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IBM i developers who run Rational Developer for IBM i (RDi) on macOS are running into trouble getting the IDE to run on the latest release of macOS Big Sur, version 11.5. However, with patience and perseverance, IBM i developers are finding ways to get it to run. An official fix from IBM has yet to be made.

Reports of problems getting RDi 9.6 to run on Big Sur emerged in June, when users began to post reports on IBM i chat boards, including the new IBM Community site. Users reported problems installing RDi on Big Sur, as well as …

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I’m building CL prompting for Code for #ibmi using the qcdrcmdd API, but the generated XML Is so messy. ?

– Liam barry Allan (@notesofbarry)16:53 – Aug 01, 2021

007 We are so happy to have Steve Bradshaw from Rowton IT back on the show with us this week.  Steve joins us to unpack NVMe, everything you need to know about them and why you should take a look at them if you are doing a hardware refresh.    Steve’s contact information: Email: steve.bradshaw@rowtonit.comWhat’s the fuss about NVMe’s (presentation) RowtonITOne incredible Th(i)ng!  Products, gadgets, recipes, music or things we are loving right now.  Tony’s picks for this week:Tony’s heading back to the office and his pants don’t fit!  Salad Kits to the rescue! Peg’s pick for the week:   Rose’ all day long!  Steve’s pick for the week: 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy – BBC Podcast Upcoming Events: POWERUp21 October 4-6 in Virginia Beach, VA.   This event is LIVE onsite and simulcast over the web.  Discount hotel rates available for the weekend before or after the conference.    Bring the family for a little beach time and don’t forget to pack your swimsuit!  This episode is sponsored by… COMMON https://www.common.org/home Midrange Dynamics Change Management Software – Built for IBM i modernization! https://www.midrangedynamics.com/   Interested in sharing your IBM i story?  Want to sponsor the podcast?  We want to hear from you!  Reach out to Peg at Peggy@theincredibleishow.com

In this edition of the IBM i PTF Guide, we want to remind you once again that when you go to Fix Central at IBM to download PTFs to patch your IBM i operating systems and related systems software, you must use an encrypted variant of FTP to do so – that’s FTPS or SFTP, depending – as of July 10. If you follow all of the links starting with the Fix Central homepage, you will eventually get to this link right here, which tells you how to configure SFTP on your machine. We interpret this to mean that …

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Quick! Think of a weird animal! Perhaps you thought of the platypus, a duck-billed mammal that lays eggs. Maybe Dr. Doolittle’s pushmi-pullyu jumped to mind. Maybe you thought of a politician or a musician or your next-door neighbor. I know a weird animal that you probably didn’t think of.

The weird animal I have in mind is called the duration. This animal is found in SQL queries. There are three species: timestamp, date, and time. Today I write about the challenges of interacting with this strange entity. I’ll use the timestamp duration as an example. Interacting with date …

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