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3 Weeks left to gain FREE attendance at Security Decisions: http://searchSecurity.techtarget.com/r/0,,2723,00.htm?SecurityDecisions =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - News: ITAA's job stats doubted - News: Layoffs hit iSeries server group - Administrator Tip: Unattended full system save and IPL - Programmer Tip: Match customer addresses during order entry - Advice: What character is needed *EOR? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Live Event: Which Web development tool is right for you? - ISeries Know IT All Trivia: Test your knowledge - Expert Profile: Shahar Mor, PC/Windows connectivity expert - Featured Book: CL Programming for the AS/400 - The Missing Link: Novice IT worker learns the hard way ______________________________________________________________ ******************* SPONSORED BY PowerTech ********************* Download FREE intrusion detection software. 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For the full story, click: http://search400.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid3_gci826130,00.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: Check out these Search400 Best Web Links on salary and hiring. http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2ae,00.html And read this Featured Topic: Your iSeries Career http://search400.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid3_gci762699,00.html Take our poll: What's your position on the H-1B work visa? http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 LAYOFFS HIT ISERIES SERVER GROUP | News: Insider Weekly IBM employees in the server group wait anxiously for the next axe to fall. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 IBM TO DECLARE WAR WITH FUTURE SERVERS (Source: The Four Hundred) ISERIES MAY GET ALL KINDS OF CAPACITY (Source: The Four Hundred) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- UNATTENDED FULL SYSTEM SAVE AND IPL | Tip: Search400 User Gary Skelton recently read Ken Graap's response to a question posed in the Search400 Expert Q&A section, Run SAVSYS backup in a restrictive state. He was interested to see that Ken has an operator on site to run the job. He developed a command at his shop that sits on the console waiting to be activated by a message. Check out this tip for the full listings required. >> Read the Q&A: Run SAVSYS backup in a restrictive state http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid468069_tax288615,00.html >> Click here to view Gary's tip... http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci825186,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- HOW TO MATCH CUSTOMER ADDRESSES DURING ORDER ENTRY | Tip: Search400 If your company maintains a list of customers or clients, duplicated entries is something you'd like to avoid. However, matching customer addresses -- even names -- can be challenging. Search400 expert John Kohan shows you how he handled the task using three RPG/400 programs he created. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci825032,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- WHAT CHARACTER IS NEEDED *EOR? | Advice: Search400 Dear Ask the Expert, I am having an issue with the *EOR using CPYTOIMPF. I'm sending data to a SYBASE database and it seems that when the last field of the record is blank that it is losing the place for that field and causing errors in SYBASE. The SYBASE administration folks can't seem to tell me what character is needed. Any help that you can provide is very much appreciated. Application development expert Tim Granatir offers some advice. >> Click here to read the full expert Q&A... http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid469771_tax285217,00.html =========================================================== LESS THAN 3 WEEKS UNTIL OUR FREE SECURITY DECISIONS EVENT =========================================================== Time's running out to attend Security Decisions June 19-21 at the Hilton Chicago Hotel. There are still seats left but you should act now or risk being shut out. FREE attendance available at: http://searchSecurity.techtarget.com/r/0,,2723,00.htm?SecurityDecisions Benefit from top strategies to make the most cost-effective security purchases, expert tactics to close specific security holes in your system, and the most effective ways to manage network security (without breaking the bank). Apply today! ======================================================== ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LIVE ONLINE EVENT | Which Web development tool is right for you? Speakers: Jim Mason, President, ebt-now David Slater, World Wide Market Manager, IBM Canada Bradley Stone, author of e-RPG: Building AS/400 Web Applications with RPG When: Wednesday, May 29 at 3pm EDT (19:00 GMT) Web development experts Jim Mason, David Slater, and Bradley Stone will give an overview of the various technologies for developing Web applications, including WebSphere, Java and e-RPG. Learn the pros and cons of each technology, and find out why certain ones are preferred, depending on what you're trying to do. >> CLICK here to pre-register: http://search400.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid3,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ISERIES KNOW IT ALL TRIVIA | Search400 How well do you know the iSeries? Test your knowledge with this trivia quiz. Each day we'll feature a different question. Give your brain a mini-work out and find out if you're an iSeries Know IT All. What's the name of the microprocessor developed jointly by Apple, IBM and Motorola that uses reduced instruction-set computing? >>CLICK to read the answer: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci825412,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- EXPERT PROFILE | Shahar Mor, PC/Windows connectivity expert Shahar Mor is president of Barmor Information Systems. He has worked on the iSeries 400 for 16 years. He started as a system administrator responsible for security, performance, database administration, backup and recovery procedures and connectivity issues. He later became a senior programmer at a bank and then head of infrastructure for an insurance company. Shahar now has his own consulting firm in Israel, with eight people working for him, doing projects for the iSeries 400 in the network environment. He also has written a Redbook for IBM on iSeries e-commerce. If you're having connectivity problems, Shahar can help. Send him your questions on PC/Windows connectivity. http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid3_tax285221,00.html >> RECENT Q&A's with Shahar you may find of interest: * Client Access/400 PC printer connectivity problems http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid468073_tax285221,00.html * Transfer an ASCII file in XML format http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid461401_tax285221,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THIS WEEK'S FEATURED BOOK | Search400's Bookstore Title: CL Programming for the AS/400 Author: Greg Veal Learning CL programming has never been easier, thanks to CL Programming for the AS/400--Second Edition, the enhanced version of Greg Veal's 1992 bestseller. http://www.digitalguru.com/DigitalGuru/product_detail.asp?catalog_name=Books&product_id=1583470042&partner_id=55 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Novice IT worker learns the hard way When a novice IT worker took too much initiative, systems manager Hector Araujo ended up in The Blooper Zone and his intern wound up in hot water. Source: SearchWindowsManagability http://www.searchWindowsManageability.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci825351,00.html >> RECENT MISSING LINK stories you may enjoy: http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax292189,00.html __________________________________________________________ *********************SEARCH400 CONTACTS******************* MICHELLE DAVIDSON, site editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your story ideas and best practices. KATE EVANS-CORREIA, senior news editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your product announcements and poll ideas. DEBRA TART, assistant editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your tips and Best Web Links. 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