[U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Clifton Oliver
As the Managing Editor of International Spectrum magazine (one of my Part-Time jobs), I'm thinking of Twittering from the Conference next week. Being new this social media, I have to wonder if this is of any interest to people or just adding to the Noise of the Internet. I'd like to hear

RE: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Tony G
Note: Correction to your twitter page! http://twitter.com/clifoliver ... Only one L in there... but you probably knew that. :) Personally I never twitter or read them. Despite the fact that Twittering is a global phenomenon (and the last book I worked on culminated with a LINQ-to-Twitter

RE: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Symeon Breen
I know why you don't like Twitter Tony - you are limited to 140 characters ;) -Original Message- From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Tony G Sent: 20 March 2009 08:08 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2]

RE: [U2] U2.NET question

2009-03-20 Thread Symeon Breen
TBH I have not tried particularly hard, but i have never been given any meaty details about u2.net. A comparison between it and mv.net would be good. I am very interested in mv.net (and u2.net for that matter) but have not (knowingly) had reason to use it just yet, one day tho ... -Original

RE: [U2] Does anybody have a hot backup server?

2009-03-20 Thread Brian Leach
Tony Must be finger trouble: wiki page is fine grin But very happy to support and link to PickWiki. The more sources of information out there, the better. Brian -Original Message- From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Tony

RE: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Robert DunnMiller
I Twitter as another means for people to reach out for me (read: customers). The adverts would have us believe that this is a fun way to keep in touch. However, any medium that gives my customers another way to reach out for me is something that I will consider. Clif, I think this is a great

[U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Susan Joslyn
Twitter away, Clif! I'm following! Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:09:12 -0700 From: Clifton Oliver w...@oliver.com Subject: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter? As the Managing Editor of International Spectrum magazine (one of my Part-Time jobs), I'm thinking of Twittering from the

RE: [U2] Does anybody have a hot backup server?

2009-03-20 Thread Tim Stokes
Double take will work in this situtation. -Original Message- From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Powell Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:07 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Does anybody have a hot

[U2] Error DATUMERR

2009-03-20 Thread k_hw
Using UVODBC, I have linked to a file in MS Access. Several attributes and dictionary items were selected in this file. I was able to query in MS Access using this file, but recently a dictionary item that was added on produce the following error. ODBC-Call failed. [IBM][UVODBC][2300913]Error

RE: [U2] Error DATUMERR

2009-03-20 Thread Mark Eastwood
Try setting the data type in the dictionary item (i.e. make attribute 6 = VARCHAR). Mark -Original Message- --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Glen Batchelor
Argh! You're making me feel geeky inept!! WTH is Twitter?! I'll Google it and find out, so feel free to ignore me for the time being. FWIW: I just started a Facebook page a couple months ago. I'm just not a social person maybe?? Socializing doesn't make code appear in my projects so I tend to

[U2] [UV] Config parameter for the READU

2009-03-20 Thread Jacques G.
Hello, I recall reading here a while back that there is a parameter in the (possibly in the uvconfig file) that determines how long READU will wait for a lock when it is taken by someone else. Someone on the list said something to the effect that he set it to wait for one month. What is this

RE: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Michael Martin
I thought Twitter was just another Facebook. -Original Message- From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Glen Batchelor Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 10:52 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] International Spectrum

RE: [U2] Does anybody have a hot backup server?

2009-03-20 Thread D Averch
We have clients that use both Unidata and Universe. Since U2s replication strategies are completely different and not compatible we implemented something very simple. We have a basic code wrapper that goes around every read and delete that essentially make those actions transactions. This

RE: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread George Gallen
I'd rather see a daily blog on a facebook discussion group. (or even a daily blog posted to this list!) or maybe post a daily digest of the twittering on the facebook group. BTW, there is a facebook group pick developers although not too many of the members look familiar to this list. George

RE: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Glen Batchelor
Yeah it does look that way. Another time and bandwidth wasting tool for web junkies. I guess e-mail, web forums, IM, and SMS are just too complicated and disconnected for normal communications usage. Maybe I should start a new web site that combines them into a web interface with lots of consumer

RE: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Glen Batchelor
Clif, Why don't you just set up a new category in the Spectrum blog for conference happenings? It has an RSS feed built-in and anyone can check on it from the intarweb. You can post video segments, if equipment is available, and sound bytes. Glen

RE: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Glen Batchelor
What's wrong with posting to CDP and/or this mailing list? I'm sure a lot of companies block Facebook and Myspace access due to wasted on-the-clock time. If you were talking about posting video clips and/or doing webcasts, that'd be something I'd be interested in helping with.

Re: [U2] [UV] Config parameter for the READU

2009-03-20 Thread Martin Phillips
Hi Jacques, I recall reading here a while back that there is a parameter in the (possibly in the uvconfig file) that determines how long READU will wait for a lock when it is taken by someone else. There is but it is horrendous because, when it times out, the program takes the ELSE clause so

RE: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Tony G
From: Glen Batchelor Clif, Why don't you just set up a new category in the Spectrum blog for conference happenings? It has an RSS feed built-in and anyone can check on it from the intarweb. You can post video segments, if equipment is available, and sound bytes. I think the point is

[U2] Select behaviour, Phantoms and Unidata 6.1

2009-03-20 Thread Edward Brown
Hello, Strange one here - I have a V type dictionary item with a D4/ in attribute 3. Using this at TCL with an ECLTYPE of U I am able to do LIST FILE WITH DATE.DICT 01/01/2009 DATE.DICT SAMPLE 20 and it works as expected, listing 20 records where the date is later than that returned by

Re: [U2] [UV] Config parameter for the READU

2009-03-20 Thread Jacques G.
If the value of SYSTEM(1999) is set to zero does that mean that this featured is turned off and that the READU will wait however long it takes to get the lock or does it mean it is set to the default 3600 waiting value ? - Original Message From: Martin Phillips

RE: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Symeon Breen
As a complete BTW on this thread - the twitter api is realy simple esp if you are on *nix - just use curl e.g. curl -u username:password message text http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json So also very easy to slot into your Databasic - i use this for some activity logs for some of my Phantoms.

RE: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Ron Hutchings
Like my tool that started my morning coffee when I booted D3, or the QM tool that turned off the outside lights after sundown, MV people may not wholly appreciate the utility of such geekiness - but this sort of thing leads to innovation. Obviously people outside of the MV market appreciate

RE: [U2] Does anybody have a hot backup server? {Unclassified}

2009-03-20 Thread Neil Morris
Hi Mike, Your inquiry was brought to my attention today. Could you possibly clarify what is meant by headers are flushed when they are updated in regard to UniVerse dynamic files? Is this in reference to the information in the T30FILE structure in the UniVerse disk shared memory segment being

Re: [U2] International Spectrum Conference - Twitter?

2009-03-20 Thread Clifton Oliver
My last comment on this before suggesting we now move over to the u2- community list if there are further ideas of a non-technical nature. (I found Symeon's idea of using Twitter to pass along alerts from phantoms rather clever.) I want to thank everyone who shared their comments, both on