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ILE RPG (sometimes called RPG4) was the biggest change to the RPG programming language in recent years. What are the advantages of ILE in RPG? In RPG it is one step compilation (we will get *PGM object) while in ILE-RPG it is two step compilation (we have to create a *MODULE and then bind that …
In the never ending quest to break down in every state of the United States of America, Boris the Land Rover most recently refused to run while visiting the beautiful wine regions of California. So, it’s a balmy November day and driving up to California’s wine country should be a fun time right? #WRONG Not …
Software Change Management Roles and Responsibilities If you are designing the best setup for your Software Change Management system (specifically TURNOVER V100 for iSeries) these notes might help. We have four main user groups: Software Solution Analysts Change Administrators Development Team QA/UAT Team System Authorities We need to clean the IBM I authorities so they …
SQLRPGLE and COMMIT(*NONE) Moving to SQL (from native file IO) has been a major game changer in the RPG programming world. SQLRPGLE can be confusing to learn, horrible to use if it needs lots of compile time parameters but using Exec SQL SET OPTION something answers my prayers. I first played with SQL back the golden …
So, I emigrated over here to the New World (as my redcoat forebears used to call it) five years ago. During this time I’ve been lucky enough to travel all over America, driven coast to coast twice, lived in various States and met many wonderful people. The weather is fantastic and life is good… I …