SQL Columns with CCSID 1200
I’ve recently been working on an ILE RPG program that needs to read a SQL table that has a VARCHAR column encoded with CCSID 1200 (Unicode). Since RPG doesn’t normally handle Unicode, it takes a little...
View ArticleIBM i vs. MySQL: a Performance Test
A few years ago, I expressed on the midrange-l mailing list some frustration I was having regarding database performance on an AS/400. I recall saying something like … MySQL vastly outperforms the...
View ArticleWhy I Dislike Code Generators
Those of you who follow the midrange.com lists probably are aware that I'm not a big fan of application code generators. This includes (but is not limited to) ... * Case Tools (AS/SET, Synon, etc) *...
View ArticleHave DDS Files Finally Gone Way Of The Dinosaur
If you are still cranking out the traditional physical and logical file with DDS I think it’s time to get up to speed with SQL for both creating and querying files. For a long time I held onto using...
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