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Good morning Joel,
Thanks for your leadership in extending the understanding and use of the
iSeries capabilities. As it seems inevitable, I would like to learn more
about using the "IBM iSeries .NET Managed Provider". thanks
Joel Cochran
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Howdy Nexters,
Its been a whlie since I communicated with y'all, so here is a brief
list of items of interest:
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I have a new article available at ITJungle.com, "Embedding SQL in RPGIV
- Episode I". The article is the first of a two-part Primer for
embedding SQL in RPG. You can view it online at
http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg081005-story01.html
The second article should be up in the next week or two. The first one
focuses on rudimentary stuff, the second one focuses on Dynamic SQL.
These are prequels to my previous article "Embedding SQL in /free" at
http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg030205-story01.html
I'm looking at potential articles, I'd love to get some feedback from
you all on which of these you would be interested in:
- SQL Stored Procedures and UDFs
- Using the "IBM iSeries .NET Managed Provider"
- Creating IBM API Wrapper Service Programs
- SQL DDL vs. Native DDS
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I made a minor change to the RNBUSLFLD Service program at a users
request. It adds a couple of new procedures but really isn't enough for
a full-on release. As such, now would be a good time to solicit the
group for changes/additions they'd like to see. I'd also like to remind
you all that all the procedures are documented at
http://www.rpgnext.com/docs/procedures.php , so be sure to utilitize
that resource. One request in the past has been to provide example code
for each of the procedures, so I may try to do that this fall. If
anyone has examples they would be willing to share, e-mail me directly.
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This is quasi-good news. One of my co-workers was *finally* able to
replicate the nagging CALL STACK error in the CRTPTYPMBR command, and we
were able to stop the error. The problem is that it caused another
error, so it hasn't been fixed, but I feel that for the first time in
forever we may be on to something. It isn't a show stopper, but I'd
really like to get it fixed.
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As always, I have way too many irons in the fire, but here are some of
the hottest:
1) iHOC Query .NET - if you are on the beat team, you can move on to the
next block. For the rest of you, "iHOC" is a windows program written in
C#.NET that allows you to perform Ad Hoc SQL against virtually any
database. It was originally developed in house to replace Ops Nav and
has blossomed into a full-on commercial product. It is quite
functional, and I'll be sharing more about it as we get closer to
market. For now, you can get a sneak peak at
http://www.ihocquery.com/features.php
The site is in alpha status, so I give no guarantees as to links
funcitoning and such, but it should give you a good idea about what to
expect.
2) The iSeries .NET Productivity Pack - This is a collection of items
I've developed for working in .NET that are specific to the iSeries.
Some examples include FixedDecimal and FixedString classes, and iSeries
Database Access Manager, and a server side tool for generating C#
classes from iSeries files. The pieces parts have all been developed, I
just need to finalize the packaging. Any suggestions or requests are
welcome.
3) (WEB) Service Program - This is a new project I've been toying with
for some time. The idea is to develop a service program that you bind
with a CGI program that binds any other service program that YOU
developed. My service program would then act as an "internal wrapper"
to your service program making them available through your web server as
a Web Service by generating the necessary SOAP and WSDL. This project
is in it infant stage, so any suggestions would be more than welcome.
Well, that's all for now, so until Next time...
Happy Coding!
Joel Cochran
http://www.rpgnext.com
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