This Week: Programming advice from the pros

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Published by Search400.com  April 05, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> From the Editor: Too much work, not enough sleep >> Featured Topic: Programming advice from the pros >> Expert Technical Advice: * Featured Expert: Shahar Mor, PC/Windows connectivity * From the Forums: iSeries CA bypasses all security on iSeries * Administrator Tip: Speed up your nightly backup >> Site Highlights: * White paper: The IT Manager's Working Guide to SOX Compliance * Expert Webcast: Honey, I shrunk my backup/recovery windows * Hot news: IBM opens up Power chip for customization  From the Editor: by Michelle Davidson, editor Too much work, not enough sleep One of the big stories last week was about how children in the U.S. don't get enough sleep. On average, they sleep two hours less than the recommended times. The articles briefly touched on adults' lack of sleep, but if you ask me, they didn't go far enough. Adults -- especially parents -- are so overworked and overstressed that they don't get the needed 8-9 hours of sleep, and they have a hard time getting their kids to bed on time. Their weekdays are spent working on projects that were due yesterday, tackling emergencies as they pop up, managing staffers, working with management and so on. These long days leave them worn out. But it doesn't end there. If you are a parent, you leave work at, say, 5:30 p.m. You usually have to pick up the kids at daycare, after-school care, the babysitter's, etc., which means on a good day you don't get home until 6:30 p.m. Then there's your spouse or partner to greet (if he or she isn't still working), pets to care for, dinner to make, the kids' backpacks to go through, mail to check and so on. So, you leave your stress-filled job to go home to more stress. It's a daily game of beat the clock to get your kids to bed on time -- let alone get all your chores done. And some days you just say forget it and take it slower, which pushes bedtime back even further. And of course, your day doesn't end once the kids go to bed. There's still the next day's lunches, laundry, cleaning, etc. And chances are, you're putting in a few hours of work at home, too. You finally get into bed after midnight only to find yourself worrying about a project at work and then one of your kids calls for you. Now you're both missing sleep time, and you wake up at 5:30 a.m. the next day in a bad mood and having to do the whole routine again. No one wins by having this type of schedule. You can't focus on your work, you argue with co-workers, you snap at your kids, and you yell at your spouse. It's time for employers to recognize that they're demanding too much of their workers, and at home we need to learn to let go of some things and relax. Does any of this sound familiar? E-mail me and let me know if you're sleep-deprived and if it's affecting your work. And tell me what you're doing to improve things. If you have any advice, I'll share it with the others. I'm sure we could all use some good tips.  Featured Topic: Programming advice from the pros by Debra Tart, assistant editor Looking for programming advice? Look no further. We've gathered the most popular expert Q&As -- January through March. Browse our top 10 for the best programming advice on the Web. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Shahar Mor, president, Barmor Information Systems Category: PC/Windows connectivity If you're having connectivity problems, Shahar can help. Send him your questions on PC/Windows connectivity. Read answers to previous questions or submit your own This Week: In the forums >> iSeries Client Access bypasses all security on iSeries "11samdog" writes, "I have authorization lists with object- and menu-level security applied to a library and its members. However, anyone with iSeries Client Access can upload and download any object with the data transfer utility installed with iSeries Client Access. Is there an additional setting I can configure on the library?" A couple of Search400.com members have some advice. >> Error TCP3427 when using a Windows 2000 print server "Joostn" writes, "We recently bought an Avery AP 54 label printer that must print labels from the iSeries. Because the iSeries does not have enough possibilities to configure this printer, I make use of a REMOTEOUTQ description, where the RMTPRTQ parameter is related to a share on the Windows printer server. This worked fine until we had to re-install the print server after a problem. After this, I receive the TCP3427 message on the iSeries and I'm no longer able to print." Site expert John Brandt explains what's happening. >> Level check error "AS400QQ" is no stranger to the level check error. In the past, he's recompiled the program and that's worked, but there are times when logical files were involved. To solve this, he's changed the LVLCHK parameter to *NO. He wondered if it's possible to redirect or change the based-on file of a logical file without recreating or recompiling it. "Binocencio" discusses the situation with him. Tip of the Week: Want to speed up your nightly backup? Use save files by Ron Turull If you're looking for a way to speed up your nightly backup chores, try using the save file solution. Backing up your system to a save file can be a real time-saver and, best of all, it's simple. >> Read tip  Site Highlights White paper: The IT Manager's Working Guide to SOX Compliance Trying to get up to speed with SOX? You won't want to miss this overview of the SOX Act -- a list of 164 IT-specific SOX audit points and information that can help IT achieve compliance faster. Download now News: IBM opens up Power chip for customization The Power5 processor is getting a boost from IBM's decision to open up the Power architecture. Read article Expert Webcast: Honey, I shrunk my backup/recovery windows Speaker: IBM's Deb Saugen 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. -- Listen to webcast -- Download Deb's slides Sponsored By: Lakeview Technology Update your subscriptions Select newsletters you would like to receive from the list below. Administrator Tips Security Tip Today's News E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. New contest Have a trick or tip others could use? Send it in for a chance to win a pair of Motorola Talkabout T5950 rechargeable two-way radios. Submit tip WebSphere Tip Debug Web applications easily with WDSC by Jim Mason WDSC offers a variety of tools to help developers easily debug applications in many environments. If you're new to Web development with WDSC, this article can help make your testing and debugging Web applications experience an easier one. Read tip Buyer's Guide Find a tool in our buyer's guide to help migrate and integrate data between your database, directories, and applications. Search now   A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R Contact us: Search400 MemberServices 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 This e-newsletter is published by Search400.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. TechTarget offers magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters, Webcasts and conferences for enterprise IT professionals. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. 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