Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code

[Wolfgang Lenerz]

Hi Bob,

> Time is the big factor.
> And I know DD has advantages over DBAS but it's also more complex.
> And a switch has already partly been done but somehow other projects
> keep coming to the top of the pile.
> 
> Bob
> 
yeah, I know how it is

Wolfgang


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Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code

[Bob Spelten]

Op Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:20:51 +0200 schreef Derek Stewart :


Hi Bob,

The main problem with the DBAS package was the lack of source code.
I think that bug fixes were done from disassembles of the original code.

This is a great pity, as DBAS was one of the best packages around for  
the QL.
Phil Borman's PBOX BBS software used DBAS to store messages and other  
configuration data files.


I always wanted to convert my BBS system to a web site running on a QL.  
Maybe a project for the future.


It has performed very well over the many years since I use SuQcess but as  
often is the case, when stretching it to its limits strange things may  
happen.
It would be helpful to find these exact limits but so far I have not found  
them.


Bob

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Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code

[Wolfgang Lenerz]

Hi,

Datadesign is pretty good, and I believe its source code is available,
if necessary.

Perhaps time to switch?

Wolfgang


> Hi Bob,
> 
> The main problem with the DBAS package was the lack of source code.
> 
> I think that bug fixes were done from disassembles of the original code.
> 
> This is a great pity, as DBAS was one of the best packages around for
> the QL.
> 
> Phil Borman's PBOX BBS software used DBAS to store messages and other
> configuration data files.
> 
> I always wanted to convert my BBS system to a web site running on a QL.
> Maybe a project for the future.
> 
> Regards,Derek
> 
> On 27/04/16 15:28, Bob Spelten wrote:
>> Op Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:05:16 +0200 schreef Norman Dunbar
>> :
>>
>>> Thanks Marcel.
>>> Sorry Bob, I was of no help whatsoever. :-(
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Norm.
>>>
>>> On 27 April 2016 14:52:59 BST, Marcel Kilgus
>>>  wrote:
 Norman Dunbar wrote:
> Dilwyn has www.dilwyn.me.uk/database/dbas.zip which is version 2.12
> and appears to have sources in libdbas_source_arc - I don't have
> anything that can open arc files on my laptop here, so it might not
 have what you want.

 These are the sources for libdbas, the C interface library. Not very
 useful I'm afraid.

 Marcel

>>>
>> Thanks both,
>>
>> My ACP pretends to unpack the _arc but no lib files can be found.
>> C is not helping me anyway.
>> The demo program DBPTR does not seem to produce this bug and only uses
>> DATA_bin so that suggests the problem is in the Basic extensions of
>> DBAS_bin.
>>
>> Bob
>>
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Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code

[Bob Spelten]

Op Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:05:16 +0200 schreef Norman Dunbar  
:



Thanks Marcel.
Sorry Bob, I was of no help whatsoever. :-(

Cheers,
Norm.

On 27 April 2016 14:52:59 BST, Marcel Kilgus   
wrote:

Norman Dunbar wrote:

Dilwyn has www.dilwyn.me.uk/database/dbas.zip which is version 2.12
and appears to have sources in libdbas_source_arc - I don't have
anything that can open arc files on my laptop here, so it might not

have what you want.

These are the sources for libdbas, the C interface library. Not very
useful I'm afraid.

Marcel




Thanks both,

My ACP pretends to unpack the _arc but no lib files can be found.
C is not helping me anyway.
The demo program DBPTR does not seem to produce this bug and only uses  
DATA_bin so that suggests the problem is in the Basic extensions of  
DBAS_bin.


Bob

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Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code

[Norman Dunbar]

Thanks Marcel.
Sorry Bob, I was of no help whatsoever. :-(

Cheers,
Norm.

On 27 April 2016 14:52:59 BST, Marcel Kilgus  wrote:
>Norman Dunbar wrote:
>> Dilwyn has www.dilwyn.me.uk/database/dbas.zip which is version 2.12
>> and appears to have sources in libdbas_source_arc - I don't have
>> anything that can open arc files on my laptop here, so it might not
>have what you want.
>
>These are the sources for libdbas, the C interface library. Not very
>useful I'm afraid.
>
>Marcel
>
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Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code

[Marcel Kilgus]

Norman Dunbar wrote:
> Dilwyn has www.dilwyn.me.uk/database/dbas.zip which is version 2.12
> and appears to have sources in libdbas_source_arc - I don't have
> anything that can open arc files on my laptop here, so it might not have what 
> you want.

These are the sources for libdbas, the C interface library. Not very
useful I'm afraid.

Marcel

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Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code

[Derek Stewart]

Hi Bob,

As far as I know, there is no source code to DBAS, the Quanta library 
holds the DBAS package that contains example assembler and C source code 
to create databases. But not the extensions.


I did disassemble DBAS many years, but I would have to look on floppy 
disks for it.


Regards,

Derek

On 27/04/16 12:53, Bob Spelten wrote:

Hi All,

DBAS is the excellent database engine written by David W. Howells and
used in my SuQcess database programs.
But recently a problem came to light while using DBAS on SMSQmulator.
It appears that field names can go missing when a lot of them are defined.
My tests revealed that the FLNAME function then returns an empty string,
making the names invisible for the user.
The test also showed that this problem is not limited to SMSQm but may
happen on QPC2 as well, be it at another point and there is, sometimes,
also a difference in behaviour for a QLIB compiled or an SBasic running
SuQcess. Sofar it's been very unpredictable.

To help in tracing the problem it would be nice to have the source of
DATA_BIN and DBAS_BIN but that is not part of many of the packages I
found out there.
Does anyone have or knows who has these sources?

Bob


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[Ql-Users] DBAS source code

[Bob Spelten]

Hi All,

DBAS is the excellent database engine written by David W. Howells and used  
in my SuQcess database programs.

But recently a problem came to light while using DBAS on SMSQmulator.
It appears that field names can go missing when a lot of them are defined.
My tests revealed that the FLNAME function then returns an empty string,  
making the names invisible for the user.
The test also showed that this problem is not limited to SMSQm but may  
happen on QPC2 as well, be it at another point and there is, sometimes,  
also a difference in behaviour for a QLIB compiled or an SBasic running  
SuQcess. Sofar it's been very unpredictable.


To help in tracing the problem it would be nice to have the source of  
DATA_BIN and DBAS_BIN but that is not part of many of the packages I found  
out there.

Does anyone have or knows who has these sources?

Bob

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