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secure XAD connection string

We should be able to set the connection string in the Txseries XAD in a protected way. The password cannot be in a clear text.
over 11 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 2 Delivered

Write messages out of the program EQADCDEL for information about handled DTCN-profiles

In PMR 47463 the DTCN LINK Server program EQADCDEL is changed for use in PLT-phase of CICS start. Depending of the EQAOPTS parameterDTCNDELETEDEADPROF the call of the EQADCDEL program does delete dead profiles or sets profiles inactive.If it does ...
over 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Delivered

Change DFHDBFK to use LSR rather than NSR,

Convert distributed RDO for CICS file definition to use LSR, for example DFHDBFK. Looking to use transaction Isolation and this pops up on our list of NSR files, Were not using DBCTL, but would be nice to have cleaned up, so does not show up,
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 5 Delivered

PL/I should offer built-in functions for base 64 encoding and decoding

The importer currently has code that encodes data into base 64 and also code that decodes it back. This code is linked into every importer module. If these functions were provided by PL/I built-in functions, all those modules would be that much sm...
over 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

PL/I should offer built-in functions to clean and normalize XML

The importer currently has code that cleans XML (by replacing invalid characters with blanks, etc) and normalizes XML (by replacing ampersands, etc by their pre-defined entity values). This code includes a 64K static table and is linked into every...
over 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 3 Delivered

Support for SAML 2.0 Assertions (signed and unsigned)/SAML 2.0

This requirement has been submitted as MR0519116124. Support SAML 2.0 Assertions
over 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Delivered

Semantic Address Location

This requirement has been submitted as MR0519112130. IMS SOAP Support has to support a port address location with the following semantic in case of call-in (IMS provider):The address is a standard http(s) URL:• Protocol, host and port have to be i...
over 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 3 Delivered

ICON, OTMA, SGW: Error Enhancements

Requirement was submitted as MR0519112748. Send only w/ACK and NACK for Sync Callout response.
over 11 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / SOAP Gateway 1 Delivered

Program Control Flow with GOBACK/STOP RUN

In RDz, COBOL Program control flow are not ompleted because the GOBACK/STOP RUN are not currently handled in the control flow.
over 11 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Enterprise Service Tools 2 Delivered

The compiler should offer an option to prohibit the use of %INCLUDE

There should be a compiler option that would allow to disable %INCLUDE and %XINCLUDE statements. With this option active, such statements should be flagged as invalid (error).
over 11 years ago in PL/I Compilers 5 Delivered