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Install SQuirreL SQL client to run interactive SQL on your IBM i.
Written by Tom Snyder
As you start using embedded SQL more frequently within your RPG code, you'll soon find that your SQL statements are becoming larger and larger and the interactive SQL tool on the green-screen starts becoming quite cumbersome. In this article, I will introduce Squirrel SQL, which is an open-source SQL client that gives you not only a better interface to your DB2 database, but also access to numerous other databases.
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Using an MD5 hash offers potential integration, performance, and security benefits.
Written by Michael Sansoterra
When developing modern applications or enhancing legacy ones, an RPG or DB2 routine may need to apply an MD5 hash to application data. Fortunately, IBM i/OS offers a machine interface operation called CIPHER to make the task of implementing MD5 relatively simple.
Written by Tom Snyder