Re: Weird problem all of a sudden -- WDSCI-L

A bit late, but you probably got these answered.

As to Navigator - there's no 3rd-party anything that I know of - have to have the latest PTFs for HTTP and optimize Apache performance.

I did a quick lookup on BOOLEAN in DB2 - there seems to be one in the LUW versions, maybe in the Z version - don't know. There is an article on simulating it with a check constraint, which is pretty kludgy, I think.

That's it for now, eh? Good to see you last week - hope it was a good meeting for you.

Vern

On 5/12/2016 8:42 PM, Phil McCullough wrote:

Vern,
Matt wanted me to check on the following items while in New Orleans. What do you think about his questions? Matt's list:

1. Now that IBM I Navigator is deprecated. What are people using as alternatives? The current Web interface is extremely lacking in usability.

a. Are we supposed to buy a third party?

b. The current web navigator is slow and not a well designed user interface. If they tell you the web GUI is the way they are going, then ask them to create two tables with a foreign key between them with the web interface and compare it to the IBM I Navigator and watch how long it takes in each.

2. Ask if IBM will be adding a BIT or Boolean data type to the database like Oracle, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL has

a. This is important because automatic conversion from "Y" or "N" doesn't happen in any language that I know of, but 0 and 1 do.

Kind regards,
Phil

On May 12, 2016, at 11:02 AM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

Hi Justin

As a member of CAAC, I'm sometimes in on discussions about what IBM is doing with Navigator - we get some requirements on this, and it's helpful if they are focused on one aspect of navigator is needed.

IBM HAVE stated strongly that they are going to get everything in the web Navigator that needs to be. And they ARE actively working on that.

So you could put in requrements at requirements.common.org<http://requirements.common.org> or go to the new rfe site that can be used now instead of DCRs - if you or anyone DOES put in RFEs - remember, that's a request for enhancements, not PMRs - make an RFE for each item - not a list of 15 items - or even 3 items!

This will help IBM focus on what to do even more than they are now, I think - they have asked what specific things we want in there.

Cheers
Vern

On 5/12/2016 8:22 AM, Justin Taylor wrote:
I agree that what iACS includes is superior, but System I Navigator still includes a number of (IMO) key features that don't currently have replacements.

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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Weird problem all of a sudden

And as stated MANY times the old thick client iSeries Access is not going to be supported. It is replaced by Access Client Solutions which is vastly superior in most ways. I'll grant the Run SQL statements might need a little help and the Index Advisor is not done yet but there are alternatives.

So IBM has supported Windows 10 all along. Maybe not in the versions you would prefer.

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Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

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