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Volume 11, Number 35 -- November 16, 2011
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NULL and NOT IN
by Ted Holt

No matter who you are, there's always something you can learn. In Much Ado about Nothing: Interesting Facts about Null, I presented a good bit of information about null values in database tables. Imagine my surprise and delight to stumble upon something I did not know about nulls. READ MORE >

Wow! I Could Have Had Long Column Names!
by Ted Holt

Sometimes I find out that something useful has been available to me for a long time, but I didn't know about it. Then I feel like a moron. Today I'm telling you that a certain DB2 for i feature has been around for decades, and you're probably not using it. However, there's no need to feel like a moron. READ MORE >



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Putting Your i System in Semi-Restricted State
Hey, Joe:

We need to put one of our i partitions in restricted state where no applications are running. However, we also need TCP/IP to be up while the system is down, so that we can download PTFs and some software upgrades while our third-party packages aren't in use. Is there a way to put our system in a semi-restricted state where we can only use our system console and TCP/IP communications? READ MORE >


Reader Feedback and Insights

We value your feedback and insights.  Feel free to send a letter to the editor.  Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >


 
Senior Technical Editor: Ted Holt
Technical Editor: Joe Hertvik
Contributing Technical Editors: Edwin Earley, Brian Kelly, Michael Sansoterra
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
NULL and NOT IN

Wow! I Could Have Had Long Column Names!

Putting Your i System in Semi-Restricted State

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