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  • The iSeries Pocket SQL Guide -- Chapter 4

    SQL concepts & facilities will help you to master iSeries SQL database development. Download your free chapter today.

  • Use the RTVSBSSTS command to retrieve the subsystem sta

    Use the RTVSBSSTS command to retrieve the subsystem status

  • Auto start attribute for all TCP servers

    Learn which TCP servers have the auto start attribute set to *yes.

  • Sys req command line

    To get a command line using Sys Req you first need to WRKMSGD CPX2313, Option 2 to change the second word DSPJOB to WRKJOB. When you use Sys Req Option 3 you get a command line, as well as the job ...

  • Creating your iSeries security policy

    In the past, the main security policy decision was whether or not to have locks on the doors to the computer room. That was it. In today's inter-networked world, security has become of paramount i...

  • Coloring condition fields in a subfile

    Try this method of coloring condition fields in a subfile.

  • Know-IT-All Chapter Quiz: SQL concepts & facilities

    Think you know all there is to know about SQL? We challenge you to test your skills by taking our latest quiz. All answers to this quiz are found in the free excerpt.

  • Advanced trigger applications -- part 1

    The application of triggers to implement solutions for many data processing problems is limited by the imagination only. A trigger program can be attached to (or, associated with) any number of phy...

  • CAPP: What it represents for i5/OS

    When computer security issues started to become higher priority, the powers that be who set up standards developed the C2 standard (also known as "Trusted Computing Systems Evaluation Criteria [...

  • Modifying the sign-on screen

    Search400.com member Madhavi explains how to modify the sign-on screen.

  • Printing from Qshell

    For example, instructions on how to print Qshell output to an iSeries printer are hidden in an obscure page in the InfoCenter.

  • How to load compile time arrays in D-specs

    Compiled time arrays, both numeric and character, can be loaded in the D-specs. Using data structures and the overlay keyword allows the array to be both specified and loaded

  • Using System Request to execute a command

    If your workstation is running some batch job and you don't have any other display session to execute command, you can use the "send a message option" from the system request menu to execute the co...

  • Must-knows when using referential constraints and trigg

    Before you add triggers and referential constraints to the same file, there are a few caveats of which you should be aware. The two can be used on the same file. They may complement each other, or ...

  • Fundamentals of Technology Project Management -- Chapte

    Fundamentals of Technology Project Management written by Colleen Garton and Erika McCulloch will help you to becoming a more effective, more efficient IT project manager.

  • Testing iSeries Web applications

    Testing the Web sites you create involves many arts we use on an iSeries, however, people don't realize they can perform the same sort of detailed "what's happening behind the curtains" checks we d...

  • Keeping consultants honest

    I am always surprised by the number of programming shops that, in addition to their own resources, use external consultants for programming and systems tasks. The reasons are varied, but consultan...

  • Virtual hosting for iSeries Web applications

    WebSphere has gained significant market and mindshare in the Web application development space. Fortunately, there is a powerful, easy to use, and free alternative to WebSphere: Apache's Tomcat.

  • Simplify API-generated lists processing with a generic

    In a number of recent installments, we discussed the open-list APIs. When compared to the "regular" list APIs, we saw -- among other things -- that the open-list APIs do not require nearly as muc...

  • iSeries security and performance issues

    Normally, you would not think of system performance in terms of a security issue. But, if someone with the right know-how is abusing privileges on your system, then it becomes a security issue. T...