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Published by Search400.com   March 11, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  Global Software, Inc.: Free White Paper: Efficiently Access iSeries Data in Real-Time  Today's Highlights   >>  FEATURED TOPIC:  Top 10 administrator tips of 2003 >>  NEWS:  Grid technology tools coming to iSeries >>  EXPERT WEBCAST:  Honey, I shrunk my backup/recovery windows >>  THE MISSING LINK:  Personal computers just aren't PC  News and Top Stories   FEATURED TOPIC Top 10 administrator tips of 2003  (Search400.com) Keeping up to date on new techniques isn't always easy. Let Search400.com help. This week we feature the most popular and useful systems management tips of 2003. More on this topic: >  View current Featured Topic >  View previous Featured Topics SPONSORED BY: Global Software, Inc. Free White Paper: Efficiently Access iSeries Data in Real-Time Are you looking for a way to seamlessly access real-time corporate data within your iSeries? It is critical to access and leverage this data, but processing it as quickly and effectively as you need to can be difficult and costly. Global Software allows you to use Microsoft Excel to access and leverage this data in real-time, saving your company valuable time and money. To learn more, download this Free White Paper. NEWS Grid technology tools coming to iSeries (iSeries Network) IBM has released a set of tools to transform homegrown grids into a network of interoperable systems all based on standard technology. The tools will support OS/400 within a couple of months. (Free registration to this site required.) DAILY HEADLINES All headlines, including those below, are available from our news page.   >  Researcher, Microsoft spar over flaw (SearchSecurity.com)   VIEW ALL NEWS AND TOP STORIES  Announcements & Links   EXPERT ADVICE Connecting to an SQL server Shahar Mor, connectivity advice Dear Shahar, I am trying to access data on an MS SQL Server 2000 from my iSeries. Is there a way to create an ODBC connection from the iSeries to the MS SQL Server machine for my application to access the SQL server data? >>  View Shahar's response FORUM ADVICE Getting an Excel spreadsheet into a flat file "GZAMSA" writes, "I need to import/upload a CSV file into a file on the iSeries. I found commands like CYPFRMIPMF, CPYTOIMPF, CPYFRMPCD, CPYTOPCD, but I'm not sure how to use them. Is FTP needed as well? The file on the iSeries would have DDS defining each field." Three Search400.com members responded. Read what they had to say. >>  View or participate in this discussion thread NEW BOOK EXCERPT Qshell for iSeries Log on and download for free Chapter 2 of Qshell for iSeries written by Ted Holt and Fred A. Kulack and published by MC Press. This chapter, "Running Qshell," addresses the "Start Qshell" CL command (STRQSH or QSH) and the variations on STRQSH, including whether Qshell is running in a batch job or an interactive job, whether the CMD parameter specifies a Qshell command and whether Qshell is already active in an interactive job. Win a copy of the book. After you read the chapter, test how much you learned and then send us the results for a chance to win a copy of Qshell for iSeries. Send in your quiz results today >>  Download the chapter ISERIES GLOSSARY iSeries acronyms and terms defined There are so many iSeries acronyms and terms and so little time to figure them all out. Search400.com has gathered and defined some of the industry's top used acronyms and terms to help you stay abreast of the older, and upcoming lingo, out there. If you're puzzled by a term not seen here, please e-mail, and we'll add the definition to our list. >>  Check out the glossary EXPERT WEBCAST Honey, I shrunk my backup/recovery windows Date: Wednesday, March 31, 9 a.m. EST (14:00 GMT) Speaker: Deb Saugen, technical owner of iSeries 400 and AS/400 backup and recovery in the Rochester, Minn., development lab New iSeries hardware and tape technology in combination with software enhancements in BRMS using Concurrent and Parallel Saves, Save-while-active and Online Lotus Server Backups are resulting in huge reductions to backup/recovery windows. Learn how you, too, can dramatically shrink your backup and recovery windows. >>  Pre-register today THE MISSING LINK Personal computers just aren't PC Before you pitch your PC, keep this in mind: The old saying about "returning to dust" does not apply. 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