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I have been asked this same question a few times during the last couple of weeks: What is easiest way to move data from a data structure...

I was asked how I would remove duplicate characters from a string just using RPG. I has been some time since I came up with an all RPG sol...

Anyone who has programmed on IBM i has experienced this frustration. I want to call a CL program from a command line. I type: CALL CL...

IBM i 7.5 introduces a synonym for NULL, UNKNOWN. Having performed a few tests, I can confirm I can use it just as I would NULL. For e...

A new data type has been added to Db2 for i 's Data Definition Language, DDL , as part of IBM i 7.5 , but was not added to IBM i 7.4...

Wow! It was nine years ago I wrote the first post of this blog. Here I am almost 800 posts later and I am still writing. Fortunately, I...

Another addition to the RPG programming language with IBM i 7.5 and 7.4 TR 6 is an operation code that allows me to write to the current...

I am sure many of us have found that when we try and cast, in SQL, from one data type to another the “casting" will fail. This is es...

With IBM i 7.5 being released IBM has updated its IBM i Roadmap image: Click on image to see larger version I find intere...

Since the beginning of time on OS/400 , the beloved ancestor of IBM i , six long dates have always used the "1940 rule" to deter...

The PTFS for the two new Technology Refreshes: IBM i 7.4 TR 6 IBM i 7.3 TR12 Are now able for download as PTFs from IBM Support w...

In RPG we have been able to monitor for errors, using a Monitor group , for years. Until IBM i 7.5 and 7.4 TR 6 we could only monitor for...