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Volume 5, Number 35 -- September 21, 2005

 
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When There's No Room for Special Values
by Ted Holt

It's trivia time, esteemed colleagues. The LEN parameter of the PARM command, used to define parameters in CL commands, will accept up to three values. Character data types need one value in the LEN parameter. Decimal values accept one or two. (If only one is specified, the decimal variable is assumed to have zero decimal positions.) What data type allows you to specify three values in the LEN parameter? READ MORE >

 

Odd Ways to Round Numbers
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SQL's ROUND function allows me to round to the nearest whole number. How can I round to the nearest half? READ MORE >

 

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   Admin Alert: A Checklist for Creating OS/400 User Profiles, Part II
   by Joe Hertvik

In the Admin Alert from last week, I presented a checklist of questions to ask when you are creating a basic OS/400 user profile. This week, I am expanding that checklist to include additional questions for configuring a user profile to run application programs. Using both checklists, you can confidently set up a user profile that is uniquely configured to run existing applications on your system. READ MORE >




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When There's No Room for Special Values

Odd Ways to Round Numbers

Admin Alert: A Checklist for Creating OS/400 User Profiles, Part II


OS/400 PTF Guide
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September 10, 2005

September 3, 2005

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