AS400, IBM i, iSeries, Programming, RPG

Get the IBM i System Name using RPGLE or SQLRPGLE

Find the IBM i System Name Three Ways Let’s look at three techniques to find the IBM i System Name A super easy technique using SQL in an SQLRPGLE Program Just as easy in a CLLE prograam Calling the IBM i *API to get the information, an RPGLE program Let’s dive straight in: (1) Get …

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AS400, IBM i, iSeries, Programming

I know its not an AS400 but I am going to call it an AS400…

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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AS400, IBM i, iSeries

How to delete IFS files with bad malformed files names

Ever created an IFS file with a whacky file name? As part of my testing routines for the new IBMi Data Distribution commands (DSTDTA and DSTSPLF) I was creating and testing all kinds of documents in the integrated File system. Taking any file from the good ole iSeries and converting it to TXT, PDF, XML, …

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