Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code
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 ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code
Op Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:07:02 +0200 schreef Wolfgang Lenerz : Hi, Datadesign is pretty good, and I believe its source code is available, if necessary. Perhaps time to switch? 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 -- The BSJR QL software site at: http://members.upc.nl/b.spelten/ql/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code
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 -- The BSJR QL software site at: http://members.upc.nl/b.spelten/ql/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code
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 >> > ___ > QL-Users Mailing List > > ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code
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 ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code
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 -- The BSJR QL software site at: http://members.upc.nl/b.spelten/ql/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code
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 > >___ >QL-Users Mailing List -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code
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 ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code
Hi Bob, I think, if memory serves me right, that the sources are in the Quanta Library. I'm pretty sure of this, but it's been a while I admit! Also, I'm not sure which is the current version so the one in Quanta might be older than what you have? 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. HTH Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ QL-Users Mailing List
Re: [Ql-Users] DBAS source code
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 ___ QL-Users Mailing List
[Ql-Users] DBAS source code
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 -- The BSJR QL software site at: http://members.upc.nl/b.spelten/ql/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List