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02 April 2025 SQL 101: DDL Recap—Additional Options for CREATE INDEX and a DDL Recap Summary SQL | Programming 84
05 March 2025 SQL 101: DDL Recap—Are Views and Logical Files the Same Thing? SQL | Programming 1,943
04 December 2024 SQL 101: DDL Recap—Seeing Things from a Whole New View (Pun Intended) SQL | Programming 1,569
04 September 2024 SQL 101: DDL Recap—Improving Our Basic SQL Tables, Part 2 SQL | Programming 1,920
05 June 2024 SQL 101: DDL Recap—Improving Our Basic SQL Tables, Part 1 SQL | Programming 2,570
06 March 2024 SQL 101: DDL Recap—From Physical Files to SQL Tables, Starting the Journey SQL | Programming 3,270
06 December 2023 SQL 101: DDL Recap—Converting Physical Files to SQL Tables SQL | Programming 3,996
06 September 2023 SQL 101: DML Recap—UPDATE, DELETE, and Recap SQL | Programming 2,765
07 June 2023 SQL 101: DML Recap: The Two “Flavors” of INSERT SQL | Programming 2,673
01 March 2023 SQL 101: DML Recap—Some Handy Column Functions, Part 2 SQL | Programming 2,898
04 January 2023 SQL 101: DML Recap—Some Handy Column Functions, Part 1 SQL | Programming 3,658
02 November 2022 SQL 101: DML Recap—Joining Tables, Part 2 SQL | Programming 3,782
07 September 2022 SQL 101: DML Recap—Joining Tables, Part 1 SQL | Programming 3,524
06 July 2022 SQL 101 – DML recap – Between and In Predicates SQL | Programming 3,471
04 May 2022 SQL 101: Introducing the UMADB Database, Part 2 SQL | Programming 3,555
02 March 2022 SQL 101: Introducing the UMADB Database, Part 1 SQL | Programming 4,204
05 January 2022 SQL 101: Time to Sum Up (and You’ll Want to Bookmark This Article) SQL | Programming 4,658
06 October 2021 SQL 101: Simplifying Application Development with SQL Triggers, Part 2 SQL | Programming 4,029
07 July 2021 SQL 101: Simplifying Application Development with SQL Triggers, Part 1 SQL | Programming 3,849
11 June 2021 Exploring a Few More Complex Trigger Scenarios SQL | Programming 4,722
14 May 2021 Exploring More Complex Trigger Scenarios SQL | Programming 4,087
16 April 2021 Introducing Database Triggers SQL | Programming 4,586
03 March 2021 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-on Tour, Part 7 SQL | Programming 3,539
12 February 2021 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-On Tour, Part 6 SQL | Programming 3,413
03 February 2021 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 7 - Rational Open Access Vendors RPG | Programming 4,459
06 January 2021 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 6 - Introducing Rational Open Access RPG | Programming 5,778
02 December 2020 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 5 - From ILE to MVC, Explained RPG | Programming 4,834
04 November 2020 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 4 - MVC Layers Explained RPG | Programming 4,541
16 October 2020 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-on Tour, Part 5 SQL | Programming 3,413
07 October 2020 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 3—Introducing the MVC RPG | Programming 4,736
01 September 2020 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 2—Multi-Tier Architecture Implementations RPG | Programming 4,721
14 August 2020 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-on Tour, Part 4 SQL | Programming 3,614
05 August 2020 RPG Academy: UI Modernization, Part 1 - Laying the Foundations RPG | Programming 4,719
10 July 2020 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-on Tour, Part 3 SQL | Programming 4,295
01 July 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization - Methodology, Part 10 Analytics & Cognitive | 3,688
12 June 2020 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-on Tour, Part 2 SQL | Programming 4,129
03 June 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization - Methodology, Part 9 RPG | Programming 3,680
15 May 2020 SQL 101: A Data Definition Language Hands-on Tour, Part 1 SQL | Programming 4,476
06 May 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization - Methodology, Part 8 RPG | Programming 3,635
10 April 2020 SQL 101: Using ILE RPG Functions as SQL UDFs SQL | Programming 7,221
01 April 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization - Methodology, Part 7 RPG | Programming 5,620
13 March 2020 SQL 101: Using ILE RPG Programs and Procedures as SQL Stored Procedures, Part 2 SQL | Programming 8,132
04 March 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization - Methodology, Part 6 RPG | Programming 5,783
14 February 2020 SQL 101: Using ILE RPG Programs and Procedures as SQL Stored Procedures, Part 1 SQL | Programming 4,996
05 February 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization—Methodology, Part 5 RPG | Programming 4,853
17 January 2020 SQL 101: Flipping It—Using RPG Code in SQL SQL | Programming 5,254
08 January 2020 RPG Academy: Database Modernization—Methodology, Part 4 RPG | Programming 4,065
13 December 2019 SQL 101: Embedding Other SQL Statements in Your RPG Code SQL | Programming 7,985
04 December 2019 RPG Academy: Database Modernization - Methodology, Part 3 RPG | Programming 4,783
06 November 2019 RPG Academy: Database Modernization—Methodology, Part 2 RPG | Programming 4,593
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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