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OS/400 Edition
Volume 3, Number 39 -- June 13, 2003

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Retrieving the Host Name from an IP Address

Hey, Shannon:

I am writing the world's greatest AS/400 utility. It will do everything except lock the door and turn the lights off when it's time to go home at night! I have it all figured out, except for one thing: I need my RPG program to be able to retrieve the Internet Protocol (IP) address of all the other AS/400's that have already been defined on our AS/400 in the TCP/IP host table. Is there some easy method of determining the IP address of the systems defined in the AS/400 host table, using an RPG program?

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Variable-Length Character Data

Hey, Ted:

RPG supports two types of variable-length string variables. One is defined with the %STR function, the other with the VARYING keyword. Can you explain the difference?

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Reader Feedback and Insights: Frightened by the Midrange Guru

Hey, Ted:

In your tech tip "How Dynamic Is OPNQRYF?" there is one frightening sentence.

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Editors: Howard Arner, Joe Hertvik, Ted Holt, David Morris,
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