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Allow (CV=) after a literal string

Natural allows the use of dynamic control variables during INPUT and WRITE. BUT: the use of those (CV=<control_variable>) is restricted to a variable, not to a literal text. If you want to have a different visual behavior for a string, you m...
Philippe Van Coppenolle 3 months ago in Natural for z/OS / Programing Syntax (Cross platforms) 0 Future consideration

option to not include data format/length when importing data fields

when using the Advanced Edit option to Insert Data Fields, the length and format (e.g. "(A1)" is always included, even for DDM fields. An option should be available to suppress these lengths and formats for fields that inherit the length/format fr...
Douglas Kelly 8 months ago in NaturalONE / NaturalONE (ONE) 0 Planned

[ConnX?] ADABAS SQL GATEWAY - ACCESS TO PREDICT

Hi, Today adabas SQL Gateway generates its tables from a PREDICT unload (views) with SYSOBJH. This step is binding and obliges us to set up a regular refresh with import of CDDs. Is it possible that ADABAS SQL GATEWAY connects directly to the PRED...
Guest about 3 years ago in CONNX 0 Planned

UQ-Option setzen für bereits existierende Deskriptoren ohne ADAINV

Möchte man für bereits bestehende Deskriptoren die UQ-Option setzen, so erfordert dies dzt. einen RELEASE und anschließender Neuinvertierung des Deskriptors via ADAINV. Bei sehr großen Files mit mehreren hundert Mio Records ist ein ONLINE-Invert n...
Guest about 3 years ago in Adabas for z/OS / Adabas (ADA-zOS) 0 Planned

Tool to Monitor NDV

Sometimes our NDV server is consistently using higher than normal CPU and it appears if something is looping. There is no way to investigate this other than the MONITOR which gives you very limited information. We use NDV for SPoD and NatOne. We n...
Maria Monedero over 1 year ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural Development Server (NDV) 2 Under development

Parameter and Local Variables for Inline Subroutines

Since I´ve been programming Natural (30 Years!) I miss the possibility to give my Natural Programs a good structure by defining exactly the scope of variables used in inline subroutines as it is possible in all established programming languages li...
Georg Kratz-Kummetz about 3 years ago in Natural for Linux and Cloud / Natural (NAT) 0 Future consideration

Collapse on IF, ELSE and VALUE (DECIDE)

When you collapse an IF-Statement, the ELSE is collapsed, too. This at first glance, looks like the code of the ELSE is the code of the IF itself. When you collapse a DECIDE Statement, the whole Decide-Structure is collapsed, which is fine. If you...
Michael Greven 3 months ago in NaturalONE / NaturalONE (ONE) 0 New

Show DS block usage for a file reading only DSST.

If you want to know how much space is available in the used DS blocks of a big file - ADADRU will read all used DS blocks and use much resources. Instead, make a function in ADADRU or SYSAOS to get this information from just the DSST elements of t...
Bjarne Soerensen 4 months ago in Adabas for z/OS / Adabas (ADA-zOS) 0 New

Feature to shut down REPTOR waiting first for all source nuclei to disconnect

Issuing ADAEND to a REPTOR should not be done before the connected source nuclei have ended. When shutting down a production environment (typically before an IPL) - you can automate that the source nuclei (EG DB1,DB2,DB3) tasks have ended before A...
Bjarne Soerensen 4 months ago in Adabas for z/OS / Event Replicator Server (ARF) 0 New

Auto extend of sort and temp files in utilities [--> ADAMF-122]

Auto extend sort and temp files in execution of utilities, the same as the MPM is able to auto extend ASSO and DATA when they become full.No more midnight calls because SORT SIZE TOO SMALL.
Yechiel Adar over 2 years ago in Adabas for z/OS / Adabas (ADA-zOS) / Usability / Utilities 1 Under Review
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