To All,
I have just come up against a really strange inconsistency error in VFP9
(may be other versions as well but I can't check).
I usually scatter fields from a data record to an object using scatter
name... and then use either:
Gather name object
Or
replace field with object.Field
there is definately something wonky about form refreshes where there is a
pageframe:
my form objects are bound to properties of thisform.oData - which was
working fine until I made some changes to allow users to change records in
one of the underlying [ca] cursors which has another logical child
Just got an automatic update alert...
I got one a few days ago - it was most persistent in asking if I wanted to
'restart now?' - after I eventually did, every few minutes my cpu usage
kept going up to 100% (sending the fan into turbo mode). A disk cleanup
helped a bit, and now it seems to have
Dave,
iirc there used to be all sorts of problems with treating properties as
variables - I know at one time I *always* assigned the property to a local
var before using it. Things seemed to get more relaxed as the release no's
climbed, and in vfp9 I don't usually bother.
Andrew Davies MBCS CITP
Dave Crozier wrote:
To All,
I have just come up against a really strange inconsistency error in VFP9
(may be other versions as well but I can't check).
snip
With oObj
* This Update Fails as it should
Update curTemp ;
Set Id=.Id ;
Where Primary_Key=2
*
Endwith
This
On Thursday 29 March 2007 1:33 pm, Chet Gardiner wrote:
Not when you don't have to factor in the cost of a bloated military to
insure that we continue get OUR cheap oil... ;-)
Also neither the environmental cost nor the health costs of burning
petroleum in cars and trucks are paid for in the
Andy,
It's all to do with exactly when the relationship gets refreshed and farmed
out to the screen driver. I had a long conversation with Mike Stewart over
this problem 18 months ago which was even worse in VFP8 in that pageframe
pages just displayed the completely WRONG child data and never
Peter,
That’s the one. Looks like it has been around for a long time. Amazing I've
never come across it before.
Dave Crozier
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You shouldn't want to do this in a WITH anyway as a sql error would
leave you open to the WITH C0...05 error.
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It was a milestone in my development career
being involved with such a big
project using open source software almost exclusively.
Sounds like a lot a project one could be proud to be involved in.
Excellent!
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mrgmhale wrote:
It was a milestone in my development career
being involved with such a big
project using open source software almost exclusively.
Sounds like a lot a project one could be proud to be involved in.
Excellent!
Gil
It'd be great if you guys could do a ROI/TCO paper on
MB Software Solutions wrote:
I am pretty sure that it's a new vendor product, and they need
someone
to move the data and test between the old and the new.
Bad Steve!
No, not Bad Steveyou're just a ho. ;-)
Well I have done a single phone interview with their staff and he was
Eugene Vital wrote:
MB Software Solutions wrote:
Stephen the Cook wrote:
I have three under my belt. Nothing recent though. I am
interviewing to swap MySQL over to SQL Server.
Now that's something that sounds interesting for discussion. What's
wrong with MySQL that they want to
Jeff Johnson wrote:
When you have your website hosted by an ISP, you place all of your
files on your own virtual server folders. The question I have is
where do you install database servers like MSSQLServer or PostgreSQL,
etc.? Do you install them on your virtual server? Do you install
Just for clarification, I believe you hinted that this company was
purchasing a software package that worked with a MSSQL backend? and
thus the migration from the existing MySQL system to MSSQL?
-Kevin
CULLY Technologies, LLC
Sponsor of FoxForward 2007
foxforward.net
Stephen the Cook wrote:
Stephen the Cook wrote:
Jeff Johnson wrote:
When you have your website hosted by an ISP, you place all of your
files on your own virtual server folders. The question I have is
where do you install database servers like MSSQLServer or PostgreSQL,
etc.? Do you install them on your
Andy Davies wrote:
Just got an automatic update alert...
My solution was simple: I chose No, don't get update and checked
Don't ask me again.
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Dave Crozier wrote:
To All,
I have just come up against a really strange inconsistency error in VFP9
(may be other versions as well but I can't check).
I usually scatter fields from a data record to an object using scatter
name... and then use either:
Gather name object
Or
replace
Backstory: From gas-powered to electric auto in 36 hours flat
We ride along as entrepreneur Greg Abbott turns a 1978 Triumph Spitfire
into a completely clean, zero-emissions electric vehicle. Part 1 of two.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0319/p20s01-sten.html
Michael,
It has no effect on the update that SHOULDN'T work and this still works.
On the Update that fails - again no difference, so you CAN'T use m. to
prefix the Object reference
However, the following DOES work
Temp=HELLO
Update curTemp ;
Set Id=m.Temp ;
...
So there is definitely an
Gates said the challenge is figuring out what to do with hard-core
detainees who have made very clear they will come back and attack this
country.
He said it may require a new law to address the concerns about some of
these people who really need to be incarcerated forever, but that doesn't
get
On 3/30/07, Sietse Wijnker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hmm, the start date isn't relevant.
I think start date is relevant.
1. How many months and days are there in 59 days if you start on January 1st?
2. How about 62 days?
3. What if you start on January 15th?
4. June 1st? June 15th? June
Depends on altitude/relative density of the atmosphere.
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Depends on altitude/relative density of the atmosphere.
Hence 'or there abouts'...
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Michael,
That's why it is impossible to have a boiled egg when you are climbing
Everest. One good reason why I don't want to go. BG
Dave Crozier
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Sheep! (-- [OT])
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On Mar 30, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Dave Crozier wrote:
That's why it is impossible to have a boiled egg when you are climbing
Everest. One good reason why I don't want to go. BG
Boil 'em before starting the climb. Makes the eggs a bit more
durable, too.
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That's why it is impossible to have a boiled egg when you are climbing
Everest.
What happens to a boiled egg when you climb Everest? :-)
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Michael,
That's why it is impossible to have a boiled egg when you are climbing
Everest. One good reason why I don't want to go. BG
Can't you simply boil the egg BEFORE you go, and keep it warm in a
vacuum container? :-)
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Sheep! (-- [OT])
Honestly, I don't think sheep are all that energy efficient, as a means
of transportation.
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I wonder what they taste like frozen (easier than boiling and more
lasting!)?
Bit chewy?
BAAA ;)
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The egg can never cook because the water boils at about 91 degrees. Hence
SNOTTY eggs!
Dave Crozier
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That's why it is impossible to have a boiled egg when you are climbing
Everest.
The egg can never cook because the water boils at about 91 degrees. Hence
SNOTTY eggs!
The post says have, not cook...
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The egg can never cook because the water boils at about 91 degrees. Hence
SNOTTY eggs!
How can I tell it's Friday afternoon ;-)
Peter
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Mike, I'm using the mySQL Query Browser (on Windows 2K), and I used BIT(1)
fields all the time. The default value field in this tool accepts 0 or 1 -
not b'0' or b'1'. Try this with your tool.
At 08:55 PM 2007-03-29 -0400, you wrote:
I'm setting up a field in a MySQL5 table and trying to use
If so, what do you think about it?
v/r
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Larry Bradley wrote:
Mike, I'm using the mySQL Query Browser (on Windows 2K), and I used BIT(1)
fields all the time. The default value field in this tool accepts 0 or 1 -
not b'0' or b'1'. Try this with your tool.
Ok...I'll try that.
Do you find that you prefer the bit field over
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Gates said the challenge is figuring out what to do with hard-core
detainees who have made very clear they will come back and attack this
country.
He said it may require a new law to address the concerns about some of
these people who really need to be incarcerated
On Mar 28, 2007, at 3:43 AM, Tristan Leask wrote:
Hmm, I shall do it but it may take some time as I don't know may way
round dabo that much plus I don't often get to play with it that much.
I shall just hack around the VB VFP one.
Better yet: I've set up a Wiki page. I just added
Subject: [NF] Anybody using SSIS under MSQL 2005? If so, what do you
think about it?
I have been for years creating a number of DTS packages under SQL 2000
(at the day job). For the last 6 months or so, I have been re-writing
the logic from these DTS packages into SSIS SQL 2005 (now SP2)...
Dave,
I assume that this version DOES work? (lose the WITH/ENDWITH and put the
entire object reference):
*With oObj
Update curTemp ;
Set Id=oObj.Id ;
Where Primary_Key=2
*Endwith
Looks like the inconsistency you mention is only if you're using
WITH/ENDWITH. Perhaps the HELP file is
Peter,
A good tip is look at the calendar. BG
Alternatively come into work tomorrow morning - if nobody else is around
then you know that it WAS Friday yesterday!
Dave Crozier
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VFP handles mySQL BIT fields just fine, it appears, in remote views and
cursor adapters. I've never used tinyint() for VFP logical fields.
And of course when looking at the mySQL table definitions, it is obvious
that a BIT(1) is a logical, whereas a tinyint() could be anything.
At 11:12 AM
David,
Without the with/endwith it DOESN'T work but only sometimes!!!
...however this only as per the help on SQL Update where it says it should
never work. The fact that I had a program where it DID work and whatever I
did made it not work is what threw me for a while.
As I say the fact it is
Has anyone seen how many stores CompUSA is closing?
http://www.compusa.com/locations/closing_stores.asp
David L. Crooks
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Larry Bradley wrote:
VFP handles mySQL BIT fields just fine, it appears, in remote views and
cursor adapters. I've never used tinyint() for VFP logical fields.
And of course when looking at the mySQL table definitions, it is obvious
that a BIT(1) is a logical, whereas a tinyint() could be
David:
Good riddance (IMO)!
Corporate wise they were a PIA to do business with. I can't count the number of
lousy experiences I have had with them
on both a corporate and personal level. Plus their prices were always out of
sync with everyone else.
With all the negative experiences I have had
It is a HUGE improvement but a rather steep learning curve.
One of the things that I like about it is you can use the .NET language of
your choice, many more options and programming abilities included.
jeff fisher, MCP
www.turbofish.com
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I currently use DTS on a MSSQL 2000 server and it was a steep learning
curve to finally overcome DTS -- the design surface is not that
intuitive.
I have projects started in ADO.Net using VB.Net as the code behind the
scenes, so, do you think I will be sble to make the transistion?
v/r
Yes, but it will take some time
You can convert most DTS packages to SSIS - granted, they won't work but at
least it will be a start.
jeff fisher, MCP
www.turbofish.com
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I go to CompUSA for most local purchases, when I must, and usually when they
have a killer promotion. But, I purchase on-line as much as I can (buy.com
tigerdirect.com usually). I will likely not be building any of my own PCs
and Servers any longer, other than replacing a MB and internals on a
I know diddly squat about this, but have been asked to look into the
options.
We mail several catalogs each fall, and we think we can save on postage with
the use of bar codes?
Never did bar codes, and not sure where to go to find out what we need to do
for this to be effective with the U.S.
Gil:
All the servers here are Dells. I am a *certified* (or is it certifiable?) Dell
tech and can have parts here in less
than 24 hours. The interesting point is that in the 8 years we have been using
Dell servers I haven't needed that service.
All of our ticketing is now handled by a pair of
How many list members does it take to change a light
bulb?
~ ~ ~
One to change the light bulb and to post that the
light bulb has been changed.
Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing
light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been
changed differently.
Seven to caution
Jim, it's not just barcodes, but CASS processing your list to clean it
up and add ZIP4 codes + PAVE processing to pre-sort addresses, print
labels with barcodes and produce postage statements.
I've fallen behind with these certifications, so can't offer to help
now. The USPS lists vendors for
I thought that the USPS has a web service for address validation?
In fact, I just looked and Steve Ellenoff did a presentation at
FoxForward on interfacing with the USPS Web Services. He might chime in
with some help.
-Kevin
CULLY Technologies, LLC
Sponsor of FoxForward 2007
foxforward.net
On Friday, March 30, 2007 12:27 PM Michael Madigan wrote:
snipped
2. They pretty much had anything you needed though, so in a pinch when
mail order wouldn't do, you could go in and pick up something quick.
I did that at Best Buy. I bought a color laser printer and it did not
come with a USB
Folks,
I'm working on an application that will process files placed in a directory.
Pre VFP9 this could be accomplished with a timer. When a file would be
found, one could turn the timer off, do the processing, and turn the
timer back on.
I'm trying to accomplish this using BindEvents(). I'm
On Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:48 PM Ed Leafe wrote:
http://est.rbma.com/content/Crankshaft?date=20070201
Dead link.
David L. Crooks
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Derek, Sorry for the delay in following up - had some urgent stuff to
tend to
VFP doesn't even compare with other RDBMS's in common use today.
Yes, sometimes the speed is comparible, but the featureset lags
far behind Oracle, MSSQL, and MySQL(free versions exist of MySQL
and
I thought that the USPS has a web service for address validation?
Kevin, that's for address checking/validation, but CASS processing
generates a 3553 form that is needed to obtain postage discounts for
bulk mailings.
Bill
In fact, I just looked and Steve Ellenoff did a presentation
at
As a matter of interest I also found out by chance that you don't need a
With Thisform..endwith if you are referring to an object that is a
property of Thisform. You can simply wade straight in with .Object_Name.
I get an error when testing that-- invalid outside of with/endwith.
Are you
Sounds like Bill Arnold is our Go To Guy. But until he weighs in, these are
the general guidelines I have been given by a USPS rep out in my neck of the
woods. First, if you have a sizeable mailing you may be required to
actually use bar coding whether you want to or not. Also, even if you run
There we go, our own Bill Arnold did weigh in, just when I hit my Send
Button. Luckily neither of us seem to have overtly said anything that
conflicts with each other g...
Gil
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On Mar 30, 2007, at 4:19 PM, David Crooks wrote:
http://est.rbma.com/content/Crankshaft?date=20070201
Dead link.
Damn. Well, you can see it for another day and a half at this URL:
http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/crank/aboutMaina.php
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Dell tech and can have parts here in less
than 24 hours
That is what caught my attention with my one client, who had a low end Dell
Server, but got it with the extended service contract with 8 hour response.
Their tape drive failed, and the same day Dell had the part out there with a
tech to
On 3/30/07, Bill Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From VFP I can get a message from Windows that a file has been placed
within a directory and in theory pass it off to the handler to process
it. I haven't written the handler portion (I'll get there) but in theory
the handler will try to
Dell tech and can have parts here in less
than 24 hours
That is what caught my attention with my one client, who had a low end Dell
Server, but got it with the extended service contract with 8 hour response.
Their tape drive failed, and the same day Dell had the part out there with a
tech
I'd suggest you recieve the message and log it to a queue (a DBF),
then return to waiting. Either with a separate process, or with a
timer in the same, scan the queue, determine if there's more work to
be done, do it, and remove the entry from the queue. That way, if
someone drags a dozen
Gil,
Sounds like Bill Arnold is our Go To Guy.
Not really. I've been involved with just a few of the things going on
with the USPS (CASS and PAVE, specifically, but they're on the shelf
right now). It's a whole ball of wax, and constantly changing, so it's a
speciality in it's own right.
Hi Bill,
Not sure about the BindEvents() solution, but I implemented a timer-based one
as you noted. It was
designed to meet 200 requests in a day (nothing by anyone's standards). It
polled the folder every
minute when the timer triggered. I tested the solution I created with several
hundred
Peter Cushing wrote:
Dave Crozier wrote:
To All,
I have just come up against a really strange inconsistency error in VFP9
(may be other versions as well but I can't check).
snip
With oObj
* This Update Fails as it should
Update curTemp ;
Set Id=.Id ;
Where
Michael Madigan wrote:
The first funny thing you've ever said.
Michael! You devil!
You keep this and we'll end up dating ,c)
Wow! You really have high temperatures over there.
Around here water
boils at 100°.
[excessive quoting removed by server]
Ted Roche wrote:
On 3/30/07, Bill Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From VFP I can get a message from Windows that a file has been placed
within a directory and in theory pass it off to the handler to process
it. I haven't written the handler portion (I'll get there) but in theory
the
Derek Kalweit wrote:
What's wrong with the traditional timer-based file-detection approach?
I've very successfully implemented performance-critical complex apps
with this method and it's never been a problem. If you need a
responsive GUI for it, you can always put DOEVENTS in your loop...
Rick Schummer wrote:
Hi Bill,
Anyway, I don't see any reason to get all fancy with BindEvents() when a
timer works just fine. The
only advantage to BindEvents() is to get instant processing instead of
waiting until the next timer
event.
I think for the first shot out of the gate, I'll
Almost done...
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Well, I finally sent a termination letter to our general contractor today.
We kept getting put off by one of our other contractors to 'wait' because he
was being told that we'd get a meeting with him, but when he put our meeting
off again today I sent off the letter finally.
Now we have to find
Just a quick note that thanks to a suggestion by someone on the dabo-
users list (as well as a couple of dead hours between shuttling my
kid around), I've added a link to the bottom of each message that
will bring up the message in the list archives. The advantage is that
if you've
Think again.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/30/sports/31cnd-cheerleader.html?
ex=1332907200en=10e9b19b49cbfe58ei=5088partner=rssnytemc=rss
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Ed Leafe wrote:
Just a quick note that thanks to a suggestion by someone on the dabo-
users list (as well as a couple of dead hours between shuttling my
kid around), I've added a link to the bottom of each message that
will bring up the message in the list archives. The advantage is
Ted Roche wrote:
Long time, no see, Mr. Anderson.
I'd suggest you recieve the message and log it to a queue (a DBF),
then return to waiting. Either with a separate process, or with a
timer in the same, scan the queue, determine if there's more work to
be done, do it, and remove the entry
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