Recent content by jools1971

Hi I personally detest real player, as you say, its full of other rubbish you dont want. I have found a way to play ram files etc without real player! Its called real alternative, google it or use this link... http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

Thanks for your input guys. In answer to the above - I am talking about users loging in with their cached credentials then connecting to the LAN to avoid the scripts. I have found another solution that might help us sysadmins keep on top.... It involves the use of WMI Basically I found a...

Hi Q.. Can I force a laptop PC to run a logon script when accessing domain resources e.g shared drives etc? I have 2 laptop pc's that connect to a local network domain whilst in the office or remotely via a VPN dialup to a win2003 server. When off site the laptops use their stored...

Hi I recently spent two months with a client who had some new software installed that used SQL that was supposed to be faster than traditional (RPG) access. I have two observations/questions It seems unreasonable that any process takes such a long time. You can trace what is going on with...

Hi The connect software is for an end-user machine, it can syncrhonise, but it would have to run on a client machine e.g a windows xp type install. The DB2 UDB will run on a server and should do what you require, problem is its rather complicated for small jobs. If you only have a few small...

Hi I would consider using ODBC or OLE drivers to add the iSeries/as400 as a datasource. You can then use SQL statements. However when I last did something like this there were certain ODBC drivers that allowed only partial data access, such as read only. I think IBM do their own ODBC drivers...

Hi I use embedded SQL all the time and for various customers / machines. The problem with changing compile options is that some customers don't want you to! Or they may recompile something and forget..... The solution is Place the following code somewhere in your SQLRPGLE source C/EXEC SQL...

Hi The most efficient way of removing sensitive data is to do it in Dedicated service tools. You can basically "reformat" the disks I can assure you there is no way of getting it back through any kind of undo or erase tools (possibly with the exception of some internal IBM tools)...