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At a recent conference one of the attendees point out to me that my examples of using an auto-extending array only used it as the place f...

This morning Barbara Morris, lead developer for the RPG compiler, announced that the RPG PTFs for the latest Technology Refreshes, IBM i ...

Starting in IBM i 7.4 it is possible to use CL Built in Functions, BiF , in the parameters of CL's Call command. This becomes even ea...

I do not think I have ever seen IBM do this before. The Vice President of Product Management for the IBM Power Servers, Bargav Balakrishna...

On Tuesday, November 12 2024, IBM i Chief Architect and CTO, Steve Will, announced the updated "Fall 2024 IBM i Performance FAQ...

When I use RPG Update operation code I tend to use the %FIELDS Built in Function, BiF , with it. The %FIELDS allows me to list the file ...

Last week I was presenting at COMMON's Navigate in Toronto, Canada, and I took the opportunity to hand out more of the RPGPGM.COM-un...

Have you ever wanted to know what is going on within an active SQL Query Engine, SQE , query? If, like me, you do there is a table funct...

A second data mart was introduced as part of the last round of Technology Refreshes that allows me to capture and store information about...

The idea for this post came from a question. The questioner had a situation where, due to a mixed-up library list, someone had run the wro...

This is something that caught my attention when the latest Technology Refreshes were announced: the ability to create a database of journ...

The RPG Cafe has been updated with the four changes that will be coming in the latest Technology Refreshes , IBM i 7.5 TR 5 and 7.4 TR11....