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What is the best why to get started in DBA

CompEng — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:00:46 +0000

I have some experiance in SQL and Access and all the other MS software too. I deal alot with spreadsheets, and database in my job. I work alot with the AS400 and do alot of queries throught MS Access. What is the fasted and tghe most inexpensive way to get to the piont of being self sufficient as a DBA. Is there a good book or web site you might be able to point me to?

CPYFRMIMPF error

SteveLane — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:16:30 +0000

I am using the CPYFRMIMPF to copy data from a TXT file into a DB file. The delimiter is a ‘]’ character. The command runs but no records are copied. The error says “0 records copied from member TXT. Copy command ended because of error”. Upon further review I found “The copy did not complete for reason code 7. “ The error “ 7 – The FROMFILE numeric field *N contain blank characters, or other characters that are not valid for a numeric field.”
I don’t understand how an inbound field can be defined as numeric when it is a TXT file.

iSeries Exit Point for ALL file member changes

KenScholle — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:40:24 +0000

I’m looking for an exit point that lets me capture changes to files (not the data in the files). I want to know when the following occur, regardless of the source of the change (ODBC / FTP / Cmd /CL / SEU / PDM / Navigator / SQL / …)

member added / renamed / deleted / changed

file itself is renamed / deleted / moved

I looked at QIBM_QZDA_* exit points and a number of others, but they don’t return ALL changes – only the ones for a specific interface.

I-series Navigator Database access

RobertHart — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:01 +0000

I have Client access loaded on my Laptop and have recently loaded the Database facility into Navigator. It loaded okay with no errors, Client Access is V5R4M0 and the I-series is V5R4M5.

My Problem is that when I go into Navigator and connect to the I-series and try to expand the database tree it does nothing. I have all the necessary authority and can expand the File Systems but not the Database. Help!

Specifically, I am busy learning Web Query and I was to add Referential Integrity to the files I am accessing.

Member Level ID

wpoulin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:43:35 +0000

Every evening we create Save Files of our Production Libraries on our Production System. The next morning we FTP these Save Files to our Development System and do Restores to our Production Libraries on our Development System. We use TurnOver to handle the changes to our SQL Tables, Indexes, and Views. The issue is that after a change has been made to a Table, Index, or View, and the change is Distributed to our Production System the next morning the restore of that object fails. On the RSTLIB we are using ALWOBJDIF(*AUTL *FILELVL). The err msg is CPF3283 – The restore operation was not done because the member level ID that presently exists on the system is not the same as the member level ID for the file on the save media. Any idea on how we could improve upon this process so we don’t get these error messages.

What causes the last used date to be updated on a file?

CLKelly — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:36:09 +0000

I have a library that has a number of files with very recent last used dates. This library is left over from the original application install and is not used anywhere that I can find. The only mention of the library is on a dsppgmref listing for the base application programs, where the library is listed 10,000+ times for the files used by the programs. The actual files in the library are not used and in many cases have no records – the records are in the live data library. So what would cause the last used date to be updated?

Thanks, Carolyn

Rebuilding Logical Files

Dcantwell — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:57:04 +0000

What does rebuilding a logical file do?

Is rebuilding the same as recompiling? Or, is it a separate process

How often should they be rebuilt?

If you reorganize a physical file, does that rebuild the logical files as well?

Packed Data

plaporte — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:12:20 +0000

How do I display a packed data field on the iSeries?

How to Determine Database Access on AS/400

DaCurryman — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:36:18 +0000

I have a client running JDEdwards on an AS/400. How can I determine which of the users have direct access to modify the DB2 database (access to DB without going through the JDE application)? Is there a particular security profile they must have? Thanks in advance.

SQL script output to a file

SBatSI — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:54:20 +0000

I am running ad hoc SQL scripts in iSeries Navigator (V5R4) and need to direct the output to a text file. Is there a way to do this? TIA… Steve B