RPGPGM.COM - From AS400 to IBM i

I have written about executing dynamic generated SQL in a RPG program before, all of the examples were to do something and not to return ...

Prior to the latest round of Technology Refreshes for 7.4 and 7.3 if I wanted to get the data from a particular message queue I would nee...

Wow! Another year has passed and RPGPGM.COM celebrates its eighth birthday today. I know I act surprised every year, I do so for two re...

One of the many things that caught my eye in the latest round of Technology Refreshes for 7.4 and 7.3 is a way to send messages to the Sy...

Several years ago I wrote about how to convert spool files to PDF in the IFS . It still remains one of the most popular posts in this blog...

Two years ago IBM introduced a SQL function, SPLIT , that would break apart a string into parts. In the latest Technology Refreshes for I...

When I saw these mentioned in the list of new enhancements made to RPG in IBM i 7.2 TR and And 7.3 TR10 the word "Finally" es...

I am not sure why this did not publish on Friday, which is when all the PTFs became available. On Friday (May 14, 2021) the PTFs for IBM...

I am sure that the person who asked me if this was possible is not the first person to have tried, and was unable to get it to "work&...

I was asked if it was possible to see which DDS file or SQL index was used by a SQL statement? Fortunately it is easy to see. But before...