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Volume 11, Number 17 -- May 25, 2011
Four Hundred Guru is taking a hiatus next week. We will resume publishing on June 8.
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Finding Duplicate Rows in a Name and Address Table
by Skip Marchesani

Many companies still use the U.S. Postal Service to mail promotional and marketing materials to existing and potential customers. With rising printing expenses and postal rates, it's important to minimize waste by identifying and eliminating duplicate rows in name and address tables. However, these tables can present some interesting challenges. READ MORE >

Asserting the Ostensibly Unassertable
Hey, Ted:

Assertions are great for validating conditions that can be tested with IF, DOW, SELECT, etc., but what about other types of conditions? For instance, can I use an assertion to test that a variable contains valid decimal data? READ MORE >



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Admin Alert: Other Options for a Post-Upgrade Backup
by Joe Hertvik

In an earlier column, I wrote about how administrators can save time after an i operating system upgrade by performing a Save System (SAVSYS) backup instead of a full system save. Several readers wrote in with more information and system information backup tips. Let's look at what they had to say about post-upgrade backups and what we can learn from them. READ MORE >


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Technical Editor: Joe Hertvik
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The Four Hundred
IBM i Chief Architect Tells Us Where We're At

Is Constellation Software on the Block?

Still Wanted: A Cheap--or Free---IBM i Development Workstation

As I See It: The Finer Points of Relating

Enterprise Software Spending Grows Faster Than Expected

Four Hundred Stuff
SAP Unveils HANA for In-Memory BI

SafeData Cloud Runs IBM i DR and Production Workloads

Multifunction Printer Workflow and Document Design Get inFORM's Attention

IBM i Push Pays for Financials Specialist UNIT4 CODA

IBM i Gets Some Loving at developerWorks

Four Hundred Monitor
Four Hundred Monitor's
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System i PTF Guide
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August 21, 2010: Volume 12, Number 34

TPM at The Register
Super Micro whiteboxes Ethernet switches

Platform gets graphic with HPC cluster manager

Citrix nabs Kaviza for skinny VDI

Software AG chomps Terracotta

Heads roll at HP as Apotheker swings new broom

Why Cisco should merge with Dell

Big Blue ponies up $100m for Big Data R&D

CDC reveals safety plan for Zombie Apocalypse

RHEL 6.1 lays foundation for future servers

Appro plunks Opteron super into US fission lab

SAP to sit enterprise offering on Amazon clouds

Attachmate's Brauckmann takes control of SUSE Linux

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Finding Duplicate Rows in a Name and Address Table

Asserting the Ostensibly Unassertable

Admin Alert: Other Options for a Post-Upgrade Backup

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