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A screen a story – What does “move active records” mean?

March 7, 2023 by Rudi van Helvoirt Leave a Comment

The latest Technology Refresh (TR) for IBM i 7.4 and 7.5 has something new within them for reorganizing a file. If you have lost count of the TR levels IBM i 7.4 is at TR7 and IBM i 7.5 is at TR1. Every time a new TR is announced it can be overwhelming with the […]

Node-RED & Security

March 6, 2023 by Andy Youens Leave a Comment

I gave a quick demonstration of Node-RED to a client recently and I didn’t get the response I was expecting. On bringing up the Node-RED browser interface, the first question I got asked was why doesn’t Node-RED use a TLS (Transport Layer Security), or SSL (Secure Socket Layer), connection to the server. Great question, I’m […]

Node-RED & Bank Holidays

February 7, 2023 by Andy Youens Leave a Comment

In a recent training course I gave to a UK bank, we were covering web-services and I showed how we can get information from a reliable source and then store it in our database.  They informed me that they still manually input UK Bank Holidays into a table.  This was a task that they had […]

A screen a story – What does this button do? Part II

January 10, 2023 by Rudi van Helvoirt Leave a Comment

In my last article A screen a story – What does this button do? The SQL button was used to retrieve SQL statements which I then tweaked to get the job done. The purpose of it all was to build an SQL script to automate changing the object owner of a printer, object type *DEVD. […]

Node-RED & IBM i

January 3, 2023 by Andy Youens 2 Comments

In my last article I wrote about the hoops we had to jump through to get the DB2 for i Node-RED adapter installed. In this article, we will be taking a look at how we use that adapter and also how we can run IBM i commands from within our Node-RED flows.  All very useful. […]

Node-RED & DB2 for i Connector

December 6, 2022 by Andy Youens Leave a Comment

I know I said in my last article that was the end of my little project on the Raspberry Pi with Machine Learning talking to the IBM i.  Well since my last piece I have found how to correct a couple of the moans I had with Node-RED on the IBM i. My last article […]

A screen a story – What does this SQL button do?

December 6, 2022 by Rudi van Helvoirt 2 Comments

When working in the IT business we all appreciate it if we are being helped by the operating system. For that purpose in the New Navigator for I IBM created the SQL button. Should we all start to use the name Navigator for i or keep it short, like I do, and use the term […]

A screen a story – Not our problem anymore

November 7, 2022 by Rudi van Helvoirt 1 Comment

Last week I ran into an issue, which did teach me something new about the command WRKPRB. After checking a test LPAR after having applied the latest group PTFs for IBM i 7.4, I noticed the following when checking the apply: When looking at the joblog of QSYSCOMM1 spoolfiles were being created: When looking at […]

Raspberry Pi and Machine Learning

November 2, 2022 by Andy Youens 2 Comments

In my last article, I demonstrated how I used Machine Learning on the Raspberry Pi to determine if a photograph contained a bird.  This article can be found at https://powerwire.eu/raspberry-pi-and-machine-learning if you missed it. In this follow-up article, we will be using the Raspberry Pi to send details to our IBM I server to inform […]

Shield Advanced Solutions – new Messaging and Monitoring solutions

October 14, 2022 by Staff Reporter Leave a Comment

September 2022 – Toronto As Shield Advanced Solutions celebrates the significant milestone, 25 years of providing Availability for the IBM i (and predecessors), our customers are raving about the new Messaging and Monitoring solutions. Many of Shield’s long-standing HA4i – high availability for IBM i customers have taken up EM4i – message monitoring for IBM […]

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A screen a story – Not our problem anymore

Last week I ran into an issue, which did teach me something new about the command WRKPRB. After checking a … [Read More...]

Raspberry Pi and Machine Learning

In my last article, I demonstrated how I used Machine Learning on the Raspberry Pi to determine if a … [Read More...]

Shield Advanced Solutions – new Messaging and Monitoring solutions

September 2022 – Toronto As Shield Advanced Solutions celebrates the significant milestone, 25 years of … [Read More...]

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