RPG: Exception and Error Handling

This IBM Redpaper provides an overview of the traditional OPM style methods of implementing exception/error handling and how they change in the ILE environment. It also discusses how you may use “pure” ILE methods to completely replace some of the more traditional methods.

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• Who Knew You Could Do That with RPG IV? A Sorcerer's Guide to System Access and More, SG24-5402-00
• RPG: APIs, REDP-4324-00
• Stored Procedures, Triggers, and User-Defined Functions on DB2 Universal Database for iSeries, SG24-6503-02

Publish Date
27 February 2008

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Gary Mullen-Schultz is a certified Consulting IT Specialist at the ITSO, Rochester Center. He leads the team responsible for producing RoadRunner and Blue Gene/L documentation, and focuses on i5/OS application development topics such as PHP, Java, and WebSphere. He is a Sun Certified Java Programmer, Developer, and Architect, and has three issued patents.

• Gary Mullen-Schultz

Susan Gantner has experience spanning over 24 years in the field of application development. She began as a programmer developing applications for corporations in Atlanta, Georgia, working with a variety of hardware and software platforms. She joined IBM in 1985 and quickly developed a close association with the Rochester laboratory during the development of the AS/400 system. Susan worked in Rochester, Minnesota for five years in the AS/400 Technical Support Center. She later moved to the IBM Toronto Software Laboratory to provide technical support for programming languages and AD tools on the AS/400. She left IBM in 1999 to devote more time to teaching and consulting. Her primary emphasis is on enabling customers to take advantage of the latest programming and database technologies on OS/400.Susan is one of the founding members of System i Developer. She is a regular speaker at COMMON conferences and other technical conferences around the world and holds a number of Speaker Excellence medals from COMMON. Susan is a founding member of System i Developer.

• Susan Gantner

Jon Paris started his career with IBM midrange systems when he fell in love with the System/38 while working as a consultant. This love affair ultimately led him to joining IBM. In 1987, Jon was hired by the IBM Toronto Laboratory to work on the S/36 and S/38 COBOL compilers. Subsequently Jon became involved with the AS/400 and in particular COBOL/400.In early 1989 Jon was transferred to the Languages Architecture and Planning Group, with particular responsibility for the COBOL and RPG languages. There he played a major role in the definition of the new RPG IV language and in promoting its use with IBM Business Partners and Users. He was also heavily involved in producing educational and other support materials and services related to other AS/400 programming languages and development tools, such as CODE/400 and VisualAge for RPG.Jon left IBM in 1998 to focus on developing and delivering education focused on enhancing AS/400 and iSeries application development skills.Jon is one of the founding members of System i Developer. He is a frequent speaker at User Groups meetings and conferences around the world, and holds a number of speaker excellence awards from COMMON. Jon is a founding member of System i Developer.

• Jon Paris

Paul Tuohy has worked in the development of IBM midrange applications since the '70s. He has been IT manager for Kodak Ireland Ltd. and Technical Director of Precision Software Ltd. and is currently CEO of ComCon, a midrange consultancy company based in Dublin, Ireland. He has been teaching and lecturing since the mid-'80s.Paul is the author of Re-engineering RPG Legacy Applications, The Programmers Guide to iSeries Navigator and the self-teach course "iSeries Navigator for Programmers." He writes regular articles for many publications and is one of the quoted industry experts in the IBM Redbooks publication Who knew you could do that with RPG IV?As well as speaking at RPG & DB2 Summit, Paul is also an award-winning speaker who speaks regularly at US COMMON and other conferences throughout the world. Paul is a founding member of System i Developer.

• Paul Tuohy

IBM Form Number
REDP-4321-00

Number of pages

62