RPG 3.3 - Release Notes

3.3.0

No changes or updates have been made in this release. This is simply a move to LTS (Long Term Support).

Moving to funcrel

Details
Update version of the dependent extension com.castsoftware.wbslinker to 1.7.27-funcrel to improve call graph resolution.

Customer Ticket Id	Details
42241	Fixes the CL parser and adds the missing Data Queue objects.

Details
Fixes missing links between CL programs and RPG programs when the CALL to the RPG program is inside a parameter of the SBMJOB command.

Summary	Details
Evaluation of SQL statements which include 'prepare' and 'execute immediate' inside EXEC SQL	In RPG fixed format and in CL, SQL statements which include 'prepare' and 'execute immediate' are evaluated. This allows the creation of links between EXEC SQL objects and Tables/Views.

Summary	Details
Support for REST services with Embedded SQL	Support provided for the HTTP functions in SYSTOOLS which are used to make HTTP requests to web services. The HTTP functions allow the SQL programmer to use Representational State Transfer (RESTful) via SQL, including Embedded SQL. See https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/TECHNOS/RPG+3.3#RPG3.3-RESTserviceswithEmbeddedSQL.
Evaluation of SQL statements which include 'prepare' and 'execute immediate' inside EXEC SQL	In RPG free format, SQL statements which include 'prepare' and 'execute immediate' are evaluated. This allows the creation of links between EXEC SQL objects and Tables/Views. See https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/TECHNOS/RPG+3.3#RPG3.3-SQLRPGfreeformatexample.

Summary	Details
Support of REST Web service	Support REST Web service APIs: http_get, http_put, http_post, http_delete, http_url_get, http_url_post, http_string. See https://doc.castsoftware.com/display/TECHNOS/RPG+3.3#RPG3.3-RESTRPGexamples.