May 5, 2021
May 5, 2021 | Volume 16 Issue 58
- LEAD ARTICLE: New Solution for Combining Multiple Row Values into a Single Row with SQL
- FEATURED ARTICLE: Why /Free in RPG?
- NEWS HIGHLIGHT: IBM Launches Advanced Storage Solutions Designed to Simplify Data Accessibility & Availability Across Hybrid Clouds
- FEATURED NEWS: IBM Study: COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted 9 in 10 Surveyed Consumers' Views on Sustainability
- WHITE PAPER: What to Do When Your AS/400 Talent Retires
- FEATURED VIDEO: Design an Invoice in 10 Minutes
- EVENT: Think: The premier hybrid cloud and AI event
New Solution for Combining Multiple Row Values into a Single Row with SQL
The LISTAGG function makes combining row values easier.
By Kent Milligan
Several years have passed since I wrote articles on how to use the Db2 for i Connect By and Recursive Common Table Expression features to combine multiple row values into a single row. The following table represents the type of report that could be generated using the SQL detailed in those articles.
IBM Quantum Computer Demonstrates Next Step Towards Moving Beyond Classical Supercomputing
Why /Free in RPG?
Why should you use /Free? Certainly positional RPG is familiar to everyone in our world. Why bother to learn or use /Free? Fortunately, there are a ton of articles out there about the advantages of /Free, so I am not going to belabor it. Just search on “RPG Free advantages”.
By David Shirey
Editor's Note: This article is excerpted from chapter 3 of 21st Century RPG: /Free, ILE, and MVC, by David Shirey.
The thrust of /Free is simple: it gives you opcodes and structures that do not have to be in a given column position on the screen. And this allows you to do four things.
Why Migrate When You Can Modernize?
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The thousands of customers we've worked with and surveyed state that expectations regarding the digital footprint and vision of the companyare not aligned with the current IT environment.
Node Webinar Series Pt. 1: The World of Node.js on IBM i
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Low Code: A Digital Transformation of Supply Chain and Logistics
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IBM Study: COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted 9 in 10 Surveyed Consumers' Views on Sustainability
Global research reveals majority of consumers are willing to pay to support a sustainable future
The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated consumers' focus on sustainability and willingness to pay out of their own pockets – or even take a pay cut – for a sustainable future, according to a new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) survey of over 14,000 consumers in nine countries.