• Adding A Job Queue To A Batch Subsystem

  May 15, 2013 Hey, Joe

  I want to add another batch job queue to my QBATCH subsystem for submitting reporting jobs that take a long time to process. I want to put them in their own job queue so they can just chug away in QBATCH without interfering with my other batch work. How do I add another job queue that I can submit these jobs to? –Bob Adding batch job queues to QBATCH is easy. All you have to do is perform the following steps and you’ll be able to create another QBATCH job queue in no time. Check to see how many jobs

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• Bind By Slash-Copy

  May 15, 2013 Ted Holt

  I advise, recommend, urge, admonish, and even cajole RPG programmers to quit using subroutines and start using subprocedures instead. Yet I still hear from people who work in shops that allow the use of RPG IV (a.k.a. ILE RPG), but do not allow binding to modules and service programs. Today I offer two ways to use subprocedures that do not require ILE binding. But first, let’s have a quick review of ILE binding of subprocedures into programs. 1. Bind by copy The object code of the subprocedures of a module is copied into the object code of a program

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• Search SQL Source Using System Catalogs

  May 15, 2013 Michael Sansoterra

  The green screen PDM and the GUI Rational Developer for i (RDi) tools provide developers an easy way to search through source code to find a specified text literal. But what if these tools don’t have access to all your code, in particular the SQL code? Many developers may not be keeping an up-to-date source copy of their SQL persisted stored modules (functions, procedures and triggers) and further, may not be keeping a copy of the source at all. If this is the case in your shop, never fear, for DB2 for i maintains a record of the source statements

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• The Sweet 16 Of Mobile App Dev Tools for IBM i

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Over the last 12 months, there has been unprecedented progress in third-party mobile development tools. Whether your shop wants to take a native or a hybrid approach, or whether it wants to use pre-built templates or to build from scratch, this is a great time to bring IBM i content to the latest iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Windows mobile devices. Here is a handy dandy roundup of 16 of the most well-known mobile development tools for the IBM i platform. A quick scan of the 12-year Four Hundred Stuff story archive shows a flurry of mobile activity in the last

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• Aqua Data Studio Gets Better at Big Data

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Programmers and analysts who use the newly released Aqua Data Studio version 13 from AquaFold will be able to work with large data sets housed in specialty databases, including Hewlett-Packard‘s Vertica and EMC‘s Greenplum. Aqua Data Studio is a Java-based utility designed to provide programmers, database developers, and systems administrators with a single interface to work with multiple databases, including Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 for i, DB2 for z/OS, Sybase, MySQL and others. The software helps users administer, explore, and query their databases; create SQL scripts; explore entity relationships; conduct comparisons between files, directory structures, and database schemas;

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• Infor Adds NTT Data to Equipment Cloud

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Infor has a new partner working on its equipment cloud: NTT Data, a Japanese IT services firm with operations around the globe. The company recently signed on as the third managed service provider (MSP) to host the cloud version of the M3 application tailored specifically to companies in the heavy equipment business. Infor launched its Equipment Cloud about six months ago to provide customers with another option for running the M3 application. IBM and Velocity Technology Solutions were the original MSPs selected to run the Equipment Cloud. With the addition of NTT Data, customers have another option for running

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• Joomla 3.1 Adds Dynamic Content Tagging

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  A new release of the Joomla content management system (CMS) supports dynamic tagging out of the box, thereby enabling users to generate new content using pre-existing associations. Joomla 3.1, which runs on IBM i as a PHP application, also brings new mobile capabilities. Tags are a form of metadata that allows a user to classify or otherwise note a particular piece of content. They’re often used in social networking websites, like Facebook, to help sort and identify unstructured content that would otherwise fly under the radar of search engines, such as pictures, sound and video files. However, tagging is

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• Oracle Ships In-Memory Apps for EnterpriseOne

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Oracle last week announced that the two previously announced in-memory applications for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, In-Memory Project Portfolio Management and In-Memory Sales Advisor, are now generally available. The applications, which are designed to run on Oracle’s “engineered systems” all-in-one mainframe appliances, not only run faster, but bring new functionality, Oracle says. The new JD Edwards EnterpriseOne In-Memory Project Portfolio Management application is designed to help executives make more informed decisions about their portfolios and projects, and to do it faster than they can now with the applications running on traditional servers. Oracle claims the new in-memory, job-costing software will work

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• Infor Lures PeopleSoft Customers with New Program

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Infor is targeting Oracle‘s PeopleSoft customer base with a promise to lower maintenance costs by 20 percent if they move to Infor’s products, most notably its Lawson S3 software. Don’t be fooled by the name of Infor’s latest program, called “Save the People.” While Infor CEO Charles Phillips is to be applauded for his charitable work and his donations of time and money to good causes, “Save the People” isn’t about giving disenfranchised individuals a leg up in the world. No, Save the People is all about building an ERP juggernaut … and sticking it to Phillips’ former bosses

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• Shield Updates FTP Security Tool for IBM i

  May 14, 2013 Alex Woodie

  Shield Advanced Solutions last week announced it’s now shipping an update to its FTP security tool for IBM i. FTP Guard4i version 7.1 features several upgrades over the product it replaces, FTP Manager 6.1, including better auditing of users’ FTP activities and a new Web interface designed to make it easier to use. FTP is a critical communication tool, but it doesn’t come without risks, especially on the IBM i server. Without the appropriate system configurations or use of third-party tools, users are free to distribute IBM i data to their hearts’ delight. IBM provides exit points for FTP, as

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