Before AS/400 fans ever even heard the term “iSeries”, IBM had already rolled out the integrated file system (IFS) to give IBM i users the ability to run applications that don’t follow the traditional library structure, which resulted in UNIX- and Windows-based support within the operating system.
Even the Windows IT team needs to access the IFS on IBM i for file exchanges! Read More
How to determine what Java Development Kits (JDKs) are installed and use them in your environment?
This document will discuss how to determine what JDK versions/bit levels are installed and how to use them in your environment. Read More
Supported IBM Java Development Kit (JDK) Versions by IBM i Operating System Version and Release
This document details what IBM JDK versions are supported at each IBM i operating system version and release. Read More
IBM i is Everywhere [email protected] (Josh Bander)
After only about a year working at Briteskies in the IBM i community, I’ve learned a few things: Read More
Convert character to hexadecimal with SQL Simon Hutchinson
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about using Machine Instruction, MI, procedures in RPG to convert a character string to hexadecimal, and then convert it back again to character. Several people sent me examples of converting character to hexadecimal using a SQL statement, but no-one sent me the statement to convert the hexadecimal to character.
I decided to give an example of how I would do what I did last week in SQL. I embedded the SQL statements into a RPG program as this would be the way I would likely use it.
Below is my example program:
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