Using Query/400 [Paperback]

Patrice Gapen (Author), Catherine Stoughton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1998 | ISBN-10: 188241912X | ISBN-13: 978-1882419128 | Edition: 1

Using Query/400 is a textbook for any AS/400 user, from the traditional student to the professional user. Learn how to use this easy and fast tool for creating reports and files from AS/400 databases -- you need no prior programming experience. Students will find this book most useful following an "Introduction to the AS/400" class. The book's emphasis is on hands-on AS/400 use. The fundamentals of Query/400 are presented, moving from simple to complex. Topics include selecting and sequencing fields, generating numeric and character fields, sorting within Query, joining database files, defining custom headings, creating database files, and more.

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Using Query/400 is a necessary tool for any AS/400 user, from the traditional student to the professional user. Easy and fast creation of reports and files from AS/400 databases. You need no prior programming experience. Students will find this book most useful following an “Introduction to the AS/400” class. The book’s emphasis is on hands-on AS/400 use. The fundamentals of Query/400 are presented moving from simple to complex. Topics include selecting and sequencing fields, generating new numeric and character fields, sorting within Query, joining database files, defining custom headings, creating new database files, and more. Each chapter reinforces the knowledge gained in previous chapters

About the Author

Patrice Gapen has an undergraduate degree in computer information from the University of Alaska and a Master of Science degree from the University of Northern Colorado. She has co-authored the Star Series (boyd & fraser), which covers Word Perfect, Lotus 2.2 and 2.3, Dbase III Plus and IV, Paradox, and Quattro Pro. Catherine Stoughton has a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University and a master’s degree from the University of Northern Colorado. She worked as a COBOL programmer/analyst and computer center director before she began her teaching career in 1981. She teaches at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Product Details

• Paperback: 92 pages
• Publisher: 29th Street Press; 1 edition (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188241912X
• ISBN-13: 978-1882419128
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,386,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Book for Beginners, June 5, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Using Query/400 (Paperback)

This is a good book for beginners,and does cover some intermediate topics, but advanced subjects are not dealt with very well. Examples are good and very clearly written. Price seems a bit steep for the size of the book, only 90 pages. IBM offers their manual for $20, but of course it's not written in "English." Well, worth the investment to get started using Query/400

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Techno-heads only need apply, January 18, 2001

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Johnny Lee Lenhart (Brattleboro, VT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Using Query/400 (Paperback)

I bought this book with the hopes of providing my users with a good introductory text for doing their own queries on our main server system. Unfortunately, this book is written by technologists in technologists' terms -- o.k. if you're a budding programmer type; not so good for the accounting clerk.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If you are a beginner then you are ahead of this book!, June 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Using Query/400 (Paperback)

If you are beginner and wish to increase your Query/400 education... sorry, you can get very little added knowledge from this book over the help that Query/400 offers. If you have any programming skills (or just a modicum amount of logic) then save your money. Nothing is offered here that justifies half it's price. (Zero stars if it were possible)