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02 April 2025 SQL 101: DDL Recap—Additional Options for CREATE INDEX and a DDL Recap Summary SQL | Programming 581
05 March 2025 SQL 101: DDL Recap—Are Views and Logical Files the Same Thing? SQL | Programming 2,147
04 December 2024 SQL 101: DDL Recap—Seeing Things from a Whole New View (Pun Intended) SQL | Programming 1,640
04 September 2024 SQL 101: DDL Recap—Improving Our Basic SQL Tables, Part 2 SQL | Programming 1,981
05 June 2024 SQL 101: DDL Recap—Improving Our Basic SQL Tables, Part 1 SQL | Programming 2,613
06 March 2024 SQL 101: DDL Recap—From Physical Files to SQL Tables, Starting the Journey SQL | Programming 3,324
06 December 2023 SQL 101: DDL Recap—Converting Physical Files to SQL Tables SQL | Programming 4,067
06 September 2023 SQL 101: DML Recap—UPDATE, DELETE, and Recap SQL | Programming 2,801
07 June 2023 SQL 101: DML Recap: The Two “Flavors” of INSERT SQL | Programming 2,709
01 March 2023 SQL 101: DML Recap—Some Handy Column Functions, Part 2 SQL | Programming 2,959
04 January 2023 SQL 101: DML Recap—Some Handy Column Functions, Part 1 SQL | Programming 3,711
02 November 2022 SQL 101: DML Recap—Joining Tables, Part 2 SQL | Programming 3,845
07 September 2022 SQL 101: DML Recap—Joining Tables, Part 1 SQL | Programming 3,582
06 July 2022 SQL 101 – DML recap – Between and In Predicates SQL | Programming 3,520
04 May 2022 SQL 101: Introducing the UMADB Database, Part 2 SQL | Programming 3,594
02 March 2022 SQL 101: Introducing the UMADB Database, Part 1 SQL | Programming 4,263
05 January 2022 SQL 101: Time to Sum Up (and You’ll Want to Bookmark This Article) SQL | Programming 4,698
06 October 2021 SQL 101: Simplifying Application Development with SQL Triggers, Part 2 SQL | Programming 4,072
07 July 2021 SQL 101: Simplifying Application Development with SQL Triggers, Part 1 SQL | Programming 3,883
11 June 2021 Exploring a Few More Complex Trigger Scenarios SQL | Programming 4,762
14 May 2021 Exploring More Complex Trigger Scenarios SQL | Programming 4,125
16 April 2021 Introducing Database Triggers SQL | Programming 4,625
03 March 2021 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-on Tour, Part 7 SQL | Programming 3,577
12 February 2021 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-On Tour, Part 6 SQL | Programming 3,449
03 February 2021 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 7 - Rational Open Access Vendors RPG | Programming 4,501
06 January 2021 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 6 - Introducing Rational Open Access RPG | Programming 5,826
02 December 2020 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 5 - From ILE to MVC, Explained RPG | Programming 4,887
04 November 2020 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 4 - MVC Layers Explained RPG | Programming 4,587
16 October 2020 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-on Tour, Part 5 SQL | Programming 3,451
07 October 2020 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 3—Introducing the MVC RPG | Programming 4,776
01 September 2020 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 2—Multi-Tier Architecture Implementations RPG | Programming 4,759
14 August 2020 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-on Tour, Part 4 SQL | Programming 3,646
05 August 2020 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 1 - Laying the Foundations RPG | Programming 4,762
10 July 2020 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-on Tour, Part 3 SQL | Programming 4,330
01 July 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization - Methodology, Part 10 Analytics & Cognitive | 3,723
12 June 2020 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-on Tour, Part 2 SQL | Programming 4,171
03 June 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization - Methodology, Part 9 RPG | Programming 3,710
15 May 2020 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-on Tour, Part 1 SQL | Programming 4,516
06 May 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization - Methodology, Part 8 RPG | Programming 3,669
10 April 2020 SQL 101: Using ILE RPG Functions as SQL UDFs SQL | Programming 7,271
01 April 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization - Methodology, Part 7 RPG | Programming 5,679
13 March 2020 SQL 101: Using ILE RPG Programs and Procedures as SQL Stored Procedures, Part 2 SQL | Programming 8,205
04 March 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization - Methodology, Part 6 RPG | Programming 5,845
14 February 2020 SQL 101: Using ILE RPG Programs and Procedures as SQL Stored Procedures, Part 1 SQL | Programming 5,040
05 February 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization—Methodology, Part 5 RPG | Programming 4,921
17 January 2020 SQL 101: Flipping It—Using RPG Code in SQL SQL | Programming 5,290
08 January 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization—Methodology, Part 4 RPG | Programming 4,101
13 December 2019 SQL 101: Embedding Other SQL Statements in Your RPG Code SQL | Programming 8,065
04 December 2019 RPG Academy: Database Modernization - Methodology, Part 3 RPG | Programming 4,821
06 November 2019 RPG Academy: Database Modernization—Methodology, Part 2 RPG | Programming 4,631
Rafael Victoria-Pereira

Rafael Victória-Pereira has more than 20 years of IBM i experience as a programmer, analyst, and manager. Over that period, he has been an active voice in the IBM i community, encouraging and helping programmers transition to ILE and free-format RPG. Rafael has written more than 100 technical articles about topics ranging from interfaces (the topic for his first book, Flexible Input, Dazzling Output with IBM i) to modern RPG and SQL in his popular RPG Academy and SQL 101 series on mcpressonline.com and in his books Evolve Your RPG Coding and SQL for IBM i: A Database Modernization Guide. Rafael writes in an easy-to-read, practical style that is highly popular with his audience of IBM technology professionals.

Rafael is the Deputy IT Director - Infrastructures and Services at the Luis Simões Group in Portugal. His areas of expertise include programming in the IBM i native languages (RPG, CL, and DB2 SQL) and in "modern" programming languages, such as Java, C#, and Python, as well as project management and consultancy.


MC Press books written by Rafael Victória-Pereira available now on the MC Press Bookstore.

Evolve Your RPG Coding: Move from OPM to ILE...and Beyond Evolve Your RPG Coding: Move from OPM to ILE...and Beyond
Transition to modern RPG programming with this step-by-step guide through ILE and free-format RPG, SQL, and modernization techniques.
List Price $79.95

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Flexible Input, Dazzling Output with IBM i Flexible Input, Dazzling Output with IBM i
Uncover easier, more flexible ways to get data into your system, plus some methods for exporting and presenting the vital business data it contains.
List Price $79.95

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SQL for IBM i: A Database Modernization Guide SQL for IBM i: A Database Modernization Guide
Learn how to use SQL’s capabilities to modernize and enhance your IBM i database.
List Price $79.95

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