MC RPG Developer

July 1, 2009 | Vol 8 Issue 13

 

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Feature Article - Programming
Practical SQL: Archiving Data with SQL

SQL excels at set-at-a-time processing, and what better application than archiving your data?

joe_plutaWritten by Joe Pluta

No matter how much disk you have, you fill it. It's a corollary to Parkinson's Law, which posits that work expands to fill the time allotted. It's the same with databases; despite the ever-increasing amount of disk available (who could have imagined a 2TB disk for the home computer?), you will always run out, so at some point you will have to reduce the amount of data in your database. As it turns out, though, SQL can provide you with significant help.


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Feature Article - Programming
The API Corner: More on Purging Deleted Records Automatically

Find out the rest of the story about PRGDLTRCDS and Watch considerations.

bruce_viningBy Bruce Vining

This is the sixth in a series of articles on detecting that certain messages have been sent on your system and then making processing decisions based on those messages. The underlying technology, known as Watch support, became available with V5R4.


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