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September 2024
Welcome to the September edition of PowerWire! Can you believe how quickly this year is flying by?
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Celebrating DB2 for i Anniversary
We start off with another anniversary. This time it is DB2 for i. We have to thank Kent Milligan from IBM for reminding us of this significant anniversary. Who knew we had a database with no name, and now it is right up there with the best of them. Keep the anniversaries coming, IBM!
Accessing Data from DB2 for i
Our second article of the month comes from our editor once again, Andy Youens. To follow on from last month’s article where he accessed data from SQLite, this time he will access customer data from a DB for i table. This example can easily be modified to access your own data.
i-UG Next Event
Look out for the opening for registration for the i-UG Conference Midlands in November 2024. The link can be found below, and see you there!
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Catch Up with these New Articles this Month!
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Python DB2 for i Access
Introduction In my previous article, I wrote about how to access a SQLite database and output the SQL resultset in a neat table. If you need a recap, my previous…
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30 Years of Db2 on IBM i
August 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of Db2 on IBM i and its predecessor platforms – iSeries & AS/400. Those of you who follow the platform closely might think that…
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From SQL to Python: IBM i Database Queries
Introduction In this article I will show how we can use python on the IBM i to retrieve records from a SQLite database and output the results in a nicely…
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