IBM i fans only - tips and tricks to start RPG free format programming with simple examples

#IBMiSample Run this SQLRPGLE to create and populate the files to use my further examples: **free //***************************** //* create CLANA00F & OTORD00F* //***************************** ctl-opt option(*nodebugio) dftactgrp(*no) actgrp(*new); // The EXEC SQL is never executed. It is used at compile time. exec sql Set Option Commit = *None; // Create File exec sql CREATE or REPLACE TABLE CLANA00F ( CLANN0 CHARACTER(01) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT, CLCCL0 NUMERIC(7, 0) GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY, CLCIB0 CHARACTER(03) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT, CLNOM0 CHARACTER(50) NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT ) RCDFMT CLANA ; // Create index exec sql CREATE INDEX CLANA01L ON CLANA00F (CLCCL0 ASC); // Fill values exec sql INSERT INTO CLANA00F (CLCIB0, CLNOM0) VALUES ('EN ','Rod Stewart'); exec sql INSERT INTO CLANA00F (CLCIB0, CLNOM0) VALUES ('EN ','Bobby McFerrin'); exec sql INSERT INTO CLANA00F (CLCIB0, CLNOM0) VALUES ('IT ','Adriano Celentano'); e...