Charlie: John you know when we last spoke, the conversation that we got into was about dimensional modeling, and I thought it was so fascinating and a topic that people need to hear more about because there are so many different ways that we can derive value from our existing data that people may not be aware of or maybe not properly putting it in the right ways to get to discern the best data value from it, I should say.
Okay but the question is is that good for business decisions, because it’s just your transactional data, right? Read More
Remove the need for procedure prototypes Simon Hutchinson
This is another example of something in RPG that almost slipped by me. I now have a way not to have to define a procedure prototype in the procedures’ member. All I need is the procedure, and the RPG compiler does its “magic” to do what ever it does to make this possible. This is made possible by the addition of a new control option and parameter in the procedure declaration.
The addition to the control option is a new option REQPREXP, which allows one of three values:
*REQUIRE: All procedures are required to have a prototype (DCL-PR)
*WARN: If a prototype is not found for a procedure a warning error, severity 10, is received when compiled
*NO: Procedure prototype is not required for the main and exported procedures
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IBM i modernization, even from a strategy perspective, can be convoluted and complicated. In this blog, our expert looks at efficient and cost-effective ways to modernize your IBM i applications. Read More
HTP8351 in joblog of failing HTTP Server
This document discusses what causes the message ID HTP8351 “Secure Sockets session failed to initialize successfully” found in the joblog of an HTTP Server. Read More
