I’m not sure if upgrading is the right word, perhaps switching or converting or even “just learning a new technique” would be better? AS400 Modernization Modernizing legacy applications written on legacy computers like the AS400, or the older iSeries machines can seem like a daunting task Either way, I didnt write this document but still

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Who uses the AS/400 anymore? I frequently see this question in places like Linkedin, Facebook and Quora, it’s both simple and complicated to answer. It’s Simple because the AS/400 just doesn’t exist anymore! I doubt anyone is using the old AS400 machines anymore…. they are over thirty years old. Complicated because (stupidly) many current day programmers

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STRSQL is not the only way to use SQL! SQL is a story in two parts — (1) IBM SQL is an interface to the data and (2) runtime SQL is part of the base operating system. IBM I Administrators often want to limit what SQL statements a user is allowed to run because how

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UPDATE JULY 2020 – IBM CHANGED THE RULES AND NO LONGER OFFER THIS SERVICE TO ALL DEVELOPERS 🙁 Since I wrote this blog way back in 2016, IBM have changed their minds and now only offer the “TRY an IBM i ” service to Business partners. But fear not — If the phrase “Free IBM

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I used to be an AS400 RPG Programmer – What am I now? I’m an IT Consultant (aka RPG Programmer) primarily working on IBM Power Systems (IBM i, System-i, iSeries, AS400). I’ve worked with the IBM AS400 (iSeries, IBMi) for twenty years and specialize in all variants of the RPG/CL language as well as detailed

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UPDATE 2017 – I just added a newer version of this article using IBM i V7R2 HERE Email all Spool Files for IBM I For a couple of years now, I’ve used this little EMLOUTQ utility program (written in IBM i Control Language) to read through an output queue and email each and every spool

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I was reading an interesting thread on Linkedin this morning, discussing another article about the much loved AS/400. The basic storyline is (a) some chap says the AS/400 is a really neat computer and he’s very pleased to have worked on it for many years (b) other chap says “its not called an AS/400” anymore (c)

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Here I am – a huge advocate of IBM i technology. I’ve grown up through the ranks of IBM System 3x systems and evolved alongside IBM through the AS400 and ‘i’ years. I’ve excitedly played with the quiet, yet groundbreaking changes in hardware and software that came with the iSeries/eServer range of Servers. I’ve scratched my head

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Twenty years ago these are the kind of things you had to know to work on the old AS400 systems. I found these on an old dusty corner of my homeserver. Enjoy the trip down memory lane or to use old RPG lingo AS400NERD CABEQ ‘1’  START MISCELLANEOUS How do you combine two record formats

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You DO NOT have an AS400 or an iSERIES! This has been an ongoing argument disagreement in our IBM i and RPG programmer communities for well over a decade: Should IBM have changed the name when the launched the replacement for the old AS/400 computer? Many people using the latest IBM i servers still enjoy

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Promoting Files using TURNOVER Using a Change Management tool to promote files makes the creation and replacement of target files so much easier. #INTERNET-FACT: Turnover for iSeries, is a change management tool that really eases this process for us developers. Consider this scenario – we want to make a change to an IBM i *PF

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