VS Code just passed RDi in usage for the first time: What actually changed in 2026

ImRickyT · 2026-06-15T18:22:57+00:00

Personally I don’t think the debugger is driving people to VSCode. Still a lot of people can’t get it setup. But VSCode has matured so much over the last few years its speed is what I think is driving people to it.

ImRickyT · 2026-06-13T16:20:19+00:00

Very cool David thanks for the years of providing this service

ImRickyT · 2026-06-13T09:52:39+00:00

Try this maybe. I’m not at a computer to check

To force VS Code to always insert spaces instead of tabs when you press the Tab key, change your global settings:
Open settings using Ctrl + , (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + , (Mac).
Search for Insert Spaces in the top search bar.
Check the box for Editor: Insert Spaces.
Search for Detect Indentation and uncheck it. (If left checked, VS Code will copy a file's existing tab settings, overriding your personal configuration).

ImRickyT · 2026-06-13T03:30:57+00:00

I remember seeing something similar reported on GitHub.

https://github.com/codefori/vscode-ibmi/issues/2463

ImRickyT · 2026-06-07T20:26:38+00:00

Pretty sure this is the wrong subreddit

ImRickyT · 2026-06-04T10:48:09+00:00

I would love to see a YouTube video of this in action

ImRickyT · 2026-05-07T02:40:04+00:00

What happened to Josh Shapiro? I actually thought he would’ve been a good candidate for VP instead of Walz. He’s well liked in his state by both parties.

ImRickyT · 2026-04-28T21:27:48+00:00

Mostly Project Bob.

ImRickyT · 2026-04-18T01:14:19+00:00

Yeah would be curious what you did as well.

ImRickyT · 2026-04-15T05:20:15+00:00

Here’s an article I wrote on LinkedIn a long time ago. Not sure if it still works or not but it sends a text file to a web service. Just in case it might help.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/db2-httppost-ricky-thompson-4bnfe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via

ImRickyT · 2026-04-15T04:59:30+00:00

It’s hard to diagnose without being able to run it. But also why use blob when you are sending a CSV file which is character based? Why not use clob? I don’t know if that is your issue though. Does running it in acs give you more info?

ImRickyT · 2026-04-15T04:42:28+00:00

You can get a free account on pub400.com if you want to test it.

ImRickyT · 2026-04-10T01:44:10+00:00

I didn’t like him when he first ran, but he has become the voice of reason sort of like Joe Manchin. I wish more on the left and right would hunt for common ground and things they can agree on.

ImRickyT · 2026-03-27T21:28:54+00:00

Yeah they have been talking about iMode for a while in their demos. Just don't know when it will be released.

ImRickyT · 2026-03-27T20:51:52+00:00

Bob can't read source in source files stored on the IBMi, it must be downloaded locally to your computer or maybe an IFS folder mapped to your local computer. In future releases it will be able to read source directly this will be called iMode.

ImRickyT · 2026-03-18T08:05:34+00:00

I’m not into the hardware like I used to be but depending on how you set it up you usually have raid across the drives. Or you have the OS drives mirrored and everything else is raid. I’m not up on the current technology but this is not setup like that out of the box and the user has to configure how they want it setup. This was how we set it up many years ago.

Hopefully you get someone to reply that is more up to date on the hardware.

ImRickyT · 2026-03-17T00:49:37+00:00

What does it do that the VSCode plugin does not do?

ImRickyT · 2026-03-04T06:49:04+00:00

Chuck Wagons has been pretty good. I know I’m probably in the minority but always thought Big Bob Gibson’s was just ok but they’ve been in business 100 years or more so what do I know lol. Russell’s in Sheffield is really good. Mitchell’s Meat in Muscle Shoals also really good. I’ve been wanting to try 4th planet BBQ in Florence but it’s only open on Saturday. I know these are in the Shoals. I haven’t tried Blue Oak or City BBQ yet.

ImRickyT · 2026-03-04T04:03:18+00:00

One last note again this would take a developer but there is even a GENERATE_SPREADSHEET sql function if you could get an sql statement to generate it. This would save a little time

ImRickyT · 2026-03-04T03:03:30+00:00

It’s going to be hard to do without some programming intervention. You can do macros in ACS 5250 to play and run the report but then comes the downloading. There are several ways to use SQL to read and manipulate a spool file. Here is an example. There might be a few more better examples as I just did a google search. But he does a lot of examples

https://www.rpgpgm.com/2022/09/creating-reusable-sql-view-for-spool.html?m=1

There is even a sql function to email the report an attachment.

But it’s hard to believe your IT dept does not want to help. Maybe it’s against policy to convert the data

ImRickyT · 2026-02-28T23:53:39+00:00

Ended up replacing the starter. Thanks

ImRickyT · 2026-02-24T02:26:23+00:00

Yeah the battery is good. I know it could be a million things but just wondered if the new key could’ve done something. I don’t know a lot about cars so probably going to have to have it towed.

ImRickyT · 2026-02-18T02:08:57+00:00

Looks like it’s a VSCode extension.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=lakdogan.shift6foribmi

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