Inserting and viewing of Chinese characters in DB2400
Dear All, We are trying to insert Chinese characters into an AS400 PF. We originally had the CCSID of the PF field as 13488, The job CCSID being 65535 HOWERVER when we are trying to input characters, it is taking as ????????? Later, we careated a new file – with CCSID 1200 and still the [...]

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2011  5:35 PM
AS/400 DB2, CCSID, DB2, DB2 administration
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Vkm
5 pts.

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Answer Question   |  May 26, 2011  1:31 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, Contests, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE, ITKE Community, Knowledge Point Bounty, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
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6,315 pts.

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Answer Question   |  May 3, 2011  2:24 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
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6,315 pts.

Visual Basic Login form and second form load
I am building an application that uses a username/passworm form for login and want to load from a flat file info relevant to the username entered in the login form.    Will the code for the reading of the flat file go in the form_load of my second form this is the code I am trying [...]

Answer Question   |  September 26, 2011  9:28 AM
Flat files, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2010, Windows 7
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75 pts.

Unable to load Dynamic Link Library BASDB.DLL on Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
Windows 7 Professional – 64 bit Application is 32 bit application. Application uses Sybase 11 , and ODBC sources The DLL Basdb.Dll is located in the SYSWOW64 folder but is not loaded when called. Example of call to DLL. Alter Procedure “DBA”.”spbossaccountchg” ( in iaction integer, in iid integer ) external name ‘Bossaccountchg@Basdb.Dll’ *****Have added [...]

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  1:54 PM
Sybase, Sybase Databases, User authentication, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 7 Professional
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10 pts.

Finding a stream file CSV
i have a stream file in CSV format, we are not sure wheere this file is I have find out where this available in AS/400. I tryed wrklnk command and other options but i am not able to find this file. could you tell me the best way to find out this CSV stream file.   [...]

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  12:50 PM
AS/400, CSV, CSV format, Stream files
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140 pts.

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Answer Question   |  May 27, 2011  7:55 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE, ITKE Contests, Knowledge Point Bounty, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, twitter, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
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6,315 pts.

Domino Geo Clustering
Does anyone know or can anyone point me to docs on Domino Geo Clustering? More specifically, I’m trying to find out what the recommended (best practices) pipe would be between the two. I realize there are some x factors involved as well but I’m just looking for anything put out by IBM.

Answer Question   |  May 3, 2011  7:38 PM
Clustering, Domino 8.5.2, Geo cluster, IBM
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800 pts.

Adding a MySQL user when no MySQL users have admin rights?
I’m working on a MySQL installation that has a user already created (“admin”), but that user doesn’t have a password, and doesn’t have any permissions, so I can’t create new users or even reset the password of that user. I’m using Ubuntu Server, and after looking through the help files I still can’t find a [...]

Answer Question   |  April 28, 2011  6:33 PM
Database administration, MySQL, SQL, Ubuntu
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6,893 pts.

ODBC connection to the SQL server from the iSeries
Is there a way on the iSeries to establish an ODBC connection to the SQL server?

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2011  6:14 PM
iSeries Access, ODBC, ODBC Permissions, SQL Server, SQL Server connectivity
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150 pts.

Cloning my dual boot Ubuntu/Mac PC to another
HI, I have some computers which dual boots Ubuntu and Mac. I need to do the same in around 20 PC`s again !!! How can i do using less resources and time ?? (All PC`s are of the same configuration) (all computers can be connected via LAN) (I think Norton Ghost is not a solution [...]

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  7:00 AM
Clone database, Dual Boot, Dual booting, LAN, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 10.04
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405 pts.

Dynamic SQL query
Hi! I’m making an application in vb.net using MS Access as DB.. Nw in this, i want to do some complex stuff, that is dynamically making sql queries or in other words, changing the where clause according to user preference. The scenario let’s say is…in a form the user can search for records thru 1) [...]

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2011  5:59 PM
Access Database, Dynamic SQL, SQL Query, VB.NET
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5 pts.

Cloning existing database servers to migrate to virtual machine
Can we clone existing database servers with their contents and migrate to a virtual machine? We want to do this for two smaller database servers that are each on very expensive high level machines. One can be repurposed and the other can support both servers as vms.

Answer Question   |  April 25, 2011  4:22 PM
Clone database, Database migration, Database servers, Virtual machine manager, Virtual Machines
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1,110 pts.

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Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  1:30 PM
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16,755 pts.

Back-up copies of the database
We have an access dbase that has multiple users for data entry. without fail, we end up with several “back-up” copies. Is this the result of the different users “saving” or is it from having shortcuts on their individual laptops?

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  6:12 PM
Access Database, Database Backup, Database Backup Strategies
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5 pts.

Receiving a Binary file
I have a vendor who is placing a files on a FTP Server in Binary.  I need to retrieve those files and place them into an iSeries database file. Is there away to retrieve the file straight from the FTP Server into the database file using GET that will translate from binary to mixed text [...]

Answer Question   |  May 3, 2011  2:32 PM
Binary data, Database Files, FTP, iSeries, RPG IV
110 pts.

Link SQL Server 2008 to AS400
How to set up a ODBC for SQL 2008 to the AS400

Answer Question   |  August 10, 2011  11:49 PM
AS/400 SQL, ODBC, SQL 2008, SQL Server 2008
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765 pts.

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Answer Question   |  February 23, 2012  3:46 PM
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6,315 pts.

Career Advise DW & BI background + MBA
Hi, I have a 5 years of expericence as ETL Developer in Informatica. I want to get an MBA degree. Before investing my time, efforts and money, I would like to know: 1. what are the benefits of getting an MBA with DW&BI exp? 2. what is the designation or salary growth in short (ROI) [...]

Answer Question   |  March 6, 2012  10:38 PM
Data warehousing, ETL, IT careers, IT certification, IT certification and training
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5 pts.

Data Center certification
Hi, I am an ITIL and PMP certified professional looking for Data centre certification  by which I can add value in Data Center project. What would be your suggestion (expense , duration and help to go ahead in my career) ? Thanks in advance Regds Rajesh Teraiya

Answer Question   |  May 3, 2011  3:27 PM
Data Center, Data Center administration, Data center certification, IT careers, IT certification, ITIL, ITIL Certification, PMP
asked by:
TRP
5 pts.