[[{“value”:”I was asked: What is the easiest way to check if a member exists in a file?
They had been recommended to perform the check in a CL program, but wondered if there was a way to do the same in a RPG program.
In a “pre-SQL” world I would have used the Allocate Object command, ALCOBJ, in a CL program to check if the member exists. My program would look something like this:
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Secure API Authentication for IBM i: Protecting Your System While Enabling Integration Daniel Magid
[[{“value”:”Our previous security blogs explored how IBM i systems are often isolated from enterprise security architectures and discussed implementing technologies like Okta for Multi-Factor Authentication. Our last blog focused on the vulnerabilities inherent in using Basic Authentication and the reasons to replace Basic Authentication with more modern authentication methods. Today, I want to focus on
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IBM i technical resources roadmap IBM Developer
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The Top Ten IBM i Requests From The IBM Ideas Portal Alex Woodie
[[{“value”:”Big Blue is gearing up for a major new release of the IBM i operating system. We don’t know yet what will be in the release, but we can forge some guesses by checking out what new features the IBM i community is requesting through the IBM Ideas portal, and how IBM reacts to them.
IBM prides itself on being a customer-focused organization, and so it looks to the IBM i community for direction on what sort of features, capabilities, and fixes the IBM i community currently is looking for. That community outreach takes various forms, including the COMMON Americas …
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What’s New With IBM PowerVS In 2025? Alex Woodie
[[{“value”:”It has been six years since IBM launched IBM Power Virtual Server, its public cloud offering for IBM i workloads. Adoption started slowly but has picked up in recent years as IBM fleshed out the offering and expanded it to more datacenters. As we enter the second quarter, IBM is banking on several new features to help it attract more IBM i customers to PowerVS.
Last October, IBM offered PowerVS in 21 IBM Cloud datacenters around the world, including 650 Power Systems customers. Doris Conti, the vice president of Power Systems product management, told The Four Hundred that IBM had …
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