Uploading a Fixed-Length Record File

Hey, David:

Occasionally, I receive a fixed-length data file from our engineering department. I upload that file to our iSeries system and place it in a database file of 48-byte records. The file I receive contains a 48-byte ASCII record containing nine numeric fields that are 5 long with 2 decimal places. There are three unused characters at the end of each record. This file is one long string of characters and doesn't contain any carriage returns or line breaks.

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Recovering Client Access Sessions Quickly

In the March 19 issue, I answered a question about recovering disconnected Client Access sessions ["Recover Client Access Sessions More Quickly"]. Two readers suggested a better approach. Here is what one of them had to say.

--Ted

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Reader Feedback and Insights: More on "Why Java?"

Hey, Ted:

I'd like to comment on Gary's question ["Reader Feedback and Insights: Why Java?"]. For the past 18 months my shop has mastered eRPG (or CGI) programming on our iSeries. Instead of creating 25x80 green-screen applications, we now create killer browser apps that are fast, include graphics (both artwork-like icons and pictures and dynamic graphical representation of data, such as bar and line charts), and run off our "legacy" database. The users are extremely pleased; they've got a very robust, easy-to-use interface. On the back end, the RPG programmers are also very pleased because they are doing something mainstream--somewhat. I can't stress enough how incredible this journey has been. Our browser-based applications are a trillion times better than what was capable using a 5250 interface, and everyone knows it.