May 2003

• Restrict and Enhance System Request - Using these presystem request exit programs, you can prevent users from suspending or canceling an interactive job in progress and improve the security and integrity of your applications.
• Tribute: The Loss of a Friend - Wayne Madden pays tribute to Senior Technical Editor Gary Guthrie.
• Future Directions: Too Much of a Good Thing - See how IBM is exploiting semiconductor technologies to create processors that do far more than just execute the instructions their predecessors did. This is the hardware base for what IBM believes will be the IT structure of the future.
• Inside V5R2 SPL Error Handling: Part 1: Fundamentals - V5R2 adds new features to improve error handling in SQL stored procedures. But these features can be complex to understand and use properly. Here's how to bulletproof your SPL code with the least hassle.
• Preparing for the V5R2 SQL Query Engine - In V5R2, IBM has reengineered the query optimizer and parts of the runtime engine with the latest object-oriented (OO) programming techniques. The reengineered engine is known as the SQL Query Engine.
• A Traffic Cop for Application Development - Aldon Computer Group's Affiniti provides software configuration management in a centralized client/server package and brings order to the chaos that can result when many cooks are working on a software broth.
• Tech Corner -
• Problem Fetching Duplicate Records with SQL/400 -
• Debugging a Job with STRDBG -
• Dr. I. Doctor - Dr. I. Doctor explains split network security holes and solves a "cache flow" problem.
• Hot New Products -
• f.y.iSeries -
• Run!!! It's an API! - APIs are nothing to fear. This look at API documentation and key concepts will get you on your way to mastering APIs.
• Screen Tour: Using InstallShield MultiPlatform to Distribute iSeries PTFs - InstallShield is a product that lets you install iSeries PTFs with point-and-click ease. You can archive your PTFs to be installed from an attached PC or as a JAR file that can run on the iSeries.