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  • Happy Coral Anniversary, System/36 And System/38!

    June 19, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

    The AS/400 is the product of the marriage of the System/36 and the System/38 that had its first child delivered on June 21, 1988. So, to one way of thinking about it, the AS/400 is not just celebrating its 35th birthday this week, but the System/36 and the System/38 are celebrating their Coral Anniversary. The rules of etiquette say that we have to send IBM Rochester something carved in jade to celebrate.

    The AS/400, which lives on as the IBM i platform running on Power10 hardware, is neither stuck on a coral reef nor jaded, but just going …

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  • How To Celebrate IBM i Turning 35 This Week

    June 19, 2023 Alex Woodie

    The balloons will drop and the champagne will flow this week as the midrange community takes some well-deserved time to party like it’s 1988 and celebrate the 35th anniversary of the IBM i platform.

    Not every computing community gets to celebrate 10 years of success for their platform, let alone 35, as backers of the venerable IBM i server will have the honor of doing this week. Many of the folks who work on IBM i today were just starting their IT careers back when IBM launched the AS/400 on that hot June day in 1988, so this week will …

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  • Guru: Comparing IFS Directories Using SQL

    June 19, 2023 Mike Larsen

    I use SQL almost every day at my job. It may be just a query in ACS, or it may be embedded SQL in an RPG program. A few days ago, I needed to compare the contents of one IFS directory to another. Combining a few different table functions, I was able to develop a nice solution.

    Note: The code for this article can be downloaded here.

    In this example, I have a directory that has five text files in it. I have a second directory that has three text files in it, and they are the same documents …

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  • As I See It: Entitlement Master Class

    June 19, 2023 Victor Rozek

    It’s a complex topic impacted by changing social, economic and political norms, but for our purposes let’s just say that it’s not unusual for older generations to accuse their offspring of wallowing in entitlement.

    And there’s often some truth in it. Historically, each generation sets the prosperity bar – and accompanying expectations – higher for their progeny. And, whatever level of abundance they’ve grown up with becomes the baseline unthinkingly taken for granted. So, if someone grows up in a big house, with multiple cars, nice clothes and enough to eat, there’s little reason to think that won’t always be …

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  • IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 25

    June 19, 2023 Doug Bidwell

    Happy 35th birthday to the AS/400! We hope that you take a moment and commemorate this wonderful platform that has given us so much over the years, and that we all have given so much to.

    It is one of those mercifully quiet weeks, so enjoy.

    The news this week is that Navigator will now use Java 17 if available (on 7.4 and 7.5).  Install Java 11 or Java 17 and latest Java group PTF to run Navigator with these versions of Java. Details on Java at: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6437873

    Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release …

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