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# RPGLE free format, SQL and CLP Code for the IBM i
# RPGLE free format, SQL & CLP Code for the IBM i
More developers are learning about the **IBM i** as a wonderful business platform. (It was formerly known as the **AS/400**.)
This repository contains *working* example code, using RPGLE free-format, enbedded SQL and CLP for the IBM i.
My intent is to provide real programs that help you learn and/or improve your current understanding. Explore and adapt the code to your needs. Some of the code may be of use "as is" but no guarantee is provided.
**This repository contains *working* example code, using RPGLE free-format, enbedded SQL and CLP for the IBM i. All RPG code here is totally free form.**.
**Each folder has its own ReadMe with additional infomation/documentation.**
My intent is to provide real programs that help you learn and/or improve your current understanding. Explore and adapt the code to your needs. Some of the code may be of use "as is" but no guarantee is provided.
Feel free to provide comments and feedback as issues.
# Source Control Philosophy
This code in this repository is based on having source in the file system (IFS) rather than the traditional approach of members in a PF-SRC file.
For these personal projects I use the free IBM i [PUB400.COM](https://pub400.com/).
I edit and compile using [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) with the ["Code for IBM i"](https://codefori.github.io/docs/#/) extension. My source is/was in PF-SRC members and for backup I created a SAVF file of my PF-SRC files and downloaded it to my PC. But I didn't do it regularly.
Now that ["Code for IBM i"](https://codefori.github.io/docs/#/) supports local development on a PC and will push code to the IFS, I am using Github as a permanent repository. Doing editing on my PC and pushing changes to Github and the IFS is easier than creating a save file and downloading it.
This means that on the IBM i, code is in directories in the IFS instead of being in PF-SRC file members.
This is my setup:
- Github contains my personal "production" source.
- My PC has Git installed and the PC files are where I make changes.
- I deploy to the IFS to compile with ["Code for IBM i"](https://codefori.github.io/docs/#/).
My PC has a directory structure like this:
| Directory shown in VS CODE |Directory shown in File Explorer |
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| ![Directory Structure](image.png) | ![Directory Structure](image-2.png) |
The IFS directory after deployment looks like this:
![Directory Structure](image-1.png)
The primary difference from moving away from PF-SRC file members is that COPY and INCLUDE statements must now reference an IFS file. I do not want to hard code directory names so I am using relative addressing, such as
``/INCLUDE ../Copy_Mbrs/SRV_MSG_P.RPGLE``.
## Copy_Mbrs
Code to be copied into other programs.
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QRY - Qry (List) Contents of a file
RC - Display File Record count