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I have a two "flat" files that contain packed numeric fields. The first is a "header" that contains the file date, th...

I was asked how can I identify the libraries a person, in this example we will call her Jane, created? The person who asked the question w...

There is a file, ACCTFILE , with a unique key of two fields: SEQUENCE :  A unique sequence number ACCTYPE :  Account type code 0...

The autumnal announcements have been made for new Technology Refreshes for the currently supported versions of the IBM i operating system...

Have you noticed that there is a new option on the menu at the top of this page? I have added a new page that contains a way to searc...

In previous posts I have given examples of using the CREATE OR REPLACE for all kinds of SQL objects: Views, Indexes, Functions, Triggers,...

Last week I wrote about how to use an API to retrieve a command's defaults . I encountered a problem when the string returned by the A...

I wanted to retrieve the defaults for a number of IBM commands, so I could compare them to those in another IBM i partition. I found an A...

I have been playing with the new release of Access Client Solutions , ACS 1.1.8.5, and have been impressed with it. I have found Navigat...

What are prestart jobs? They are batch jobs that run to allow programs on remote systems to communicate with the IBM i partition. They us...