=================================================== SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS September 19, 2001 More headlines at http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html =================================================== SPONSORED BY: Technology Solutions =================================================== Tired of the headache associated with setting up and managing database triggers? TriggerIT! is the solution you're looking for. Version 2.01 provides reporting on files with triggers, drill down inquiries, generates trigger shell programs and more. Be one of the first 50 orders referencing promotion number PRS400 and receive a 30% discount. Order today and save! http://www.triggerit-400.com/ ================================ HOW ARE WE DOING? ================================ Tell us what you think about search400's news coverage - good or bad. And if you think there's a subject we should cover or if you have a story idea, send it in. E-mail news editor Jack Pickell at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. =================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "BCD enhances ProGen WebSmart" Business Computer Design International has announced several enhancements to ProGen WebSmart, its Web/wireless application development tool. One feature, direct IFS access, is designed to simplify the process of moving stream files between the IFS and iSeries applications by enabling developers to read and write to the IFS where HTML and image files are usually stored. SOURCE: iSeries Magazine http://www.the400resource.com/content/chronicles/daily/D20010919_1.htm MORE ON THIS TOPIC: For more information, check out the Best Web Links on Web Development at http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2f2,00.html. Looking for more relevant information on ProGen WebSmart? Try search400's targeted search engine today! http://search400.techtarget.com/integratedSearchResults/1,289503,sid3,00.html?query=ProGen+WebSmart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "IBM adds servers to bolster midrange line" [2] "IBM maps out database sales campaign" [3] "Nimda moving fast, puts brakes on Net" [1] "IBM adds servers to bolster midrange line" According to IBM, the company's eServer p660M1, a new, eight-processor system, delivers almost 60% more raw processing power than the company's current M80 model in the same family of Unix servers. SOURCE: Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO63933,00.html?OpenDocument&~f [2] "IBM maps out database sales campaign" IBM's worldwide vice president for data management solutions sales explains how he intends to exploit Oracle's recent market slip, and why Informix and Linux are keys to the plan. SOURCE: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/21729.html [3] "Nimda moving fast, puts brakes on Net" The Nimda worm is the first to infect e-mail clients and network servers, giving it the potential to spread faster than Code Red or any of its variants. Nimda is generating loads of bad traffic and hindering Internet performance worldwide. SearchSecurity gets an inside look at the worm from TruSecure Surgeon General Russ Cooper. SOURCE: searchSecurity http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid14_gci770749,00.html ---------------------------------------- WEEKLY POLL ---------------------------------------- Will IBM's support of Linux through V5R1 help facilitate your business? Vote now at http://www.search400.com/poll --------------------------------------- BEST AS/400 WEB LINKS --------------------------------------- [1] "Facsimile Support for iSeries" This page provides support to enable users to fax iSeries or PC output (such as text, images, or graphics) and to receive incoming faxes. SOURCE: IBM http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/fax400/ [2] "V5R1's new way of locking down FTP" This tip discusses how OS/400 FTP has always been both a blessing and a curse on the iSeries. According to the writer, it's a blessing because it enables you to easily move files between OS/400 and other operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows, Unix and Linux. It's a curse because -- in the wrong hands -- FTP can also allow users to delete file members or libraries and to launch commands on your iSeries or AS/400 box. Check out this tip to learn how to use it to lock down V5R1 FTP users. SOURCE: search400 http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci764642,00.html Do you know of a good article or Web site that should be included in our Best AS/400 Web Links? If so, let us know. Send us the headline, URL and a brief summary to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web -------------------------------------------- "Did Nostradamus predict attacks?" It's a hoax spreading faster than a worm looking for an inbox. Some e-mails claim the 16th century French forecaster Nostradamus saw the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center coming. One quoted text making the rounds only roughly relates to Nostradamus' prophecies. Another quoted text, which seems curiously detailed ("in the city of York there will be a great collapse, two twin brothers torn apart by chaos"), is just plain bogus and never came from Nostradamus' mind or his pen, according to www.nostradamus-repository.org. Remember this before you forward any fake forecasts from the Frenchman to your friends. SOURCE: Reuters http://www.msnbc.com/news/628417.asp ================================================ QUESTION OF THE DAY --- Tuning data retrieval ================================================ "I'm developing a VB / DB400 application using Microsoft ADO 2.5 and the latest Client Access ODBC driver. Our network uses TCP / IP. All access to the AS/400 is through SQL Stored Procedures. Timings are acceptable except for returning the data to the VB program. I have set the ODBC block size to 512 and I'm using resource pooling, but it still takes several line turnarounds to get the data. Next month I will be tuning the VB program and SQL Stored Procedures. Is there anything that can be tuned on the AS/400 or network to [1] Acquire connections faster so I can disconnect them after each use? [2] Speed up transmission of the data?" If you have any advice for this search400 member, you may post it here http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^0@.ee84636/421!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= =================================================== SPONSORED BY: Storage Decisions =================================================== TIME IS RUNNING OUT to qualify to attend the FREE Storage Decisions 2001 conference in Chicago September 26-28. Learn to set strategy/make the smartest decisions to most effectively manage your storage initiatives for 2002. Pre- qualified audience of your peers and NO vendor sales pitches. Don't get shut out at this critical event. 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