Some of IBM's error messages are more cryptic than others. Copying files from the IFS using CPYFRMIMPF sometimes spits out[...]

A little while ago, I wrote a data obfuscation tool - which I decided to call Data Fogging. This is[...]

Colleague asked me this question just a minute ago - as he said "its obvious when you know how but[...]

AKA - How to copy IBM i IFS folder and all subfolders and documents to a new Location I just[...]

So, I just did an upgrade of the BCD Software GUI Client (now owned by Fresche Legacy by the way)[...]

Unicom (who bought out 'Softlanding Systems') recommend upgrading to TURNOVER V101 before implementing iASP technology. The main thing to remember[...]

The independent auxiliary storage pool (IASP) is the strategic building block for availability on IBM i. There is a lot[...]

By default, the IFS lives in the *SYSBASE ASP. But, we can move the IFS Directories, and all documents therein,[...]

Many IBM shops have FTP locked down for supposed security reasons. But before I start ranting about sloppy security measures[...]

I got the SNIP recently, but that's whole different story to this very boring technical one... How to assign a[...]

WooCommerce is a great ecommerce solution for WordPress websites, but the Woo workflow can feel too long for simple, or subscription[...]

I was emailed a little IBM i programming question this morning: An input parameter @Account is a 100 character string[...]

This is purely a little memory jogger for me. Nothing to read here move along move along..... I just upgraded[...]

Chum of mine was chatting to me about writing a trigger program. So I dug out this old trigger (that[...]

I've asked myself this question way too often. I run websites on several different webhosts and frequently run into the[...]

An interesting question was lobbed at me this morning - "How can I change the data change timestamp in an[...]

Talking to a colleague this morning, we were discussing a vendor supplied series of spreadsheets (in CSV format) that his[...]

Today I be mainly playing with UIM MENU'sthat bloke from the fast show ... and I found that Rational Developer[...]