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New Search400 Salary Survey: http://search400.techtarget.com/salarySurveySkill/ ================================================================ Essential explanations, tools and code for the iSeries programmer. More tips: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid3_tax2f9,00.html =================================================================== In today's technical advice roundup you'll find tips, expert answers and input from your peers to the following iSeries programmer questions and concerns: Today's Featured Programmer Tip: -- "CLEAR" advantage over resetting work fields 1. Answers to Other Technical Questions: 1. Using date data-type fields in RPG IV 2. Select only the data that you want 3. A new and improved find command 4. New white papers on iSeries development 2. Important Announcements and Links - Tips Contest: July winners announced - Take Our Fun Quiz: Test your iSeries IQ - Advice: Programmer Discussion Forum - Featured Book: Enterprise Java Programming ______________________________________________________________ ***************** New Search400 Salary Survey **************** Are you paid enough? Take our new salary survey to see where you rank with other Notes and Domino professionals. Our new interactive salary survey allows you to get instant results that are tailored to your needs. You can sort the immediate results by gender, title, salary, industry and more. http://search400.techtarget.com/salarySurveySkill/ =================================================================== Today's Featured Tip =================================================================== "CLEAR" advantage over resetting work fields At times we need to reset the value of work fields, data buffers and screen fields. If a field is an alphanumeric type, then we may move "*BLANKS" when we want it "reset". If a field is numeric, then we may "Zero Add" "*ZEROS" to the field. But the "CLEAR" operation code provides much more flexibility. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci843891,00.html =================================================================== Answers to Other Programmer Questions =================================================================== 1. Using date data-type fields in RPG IV Date data-types are incredibly powerful and flexible, but figuring out how to use them to do date format conversions can be frustrating. Get help in this tip from Search400 member Richard Jarboe. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci519460,00.html 2. Select only the data that you want Do you know that you can create a logical file that has the selection you need along with the order in which you want the records? In DDS, there is a way to create a logical view of a physical file that you may select or omit the data that meets a certain criteria. Search400 expert John Kohan provides an example of how you can do this. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci833549,00.html 3. A new and improved find command Search400 member Larry Pepin has developed a scan command that scans source files. Larry stated, "Not only does this command give what I believe is a better and more readable printout than the FNDSTRPDM command because it highlights the found scan strings, but it also has other very unique features." http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci543134,00.html 4. New white papers on iSeries development When it comes to programming your iSeries, the more advice and help you have the better. Browse Search400's new white papers section to find informative white papers on development and several other iSeries topics. http://search400.techtarget.com/whitepapersByCategory/0,293837,sid3_tax292515_idx0_off10,00.html _____________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- JULY'S WINNERS ANNOUNCED | Search400 tips contest Based on their ratings and evaluation by our panel of judges, our top winner for July is Wim van den Heuvel and our runner-up winner is Nico Beekhuijs. Wim won a Samsung DVD-S221 DVD/MP3 player and was added to our Hall of Fame for his tip: Query's collating sequence and character comparisons http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci841561,00.html CONTEST FOR AUGUST: This month we're giving away a Beetle CD stereo. This stereo has a FM digital tuner, dual stereo speakers in the wheels, and a CD tray that slides out from the bumper -- and the head and taillights really light up. The CD play controls are accessed from under the hood. It includes a plug adapter and headphone jack. http://www.search400.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid3_prz840983_cts840991,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR FUN QUIZ | Test your iSeries IQ DSPDBF, DSPFFD, WRKSPLF. How well do you know the various commands used on the iSeries? Test your knowledge in this quiz. >> CLICK to take quiz: http://search400.techtarget.com/sDefinition/1,,sid3_gci841205,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- DISCUSSION FORUM | Interact with other programmers Are you an iSeries programmer with questions? 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