A Debate: DDS Versus DDL
September 1, 2008
Should you switch your DDS-defined files to DDL and replace RPG file access with embedded SQL? There’s no simple answer, but a mix might be the best option.
ArticlesDebugging RPG IV Programs: The Green-Screen Way
December 1, 2007
Learn the secrets to debugging in green screen.
ArticlesSystems Programmers Tips and Tricks for ISPF
July 1, 2006
A look at the time-sharing option and other ISPF topics.
ArticlesSystem Programmers’ Tips and Tricks for ISPF Revisited
March 30, 2006
More on the ISPF Editor and SDSF.
ArticlesAccessing the Data in Core Dumps
January 22, 2006
If you're like most UNIX administrators, you probably have a crontab or some other housekeeping program that regularly searches your systems for core dumps, backs them up (maybe), and then deletes them. This leaves you to try to puzzle out their cause from information contained in the AIX error log. Of course, about half the […]
ArticlesConfiguring MQ on iSeries
October 1, 2002
Computing professionals know about hardware and software. Another "ware" term, "middleware," is important when discussing systems integration. I define middleware as the tools needed to connect disparate systems. Middleware is software that manages several parts of a connection between systems-the physical and logical communications, data translation, error recovery, message sequencing and so on. A programmer […]