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This is a short video that Steve Will, IBM i 's chief architect, made for OCEAN user group of Southern California about what is coming ...

I am sure this has happened to us all: I have an object and the source it was compiled from is missing. In an earlier posts I showed how I...

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I had a project where the first step was to merge data from three files into one. I have used the word "merge" deliberately to d...

The germ for this post came from a comment made by a work colleague. I always insist that all master files have a "Last update user” ...

I have to thank an IBM-er for bringing this document to my attention. It is seven page document titled: DB2 for i Frequently Asked Questio...

I have been asked the same question many times recently: "Why can't I use SEU with the new RPG?" Before I directed people to...

Another new year is upon us and I am filled with excitement with what it will bring us all, and gratitude for what 2016 brought us too. ...

I have just learned that there will be a leap second before January 1, 2017. A leap second is an extra second added to a day to keep UTC (...

Someone said to me that the reason that they will not use totally free RPG is they cannot call programs using it. In the earlier flavors...

The idea for this post came from a meeting of the programming managers at work. My programming nemesis, the " I can do everything you...

Yesterday an updated version of the Tools and Solutions for Modernizing Your IBM i Applications Redpaper was released. This Redpaper, whi...