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Access your multi-member files, let your users dynamically select the member they want to query at run time, and create a report that uses the latest and greatest database engine technology.
 Written by Gene Cobb
Over the last several years, I have written several articles about DB2 for i and DB2 Web Query, some of which emphasized the importance of employing techniques to ensure that your queries are using the SQL Query Engine (SQE), the strategic database engine for DB2 for i. One of the requirements for SQE processing is that the database access method must be SQL. However, one of the very few drawbacks with SQL access on our beloved system is that it does not natively support the concept of physical file members.
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Tape may be everyone's darling, but SPHiNX is a dandy earning new friends daily.
 Written by Chris Smith
I recently wrote an article titled "Bulletin: Tape Is Alive and Well at IBM." It was about several new technologies that will effectively extend the life of tape as a viable backup solution for a decade or longer. However, the whole time I was writing it, I was thinking, "Wow, this is amazing! I thought tape was on the way out long ago!"
That, of course, is a naïve belief. The fact is that almost every company uses tape in one capacity or another for backup or archiving even if they have a more robust backup solution running in parallel.
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It appears Microsoft has hit the PC operating system target with Windows 7. It's fast, intuitive, and secure, but what's in it for us IBM i professionals?
Written by Chris Peters
The reasoning for migration to Microsoft's latest version of its operating system is quite compelling, enough so that directors of traditional IBM i installations may decide the effort and expense of conversion is merited. This article examines the major benefits and significant limitations of migrating to Windows 7 in the IBM i environment as well as the requirements for its implementation.
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Do your users get frustrated when they scroll down through tables and can't see the headers? You can fix that!
 Written by Giovanni B. Perotti
Usually, when an HTML table containing many rows does not fit in the page height, a vertical scroll bar is generated on the right side of the page, allowing users to display the lower rows of the table. In scrolling down, however, the table headers are no longer visible, so users may need to scroll back up the page to check column headings. Users would by far prefer to have the column headers kept steady at the top of the screen, while the scroll bar scrolls just the table rows.
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INDUSTRY NEWS >>
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Students at Vaal University of Technology in South Africa will now have RPG and PHP textbooks thanks to a combined effort of interested parties in the U.S.
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Company focuses research on energy at Beijing lab to help China manage growth in demand.
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According to IDC report, IBM grew external disk storage systems revenue by 9 percent compared to last year's fourth quarter.
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Study of 13 workload automation providers finds that Advanced Systems Concepts’ ActiveBatch competes "fiercely on price,” has a “broad span of platform and application support.”
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Company's clean energy storage systems receive a power backup product innovation award.
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Zoho fully integrates with Google Apps at sign-on, data and application levels.
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Twice-weekly video series offers practical PC security advice for the everyday user in an easy, entertaining style.
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