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For more information, visit: http://search400.com/r/0,,2853,00.htm?TrailBlazerSystems. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY EDUCATION SESSIONS TO DRAW CROWDS AT COMMON | News: Search400 Users are expected to flock to the education sessions on LPAR, security and backup -- and the 700 or so additional sessions being held at this Spring's COMMON User Conference in Nashville, Tenn. >> CLICK here for story... http://search400.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid3_gci816183,00.html MORE INFORMATION: For more information, check out this Featured Topic on COMMON http://www.search400.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid3_gci776466,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html SEC ENDS PRELIMINARY INQUIRY INTO IBM | News: Reuters The SEC on Thursday said it had opened and closed a preliminary inquiry into IBM, whose stock has been dogged by concerns about its accounting. The news reversed IBM share losses sparked by a newsletter report that the company was under SEC investigation. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ADDITIONAL NEWS HEADLINES All headlines above and below are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html - IT AS A UTILITY: IBM'S EBUSINESS ON DEMAND (Source: IT-Director) - IBM GLOBAL SERVICES WON'T CONFIRM REPORTED LAYOFFS (Source: CRN) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TWO WAYS TO VALIDATE PACKED DECIMAL DATA | Tip: search400 Sometimes it is necessary to validate packed decimal data before you attempt to use it. Search400 member Nick Hobson offers you two ways to validate packed decimal data in this tip by using a lookup table and SQL. >> Click here to view the full tip... http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci814715,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- RPG PROGRAM THAT ALTERS FIELDS IN DATABASE | Advice: Search400 Dear Ask the Expert, We recently acquired an ERP package that keeps the database on the iSeries 400 and the executables in iSeries' IFS. The files in the iSeries stored database have NULL and variable length fields. The connectivity is through CAExpress TCP/IP connection. How can we write an RPG program on the iSeries that can read, change, update, add NULL and Variable length fields in the database? >>See application development expert Tim Granatir's response: http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid391740_tax285217,00.html ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- EXPERT PROFILE | John Brandt, Search400 expert John Brandt is vice president of technical services at iStudio400.com, an IBM business partner. He has six years' experience working on System/38, 12 years' experience working on the iSeries 400, 21 years' experience with PCs and 12 years' experience with PC servers. In addition, John has worked on software development, maintenance and distribution. Languages he's familiar with include RPG, ILE, CL, COBOL, Java and JavaScript. John also has extensive experience with networking and systems management. You name the iSeries subject, OS/400, Application Development, Backup and Recovery, DB2/400 and DB2 UDB, and John can answer almost any question about it. Let John's experience work for you! Ask John your questions anytime. Go to: http://search400.techtarget.com/ateExperts/0,289622,sid3,00.html >> RECENT Q&A's with John you may find of interest: * Send e-mail from the iSeries 400 http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid457901_tax285217,00.html * Creating a batch job to determine the size of all directories http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid449940_tax285220,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TAKE OUR POLL | Search400 Reader Survey Is IBM taking a cavalier approach to security fixes considering the glut of problems it's had with products in recent months? >> Cast your Vote: http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SEARCH400 SEARCH ENGINE | Find iSeries information fast Is Google one of your favorite search tools? We've partnered with Google to make our iSeries-specific search engine even better. Why waste time slogging through irrelevant search results? Try our newly tweaked search engine for the most targeted iSeries results. >> Search Engine: http://search400.techtarget.com/integratedSearchAdvanced/0,289518,sid3,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TECH REFRESHER: SERVER SELECTION TIPS | SearchWindowsManageability Is one box just like the other? Sometimes it's what you don't see that counts. Check out these server selection tips. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci813300,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THE MISSING LINK | Incoming CEO's phone cut off as bill unpaid Talk about being turned off by your job! Apparently the incoming CEO of Swedish telecom Telia didn't catch the part in his new contract that specifies he still needs to pay his own phone bill. Telia went so far as to cut off chief exec-designate Anders Igel's mobile phone after he ignored reminders to pay a $250 bill. No word yet if Igel was performing an informal test of his new employer's collection systems or staging a one-man protest for increased online billing functionality. Source: Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20020411/od_nm/ceo_dc_1 =================================================================== FREE WINDOWS DECISIONS CONFERENCE - QUALIFY TODAY =================================================================== WHO SHOULD ATTEND: IT professionals who want to gain focused expertise on Active Directory, security, licensing, manageability, interoperability and more. Plus strategies to make the smartest Windows technical and purchasing decisions to maximize ROI. 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