proc forms a single 'block'. Case 1 : All nested procs AFTER the code => Acceptable a: proc; dcl (x,y,z) ...
about 1 year ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 1 Delivered

Cobol JSON PARSE to EBCDIC

It should be possible to parse a JSON that is in ebcdic. When using JSONs as a dynamic way to store data or to send data between mainframe applications, we always have to convert the generated JSON to EBCDIC and convert it back to UTF-8 in order t...
about 2 years ago in COBOL Compilers / z/OS 8 Delivered

Have zCEE identify itself using User-Agent

Currently when using z/OS Connect REST service provider to communicate with a middleware product like DB2 the user cannot configure which headers are passed or their values. This RFE is requesting new functionality that would pass from z/OS Connec...
over 5 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

REPLTEXT statements should also support the RENAME STAMP/NOSTAMP option

Users requested the ispf stats be updated so as to know when a member was modified by the REPLTEXT
7 months ago in IBM Data Set Commander 3 Delivered

Include Client ID in IP Address Rules

Please include the option to include Client ID in IP Address Rules, in addition to IP address, IMS Connect Name & Port. Example resource to define would be: CEX.IPV4.iconname.010.101.026.154.port.L@0VPV Defined with UACC(NONE), then permitted ...
over 1 year ago in IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS / All components 2 Delivered

Service Project Editor Enhancement

When there is a change to the mainframe CICS program’s commarea structure, the only way to get the changes in, is to Import the entire changed structure and do all the Interface mappings all over again! This potentially causes issues if we are not...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

Issue an information message similar to IBM2840I (for TRANSLATE), if SUBSTR, LEFT or RIGHT is used to reformat a date-time value

I would like to get an information message similar to IBM2840I (for TRANSLATE) issued, if SUBSTR, LEFT or RIGHT is used on any DATETIME or TIMESTAMP invocation, like in this code example: dcl out char(80) var; out = 'Run from: ' !! subStr(dateTime...
7 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

Enhance usability of REPATTERN built-in function by making 3rd argument optional

While DATETIME and TIMESTAMP built-in functions do have a default pattern supported, for REPATTERN both patterns must always be specified, like in the following code example: dcl saveDT char(17);saveDT = dateTime(); out = 'Run from: ' !! rePattern...
7 months ago in PL/I Compilers / z/OS 2 Delivered

zCEE API Toolkit support for VARCHAR in Cobol

API Toolkit does not provide an efficient support for VARCHAR in Cobol.Example Cobol copybook:03 CUSTNAME. 49 CUSTNAME-X PIC X(080). 49 CUSTNAME-L PIC S9(04) COMP. Resulting JSON:"CUSTNAME" : { "type": "object", "properties": { "CUSTNAME-X": { "ma...
over 6 years ago in z/OS Connect 1 Delivered

Enable RACF Keyring changes to take affect without bouncing zOS Connect

If we add a certificate to RACF keyring that serves as the zCEE Truststore to enable TLS handshake with an endpoint, we have to bounce the server for it to be recognized. Truststores should be capable of dynamic refresh or dynamically reload via a...
over 4 years ago in z/OS Connect 2 Delivered

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