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I was updating a little RPG utility this morning to add some more detail to a spreadsheet it generated. Adding the Library Description will help the non-propeller heads who read this stuff. This is super easy to do with a single line of SQL added to your RPG program. What is this spreadsheet you are …
Only Numpty Programmers hardcode library names #internetfact One of the mumbling, drooling, gray haired programmers on my team asked me to peer review his code this morning. This was for a simple SQL table to be created and promoted through multiple environments using TURNOVER. The code looked something like this: CREATE TABLE MYLIB/TESTSQL ( TSTFLD …
Now, before you get all bent out of shape and point your grubby little index finger at me cackling “you called it an AS400 na-na-nu-na-naaah“, I do have a legitimate reason. It’s a shallow SEO based one (the grey haired brigade keep searching for “zip AS400 library”) but it’s legitimate. I only used the wrong …