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If you are an IBM i developer looking to dip your toes into modern web content management, installing WordPress on your Power System is a fantastic starting point. WordPress powers a huge chunk of the web, and running it on IBM i brings that flexibility right into your AS/400 environment. What’s WordPress? WordPress is a …
Ditching the Dinosaur Files: Why Your Modern RPG Source Code Deserves a Swanky IFS Pad Instead of Those Crusty Old AS/400 Source Files Ahoy, fellow IBM i adventurers! If you’ve been lurking in the shadowy realms of AS/400 development long enough, you know the drill: punching code into those venerable source physical files like QRPGSRC …
If you’re still storing all your RPG, CL, and SQL source in traditional QSYS libraries, you’re missing out on one of the biggest productivity boosts available on IBM i today. The Integrated File System (IFS) is no longer just “that Unix-like thing over there” it’s the natural home for modern IBM i Source Code. Twenty …
This is something that hits all of IBM i community members right in the gut. That moment when the system whispers, “I’m running out of room,” and we need answers fast! WRKSYSSTS shows the ASP creeping toward 100%, the phone starts ringing, and the usual suspects (big libraries, old spool files, journal receivers) aren’t the …
In a world where build automation is a mystical art, one brave warrior dares to conquer the realm of “RULES.mk” config files with Visual Studio Code and IBM i. Join us on this thrilling adventure! Step 1: Prepare for Battle (Install the Necessary Extensions) Gather your trusty steed (Visual Studio Code) and equip it with …
AS400, Emulator, git, IBM i, IDE, IFS, iSeries, Modernization, Programming
If you have read any of my previous blogs about IBM i Programming, the chances are, you know I’m becoming a bit of a VS-Code fanboy… or maybe Fanman… well… probably fangeezer is most accurate. Over the last couple of months, we’ve seen some really neat updates to the Code for IBM i and other …
Or — Two cool techniques to find the largest IBM i IFS Folders But first, what is the IFS? The IBM i Integrated File System (IFS) is a component of the IBM i operating system. It provides a unified interface for accessing and managing different types of file systems, similar to those found in personal …
What is an IBM i PATH? In PASE (Portable Application Solutions Environment), $PATH is an environment variable that stores a list of directories where the system searches for executable files, such as commands and programs. The PATH is like a *LIBL for open source. Just like library lists, the PATH setting only exists during our …
To use a 5250 green screen terminal in Visual Studio Code (VS Code) for IBM i, follow these steps: By having both your code and 5250 terminals within the same IDE, you’ll find it more efficient for RPG and open-source development.
...Trick Question – the answer is moot because the AS400 is long dead. That glorious old creamy compuiter system hasn’t been around for decades. But, it’s grandson, the IBM POWER SYSTEM has a fully backward compatible version of the DLS. So, the question might be more accurately asked liked this: Is the IBM i DLS …
IBM i, IFS, Programming, SQL
Not dying users, you big silly! Are your IBM i Users Passwords Expiring? Every IBM i User Profile can be created with an automatic expiration date set against it. This forces regular password changes. Pretty standard stuff right? This is rarely a problem for interactive users – who will see the change password screen: But, …
IBM i, IFS, Programming, SQL
How to delete first few rows from a file with IBM i SQL This morning I was working with a flatfile import from IFS into a DB2 database file. This should have been straight forward but the flat file contained several rows of crappy data at the start of the file. *ugh* Since I am …
