May 2000

• The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Hello, AS/400 Faithful! - Find out Bob Tipton’s motivation behind his controversial keynote address at spring 2000 COMMON.
• Can IBM Deliver on Java for the AS/400? - Paul Conte says current AS/400 models lack an entry-level system and don’t offer competitive price/performance for EJB applications. IBM says future I-Star machines will do better. Here’s how to assess how well IBM comes through for Java on the AS/400.
• PTF Watch -
• More Nuns Aren’t the Answer - According to Roger Pence, the fortunes of the AS/400 will turn on the technology IBM delivers on the platform, not on a marketing campaign (or the lack of one).
• Customize Your SEU - Vincent Taquin’s user-defined line commands let you customize and enhance your source-editing environment. An expanded Web article explains how to create and register the exit program containing the commands and includes the complete code.
• Share Files with NFS - Denis Seiler explains how Network File System lets you export and import AS/400 files to and from other systems, including Windows and Unix machines.
• Using Operations Navigator Backup - Tired of maintaining a CL program to automate regular backups and finding the commands to save IFS objects unpleasant to use, Craig Pelkie gives OpsNav backup a try.
• In Focus: The IT Job Market: Bull or Bear? -
• In Focus: IBM and Lotus Refine Their e-Business Battle Plan -
• Newswatch Listings -
• Energize Your Domino R5 Performance! - Domino expert Kim Greene offers some performance tips that help Domino R5 run more efficiently on AS/400 servers.
• Hot New Products -
• SQL’s Between Predicate and Subqueries - Mike Cravitz shows you how to find a value that lies between two different values using SQL’s Between predicate, how to work with subqueries, and how to use the Count function.
• Tech Corner -
• DDS Edit Code -
• Creating a Source Member with CRTTBL -
• ODBC Question -
• Deleting Journal Receivers -
• Backing Up to CD-ROM? -
• Telnet Security Hole -
• Editing a Source Member Without SEU -
• IP Printing Questions -
• Displaying Error Messages -
• Checking for an Active File on Tape -
• Query in Batch -
• SQL/400 UPDATE Statement -
• Monitor Messages -
• Copy and Recover a Spooled File -
• Street Talk - Read the latest AS/400 industry rumors in this popular column.
• In This Issue: Call to Action -
• Is ASP Right for Your Business? - Pam Jones explains how the high cost of maintaining IT systems is driving may companies toward the application service provider (ASP) model.
• Upgrading Your Domino Infrastructure from R4 to R5 - A critical step in a Domino Release 5 (R5) migration is upgrading your Domino infrastructure — mail servers, Administration client and server, and other servers. Ben Malekzadeh provides some tips that make an R4-to-R5 migration easier.
• Tips for Easier Domino R5 Internet Mail Setup -
• Parade Doesn’t Let Profits Pass It By - John Ghrist relates how Parade Publications used ASNA’s Visual RPG programming environment to build Windows applications with RPG that can get record-level access to data on AS/400s from Macintoshes using Citrix’s MetaFrame.
• Seagull’s J Walk Streamlines RLI Insurance Underwriting - When RLI Insurance decided to build a GUI and Web-enable its agents’ underwriting processes, it chose Seagull’s J Walk development kit. Richard Sweetman discusses their transition and the results.
• CL Flexes Its Database Muscles - For programmers who are frustrated by CL’s limited support for database I/O, Peter Clifford offers a set of database I/O commands for use in CL programs.
• Using an API Error Parameter - Craig Rutledge shows you how to determine an API error parameter’s length and structure in RPG IV and CL programs.
• Domino Relational Database Integration Tools - Jim Hoopes reviews three Domino replication products that let you easily integrate AS/400 data with Domino applications. Learn which tool best fits your environment.
• Programmer’s Notes - Jef Sutherland offers an introduction to AS/400 file members and some CL programming tricks for generating a unique member name.
• To DBA or Not To DBA? - Users have long championed the AS/400 for not requiring a dedicated database manager, but Kent Milligan says DB2 UDB’s rapid evolution affects this situation.
• From the Editor in Chief -
• Letters -
• Backup & Recovery FAQs -
• What’s the difference between the Data compression (DTACPR) and Data compaction (COMPACT) parameters -
• When I perform a WRKCFGSTS (Work with Configuration Status) command, my tape device appears as a 63A -
• Client Access Express Client FAQs -
• I want to set up an e-mail environment for my users. Does Client Access have any e-mail capability? -
• Do I need any additional software to use the Lotus Notes client? -
• What capabilities does the Lotus Notes R5 client provide? -