As long as we are discussing JD Edwards running on DB/2. Here’s another potentially useful function.  This one converts a value from one unit of measure to another based on the F41002 table.  It does this by converting the FromUOM to the primary UOM and thence to the ToUOM.

During nine years of blackguarding the J. D. Edwards date format (also known as JDate, also misnamed Julian Date),  I have resisted learning to write DB/2 stored procedures because the need to use them while developing OneWorld applications is minimal and OneWorld is the only context in which I have encountered DB/2.  Well, I have [...]

We here at Deft Flux have always preferred Unix style operating systems and commands to Microsoft.  The problem was that our clients always use Microsoft operating systems and until recently, it was always too much of a hassle to get gnu utilities up and running on a Microsoft workstation, especially when you’re moving to a [...]