RE: [U2] Source code question

2005-06-06 Thread Brian Leach
Someone already mentioned the issue of TIME() which also impacts things like SLEEP and RQM and NAP. This is tuneable in the UniVerse config. As long as you stick to working in whole seconds - which always used to be the default - this should be fine. I'd also wonder about

Memo: RE: [U2] Source code question

2005-06-06 Thread asvin . dattani
I'd also wonder about port-specific usage. I believe I worked on a Unix box a while back where they mapped the ports so that every time a person logged in they got the same port number. Don't ask me exactly how they did this. HP-UX has a facility called DDFA. It is meant to be used in

[U2] John C. Dvorak Reference to Pick

2005-06-06 Thread David Wolverton
In his June 28th, 2005 PCMagazine column, John Dvorak references how Longhorn was going to try to do what Pick OS did 30 years ago - make the file system a database... Sort of 'Industry' relevant - and it's mainstream press, and - whooo hooo - not negative! Just that Microsoft couldn't pull it

[U2] Crystal Reports XI ODBC connection to Universe 10.1.7

2005-06-06 Thread Moderator
POSTED ON BEHALF OF NON-MEMBER ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hi all, New to the list; I've browsed the archives but cannot find anything relating to specifically the problem I am having, so if anyone can offer assistance it would be much appreciated. Crystal Reports XI trying to access Universe

RE: [U2] Crystal Reports XI ODBC connection to Universe 10.1.7

2005-06-06 Thread Mark Eastwood
We had a very similar problem except on Crystal 9. Loaded all the patches (2?) from Crystal's web site and now appears to be working. We are now in process of testing on X and XI. Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Moderator Sent:

RE: [U2] Source code question {Unclassified}

2005-06-06 Thread HENDERSON MIKE, MR
Steve, -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven M Wagner Sent: Sunday, 5 June 2005 14:40 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Source code question The answer is a big fat maybe. It will depend on how different the

[U2] Recommendations for reporting tools

2005-06-06 Thread Clifton Oliver
One of my clients has asked me what reporting tools, other than Crystal Reports other U2 shops favor. Any recommendations of what they might want to evaluate? Thanks in Advance. -- Regards, Clif ~~~ W. Clifton Oliver, CCP CLIFTON OLIVER ASSOCIATES

Re: [U2] Recommendations for reporting tools

2005-06-06 Thread Dave S
We use Mvquery. Mvquery does a nice job with ad-hoc reports. It does have it's limitations. Clifton Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of my clients has asked me what reporting tools, other than Crystal Reports other U2 shops favor. Any recommendations of what they might want to evaluate?

RE: [U2] Recommendations for reporting tools

2005-06-06 Thread David Jordan
Microsoft SQL Reporting Services is a good product and I think it is Rainingdata that is providing an interface between MV and SQL Reporting Services. Regards David Jordan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clifton Oliver Sent: Tuesday, 7

[U2] External SubRoutine Problems

2005-06-06 Thread Brutzman, Bill
Using UniVerse, UniBasic, I am trying to... call *SUB.BIN.TO.BIN.R0 (Part.Nbr, Qty.Pieces, Source.Bin, Target.Bin, Error.Msg ) (give, give, give, give, get ) begin case case Error.Msg # '' ; gosub Error.Handler end case This

[U2] When do globally cataloged programs get removed?

2005-06-06 Thread Wendy Smoak
I'm trying to modify a globally cataloged subroutine I'm using as a trigger, and the changes don't seem to take for a while. The docs say Periodically, sbcs checks shared memory and removes loaded programs that are no longer in use. How long is periodically? Likely I wouldn't want to change

RE: [U2] External SubRoutine Problems

2005-06-06 Thread Brutzman, Bill
False alarm... I found a pesky typo. --Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brutzman, Bill Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 6:18 PM To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' Subject: [U2] External SubRoutine Problems Using UniVerse, UniBasic, I am

RE: [U2] Recommendations for reporting tools

2005-06-06 Thread Tony Gravagno
Clifton Oliver wco-at-oliver.com |U2UG| wrote: One of my clients has asked me what reporting tools, other than Crystal Reports other U2 shops favor. Any recommendations of what they might want to evaluate? The answer sort of depends on how much of a canned solution they want vs how OK they are

RE: [U2] External SubRoutine Problems

2005-06-06 Thread Mark Eastwood
Do the programs use a CLEAR statement? Is Error.Msg in a COMMON statement? Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brutzman, Bill Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 3:18 PM To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' Subject: [U2] External SubRoutine

RE: [U2] When do globally cataloged programs get removed?

2005-06-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wendy Smoak wrote: I'm trying to modify a globally cataloged subroutine I'm using as a trigger, and the changes don't seem to take for a while. The docs say Periodically, sbcs checks shared memory and removes loaded programs that are no longer in use. How long is periodically? Likely I

RE: [U2] Recommendations for reporting tools

2005-06-06 Thread Ross Ferris
I'm obviously biased, but they could do worse than look at our Visage.Reporter product. Comes in 2 varieties for report production - 'free' production with Visage [web] clients, client preview etc, or server based version for direct output to any server accessible printer, options for fax,

[U2] Unidata Indexing

2005-06-06 Thread jbutera
I've got a naive Unidata question, but figured I'd throw it out there anyway. In short, does indexing a field in a given file help performance when querying for an empty string? ie: SELECT MY_TABLE WITH MY_FIELD='' I've always assumed yes but would like to hear other's thoughts. Jeff Butera,

RE: [U2] Printing from UniVerse

2005-06-06 Thread Bill Haskett
Charlie: It's funny you should raise Microdata. I was taught to never use EQUATEs unless I wanted to create a relationship between both sides of the equation. e.g I'd use the following: EQUATE APFILE$CUSTDATE TO APFILEREC(1) This would allow me to manipulate either side of the equate and know

RE: [U2] Recommendations for reporting tools

2005-06-06 Thread Bill Haskett
Clif and David: Don't let the Raining Data price fool you. Mv.NET will offer the same thing for a ___LOT___ less! I'm testing out SQL Reporting services using ODBC and it works nicely. At this point it's free. I'm going to be testing it with OleDB shortly. Still, at this point it's free or,

Re: [U2] When do globally cataloged programs get removed?

2005-06-06 Thread eperry
Wendy, If you log off and log back on, it should be changed. Eugene I'm trying to modify a globally cataloged subroutine I'm using as a trigger, and the changes don't seem to take for a while. The docs say Periodically, sbcs checks shared memory and removes loaded programs that are no

Re: [U2] Printing from UniVerse

2005-06-06 Thread Clifton Oliver
Particular? Peculiar might be a better word. grin Was this instructor trained in Computer Science or General Semantics. :-) -- Regards, Clif On Jun 6, 2005, at 6:22 PM, Bill Haskett wrote: However, with EQUATE VM TO CHAR(254) there is no such relationship, so I was taught not to do