1. Do you remember this bookcover?

3. How about this magazine cover?

6. Write a simple RPG II program that accessed a remote file by reading a record and doing something with it, such as; Performing some local business logic based on the remote information. Writing the records (rows) back to a local file (table); performing a simple file transfer to you local DASD. Writing the rows to yet another remote table on a completely different system; never storing it locally – just moving data around the network. Crazy but true, 30 years ago, with APPC/APPN and the appropriate Network Resource Directory (NRD) entries you could navigate, access and manage data across a complex network topology. So back in 1985ish (30 years ago today) you could:

7. Technology Refresh 4 for IBMi 7.1 happened. SQL can finally perform a simple data transfer from a remote table to a local table in ONE statement - just like your 1985ish S/36 RPG II program did! IF, in 2012, this was deemed “exciting news … [one of the] more interesting DB2 for i enhancements”! THEN what do you call that APPC/APPN/DDM/NRD thing back in the 80’s? It can best be portrayed by the Paul Tuohy’s signature stance - “smoking some really good stuff”! ELSE end 27 years later – circa 2012

9. User Defined Table Functions UDTF should be all the rage! Albeit a few decades late but still some crazy good stuff! Where are we Today with database access?