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The title is simplistic for what this post is really about. The question that was asked was: I have a character field in a DDS physical...

As part of the new new release, IBM i 7.6 , and the latest Technology Refresh for IBM i 7.5, TR 6, I can break apart an IFS path name in...

Have you ever wanted to confirm that a SQL Update or Delete statement ran the way you expected? In the new release, IBM i 7.6 , I can d...

While playing with the new release, IBM i 7.6, I noticed that the default for the SELF, SQL Error Logging Facility , SELFCODES global va...

I was asked how is it possible to determine where the cursor is on a subfile when the F4 key is pressed. I have written about the parts ...

Steve Will, IBM i Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect, announced this week that new versions of the following documents had been...

My manager asked me if I could provide him with a report of all the libraries that were backed up as part of the night process job, NBACKU...

In a program I wrote recently I needed to return which day of the week today is. My first thought was to use SQL, as it would only be one ...

I have few more recent IBM manuals that I wanted to share with you, including the one I have been waiting for since the IBM i 7.6 announc...

The new release of the IBM i operating system, IBM i 7.6, is available today. While 7.6 will steal the headlines today, there is a Techn...

I did not realize it had been so long since I first wrote about the LISTAGG scalar function . I mentioned very briefly in that article so...

I was notified yesterday that this website, RPGPGM.COM , had won an award. Anuj Agarwal, founder of FeedSpot, informed me of this: I...