January 2002

• Moving Forward with Free Format RPG - Many in the RPG community have voiced concern about IBM's implementation of free-format RPG -- mainly, its lack of support for several opcodes. Using these alternative methods can help you clean this hurdle and take advantage of the new syntax.
• V5 BIFs Up RPG IV - RPG stretches its wings with new built-in functions to replace tired opcodes and help you write flexible, intuitive, error-free code.
• Dr. I. Doctor - Dr. I. Doctor handily solves an 802.11b wireless LAN bridge problem and saves the day for an IT director whose firewall implementation put the brakes on the help desk's ability to use remote-control software to help offsite users with computer problems.
• f.y.iSeries -
• Letters -
• Seven Steps to Using the SQL Describe Statement - SQL's Describe statement is an advanced tool that lets you retrieve and process an SQL cursor's result table's column definition not known at compile time. These seven steps will help you learn how to use this powerful technique.
• V5R1 JDBC Automates Connection and Statement Pooling - JDBC DataSources have always offered superior functionality, but this new set of DataSource classes simplifies connection and statement pooling and radically reduces application processing time with minimal up-front development effort.
• Performance Comparisons: Why Must They Be So Hard? - All vendors provide some measure to compare server models' performance. But which performance metric provides the most accurate benchmarks? And how doyou compare one performance metric to another?
• iSeries Powered by WebSphere - Just as it has used the DSD to grow market share for the iSeries, IBM should now offer a Dedicated Server for WebSphere (DSW) to position the iSeries to win new business.
• MessengerPlus Keeps You Informed of iSeries Events - Bytware's MessengerPlus helps system administrators stay current with the operational health of their iSeries systems -- even when they're not at work.
• Tech Corner -
• Hot New Products -
• In This Issue: Break Free -
• Using a QPGMR as a Group Profile -
• Checking for Null Values -
• Deleting a Range of Records -
• Client Access Express on Windows ME -
• Passing Messages Between Objects with Java -
• Recompiling RPG Programs that Use Display Files -