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keep cursor open and SQLrecord alive between program calls [RTC 36149]

We want to be able to specify we would like to "re-use" SQL record "java objects" in the debugger. In RAD 6 we had (after a fix) a checkbox in the debugger preferences "keep SQL cursors open between program calls". This checkbox doesn't exist anym...
about 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Delivered

RDz; File Manager Interface; Compile not recognizing the replace commandx

Rdz File Manager integration. Compile needs to recognizing the replace command
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

Members in a PDS to be selected for ofline working with RDZ need to be presented in sorted order

This RFE is a result from PMR 09118,300,624. The customer (UNMS, Belgium) wants to use the possibility to work offline with remote PDS members. The PDS from which the members can be selected to put offline, is not sorted. This happens when you ent...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 3 Delivered

sysout depth when job active

when a job is still running,the sysout's depth in RDz is no as big as in SDSF. In case of batch old style's tracing (like a Display every 1000 records read or written), you cannot see if the pgm is still running correctly)
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 5 Delivered

delete of PDS or files toot easy from RDz

if from the z/OS Projects view a user right click on a PDS or a file under a PDS and Delete, a window pops up telling: Warning: the remote object is permanently deleted. But it's too easy to delete by mistake. In ISPF if you want to delete, you ne...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Host Tooling Integration 9 Delivered

Using RDz with BMS editor, need to have a preference for EXTATTS= NO or YES

Working with RDz 7.5.1 and BMSThe customer is using only EXTATT=NOthe default is EXTATT=YESthere is no possibility to modify this default value in the preferencesThe customer is obliged each time he works with a new BMS to change the option EXTATT...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Client Install 4 Delivered

Suppress object of ODO from interface and calculate value at runtime

In a web services bottom up generation scenario, we use the OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause in our COBOL Copybooks to have variable length arrays and RDz correctly translates to the schema equivalent of minOccurs and maxOccurs. The use of the ODO claus...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 4 Delivered

db2 explain of embedded sql

When developing PL1 or Cobol programs in rdz, containing embedded sql, we would like to have a feature that allows us to perform a DB2(running on z/os)explain of the statement. We have looked into OSC as a tool and this is an option if proper inte...
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 5 Delivered

Generated java code has security flaws (support SQL prepare for all databases)

In EGL, with the following syntax: get rec with#sql{selectxfrom tbl t1wherex = :rec.x}; You generate, in java, a simple sql Statement, and you concatenate the rec.x value as a normal string, using as a control the only escapeQuotes function (black...
over 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / Other 4 Delivered

SET HEX ON for JES2 Output

My customer is HSBC. Currently, under SDSF, they can view the JES2 job output in HEX format by using the "SET HEX ON" SDSF command.They would like to have the same "HEX ON" function when browsing JES2 job output thru RDz.
over 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 4 Delivered

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