Annotation A hands-on approach to learning library-object structure, utilities and database management capabilities, application development tools, and OS/400 Control Language (CL), for the AS/400 computer. Twelve lessons, based largely on lab exercises, teach students how to communicate with the system, and use its many features, including CL, Query/400, logical files, DFU, SQL, and SDA. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Tis guide is intended for students learning computer operations and administration on the AS/400 computer system. Offering a unique approach to learning AS/400 operations with extensive hands-on labs, self-tests, and review questions, this book uses real-world situations to enable users to be productive with AS/400 operations. This book also covers the requirements of the two IBM AS/400 certification exams: AS/400 Associate System Operator Certification (test 052) and AS/400 Professional System Operator Certification (test 053). The primary goal of this book is to teach users how to perform day-to-day operations on an AS/400 computer system, including IPL, starting and stopping the system, backup and recovery, and system cleanup. Procedures covered include creating and maintaining user environments, device configuration and management, security implementation, work and data management, and TCP/IP configuration. Console operations discussed include jobs, message handling, and working with spool files and peripheral devices. Functions of Operations Navigator are covered, and Electronic Customer Support (ECS) and PTF upgrades are also introduced.

A complete update of the authoritative guide to AS/400 programming, networking, and hardware. This thorough revision features eight entirely new chapters covering the latest developments in operations, IBM and third-party tools, PC and mainframe connectivity, performance tuning, and more. In addition, all of the chapters have been carefully updated to reflect new software developments in RPG and CODE/400.

IBM and the rest of the computer industry are putting most of their DBMS development efforts into SQL. This reference provides the SQL/400 skills that a successful applications developer needs and shows how to create comprehensive, complex, and professional SQL/400 databases.

The Application System/400 (AS/400) is IBM's family of full-range, general purpose computers, which encompass a broad range of related models. This book is a complete guide to the AS/400 system, utilities, database structure, and programming.

Lawrence, a former IBM product manager for intermediate systems, combines an insider's knowledge and an outsider's perspective to tell you exactly what the AS/400 is, what it does, and how it does it. This is the best guide available for anyone considering downsizing or distributed computing and for AS/400 users who want to know more about what their AS/400 can do for them.

As an AS/400 professional, don't miss this classic on the history, design and revolutionary architecture of the AS/400. Key technical points are identified by the symbolic use of one, two or three chili peppers, depending on the degree of intensity. As the chief architect of the AS/400, Frank Soltis has a fascinating to story to tell about the best-selling multiuser computer ever produced.

A user-friendly, step-by-step guide to all practical aspects of the AS/400 Control Language for programmers and end users, this book covers basic elements, control flow, library and object, interprogram communications, message handling, file processing, and other basic and advanced topics.

This book is dedicated RPG IV Programming language and the AS/400 environment. The book includes over 60 compiled RPG IV listings documented with a line by line explanation of the instructions and or annotated comments. The author has included over 500 figures and he addresses other important AS/400 software with separate appendices for SEU, PDM, DFU, SDA and interactive debugging. Every chapter includes a summary, review questions, and programming assignments.