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Volume 10, Number 24 -- August 11, 2010
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Remove Trailing Blanks from Legacy Columns with the IBM OLE DB Providers
by Michael Sansoterra

It's no secret that many legacy tables in DB2 for i contain fixed-width character columns. If you present this legacy data to users using common tools such as Excel, Access, or even an application data grid control, they're likely to be annoyed. Why? Because everyone hates fiddling with trailing spaces that are part and parcel of fixed-width columns. If you have a 50-character address column with only 20 characters filled, that leaves 30 annoying trailing spaces to remove. READ MORE >

How Did I Do That?
Hey, Ted:

Your tip for building spreadsheets from SQL statements is spot on. The problem I used to have is that people would come back to me days, weeks, or even months later, asking for me to rerun my query to give them current data. I no longer have that problem, and here's why. READ MORE >



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Admin Alert: Six Things You May Not Know About i/OS Passwords
by Joe Hertvik

Think you know everything about i/OS passwords? Here's a list of six commonly missed aspects of iSeries, System i, and Power i passwords. If you're a password pro, you may already be aware of three or more of these tips. If not, you may learn something that can help you enhance your i/OS password architecture. READ MORE >


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The Four Hundred
IBM Allows i and 5250 Licenses to Jump Hardware

Whatever Happened to Notes/Domino on the i?

Let's Take a Closer Look at IBM's Systems and Technology Biz

Mad Dog 21/21: Back To School

SAP Bows to Oracle on TomorrowNow, Argues Damages

Four Hundred Stuff
iDevCloud to Provide Online Playground for IBM i Developers

i365 Unveils 'Warm Site' DR Service for IBM i

Attachmate Claims Industry First with Emulator's Support for App-V

CCSS Goes '12 for 12' with IBM i Monitoring Solution

Aldon Adds IBM i Features to Report Manager

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TPM at The Register
DARPA awards petaflops super challenge squeeze

Details spill on IBM's big iron Power7 servers

Hurd's HP legacy: Dell racer, IBM chaser

Beefy 2010 chip forecast get steroids blast

US chops 131,000 jobs in July

Customers' big-iron hedge hits Cray's quarter

Oracle chops Sun HPC jobs

Teradata records historic second quarter

AMD to crank up performance with Bulldozer Opterons

FTC settles Intel lawsuit to 'help consumers'

Illumos sporks OpenSolaris

Revolution lets R do stats on big data

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Remove Trailing Blanks from Legacy Columns with the IBM OLE DB Providers

How Did I Do That?

Admin Alert: Six Things You May Not Know About i/OS Passwords

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