On Tuesday September 9, at 6:30 PM (CT), we welcome Mike Pavlak as the presenter for our September 2025 meeting. See the time in your time zone.
This meeting is online, FREE, and open to everyone. To register click on this link here.

Presentation: Stored Procedures for Hybrid Development
Accessing business logic from Open Source application and off platform has evolved a great deal over the years. We'll look at some of the reasons for centralizing this business logic in the database via Db2 Stored
procedures. We’ll look at RPG and SQL procedures and work through examples of how these are used from exhibit languages like PHP and Python.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to create and execute stored procedures in SQL and HLL (RPG).
- See examples of how to use Db2 Stored Procedures in OSS languages.
- Review tips and best practices when working with Db2 Stored Procedures.
Bio: Mike Pavlak has been working with IBM midrange solutions since 1992 and IBM Mainframes before that. After years of developing applications using RPG & CL he managed IT development and IT for power protection manufacturer Tripp Lite. Mike was instrumental in developing the adoption of PHP as the first open source language on IBM i and later joined Zend Technologies. Today, as a Strategist with Programmers.io, Mike helps companies approach the challenges of modernization and open source technologies. In addition to several roles as a volunteer with COMMON Mike also teaches PHP & Python classes part time at Moraine Valley Community College in Suburban Chicago.