President's Message by Don Rima

OK, so, how many of you are sure the time change on your systems happened this weekend?

And before I forget, let me remind you of our seminar next week in Richmond, College Park and Philly with IBM’s Alison Butterill on "A Day Of Websphere and Webfacing." This seminar will focus specifically on the Development tool environment and most specifically on WebFacing. The day’s agenda will include topics such as: What is Websphere? Websphere development studio for iSeries. Moving to the web from legacy/traditional applications. More details on our seminars page on the WAM website or call KB at 301.590.7121.

Now, I’m really curious how many folks, after reading the first paragraph, did a quick DSPSYSVAL QTIME or popped up a system status screen to check on their system’s time? Probably the same number that will be waiting line at the WAM meeting to shoot me for even suggesting it.

This month we’re really fortunate to have Alison Butterill from the Toronto Lab not only doing our very timely topic seminar, but also our WAM meeting on Tuesday night, after the College Park seminar. With SQL becoming more often than not the database interface of choice, it’s becoming very important that we OS/400’ers become very familier with it and how to use it on our systems. Frankly, I think it’s only going to become used more as people realize and migrate towards the power that this interface gives us.

Folks, this session may go a little longer than most, so make sure you warn your baby sitter that you may be home late. BUT, it’s going to be well worth it! Matter of fact, you may want to make a phone call to a colleague and invite them to come along. It’s not often we’ve got this caliber of talent on as timely a topic.

April 2003 Meeting

SQL is IBM's relational database language that can be used for datadefinition and manipulation (querying). It is the key to understanding data retrieval in our rapidly evolving client/server environment and eBusiness environments. SQL is simple to use and is an extremely powerful database language.

This session, will review SQL concepts, the use of SQL for query or data retrieval, and the use of SQL for database creation. We will then explore the use of SQL in application programs to update, delete and access records or groups of records. You, too, can harness the power of SQL in an application program.

Tuesday April 15, 2003
Holiday Inn, College Park, MD
US 1 and The Beltway
College Park, MD
6:00 PM Networking/Cash Bar 6:30 PM Dinner 7:15 PM Presentation