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  • What’s New With CPYFRMIMPF And CPYTOIMPF?

    January 9, 2013 Michael Sansoterra

    As my years as a developer whiz by, I often find myself ignorant of the newest features available. For example, I’ve used the Copy From Import File (CPYFRMIMPF) and Copy To Import File (CPYTOIMPF) commands so often that I just became (as my old boss used to say) “fat, dumb, and happy” when using them, not realizing IBM has added new features since the time I first studied these commands. I’ll briefly share a few of the relatively recent enhancements to these commands.

    First of all, in i7.1 Technology Refresh 5 (TR5), CPYTOIMPF has been enhanced with a new parameter

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  • Tracing Routines Explain Why The Computer Did What It Did

    January 9, 2013 Ted Holt

    Note: The code accompanying this article is available for download here.

    Every week someone asks me why the computer did what it did. For instance, not long ago a buyer asked me why the computer did not send our requirements for a certain item to the vendor who supplies the item. I started digging through the program that generates the files we send to vendors. Then I realized there was a better way. Let me tell you about it.

    In many shops, business rules are embedded in source code. Sometimes rules are hard-coded. I’ve seen code that directly referred

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  • Admin Alert: Four Things To Do For Your IBM i In 2013

    January 9, 2013 Joe Hertvik

    A new year always brings new challenges in administering your IBM i machines. Here are the top four things on my 2013 calendar that IBM i shops should look at in 2013, starting this month.

    #1: Check Your Job Scheduling Date Objects In January

    If you haven’t already done so, look at any date-dependent job processing objects on your system and change them to ensure that they will still work correctly in 2013. These objects might include:

    • Any data areas that affect date processing.
    • Files that need to go through yearly purge routines.
    • Any RUN and OMIT date objects that
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