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January 23, 2008

Enhancements to WDSC and RSE mean now is the time to switch

In the March/April 2006 issue of iSeries 400 Experts Journal, Paul Tuohy wrote an article titled “Boost productivity up to 40% with RSE.” I hope many of you were inspired by that article to replace Source Entry Utility (SEU) with the Remote Systems Explorer (RSE) and are now enjoying a far more productive programming environment.

Add value to your System i with Enterprise Open-source solutions

As a System i customer, you have a lot of choices of software solutions from commercial vendors, such as IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, and others. There are also many open-source solutions available. In this article, I review some Enterprise Open-source (EOS) solutions, which are new, low-cost options that offer high quality and support, and complement your existing custom and packaged software solutions.

Create data-driven Web sites with Visual Web Developer

In my last article, “Boost database performance and monitor path usage with i5 Index Explorer” in the July/August 2007 issue of iSeries 400 Experts Journal, I demonstrated a way to build a Microsoft Windows application that processes logical file statistics using the free version of Microsoft Visual Studio.

Get to your database quickly with new programming interfaces from the System i Access for Linux Toolkit

System i Access for Linux is part of the System i Access family of products. System i Access for Linux allows you to access the DB2 Universal Database (UDB) for System i using a full-featured Open Database Connect (ODBC) driver and establish a full-function 5250 terminal emulation session with a System i server — all from a native Linux client.

Get committed, Part II: A closer look at commitment control and journal entries

In my first article on commitment control, “Get committed, Part I: An introduction to commitment control for RPG programmers,” in the September/October 2007 issue of iSeries 400 Experts Journal, I introduced you to the basic rules and coding requirements for using commitment control in your RPG programs. You learned the necessity of attaching tables to journals, the coding requirements in your RPG programs, and the need for the Start Commitment Control (STRCMTCTL) and End Commitment Control (ENDCMTCTL) commands. You also learned that although other programs and jobs cannot update rows that have not been committed, they can access the rows for input.

Four steps to effective password change management in Lotus Domino

Increased security awareness has made frequent password changes essential to many companies. IBM has built password change management into the Lotus Domino software to ensure you can change passwords as your business needs require. In this article, I show you how to implement password changes for your all employees or subsets of employees. I also provide tips and tricks to avoid some of the pitfalls that can make incorporating password change requirements a challenge.