Re: [U2] Saying Goodbye...

2011-04-26 Thread Brian Leach
Kevin The only thing that I see holding us back is the maturity of our connectivity options It's not often I disagree with you, but here I must.. We don't lack mature interfaces. We have UO.Net; UOJ; web services - now both XML and JSON; WebDE - not to mention third party alternatives.

Re: [U2] Can this be done with SQL?

2011-04-15 Thread Brian Leach
George You need the HAVING clause to filter that way (and remember you can use COUNT(*) to get a count): SELECT GENRE, COUNT(*) FROM BOOK_TITLES GROUP BY GENRE; Genre. COUNT ( * ) BIOGRAPHY2 BUSINESS 8 CLASSIC 31 CRIME1 DRAMA

Re: [U2] PDF Files directly from UniData or UniVerse

2011-04-12 Thread Brian Leach
Doug Check out PrintWizard or my own offering, mvPDF. Since I see Bob has already given the low-down on PrintWizard, here's my 2 pence on mvPDF grin: - fast, as in very - capture and convert print jobs - PCL interpreter - generate merge forms from BASIC or UniQuery - fully featured report

[U2] [AD] Even more editors ..

2011-04-07 Thread Brian Leach
All Just for completeness - In addition to the two excellent editors (Doug's and Charlie's) already mentioned - you can download my free screen editor (Z) and my free Windows based editor (mvDeveloper) from my website ... Brian ___ U2-Users mailing

Re: [U2] Databasic conversion

2011-04-07 Thread Brian Leach
I'd second David's comment. UniVerse in PICK flavour is a closer fit to D3, though some of the issues around casing for files may still bite you (at least UniVerse Basic has always been keyword case insensitive). PROCs and paragraphs should come across fine, remember that paragraphs are PH not

Re: [U2] Does anyone have an MV BASIC cheatsheet?

2011-03-28 Thread Brian Leach
Hi Tony et al There's a simple reason why there aren't new books on this - it's very hard work! Creating any meaningful text on a system that is as wide and flexible as U2 takes many months of effort. In the three books I've written I've only scratched the surface. And given the size of the

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-20 Thread Brian Leach
Guys Can we reign this one in a bit: it's starting to get personal. That's against the spirit of this list. Brian ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-19 Thread Brian Leach
Let's be clear about this - the support that we have asked for has been provided. There is nothing that we are being held back from doing due to lack of support from Rocket. What the group needs is not support from Rocket, we have that, it is the active participation of U2 users willing to put

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-18 Thread Brian Leach
Tony As always, you make some good points. I think maybe we I was wrong to talk about 'marketing' - a better word would have been 'awareness'. That's what we (U2UG) have to get to grips with, and haven't yet. One of the questions I hear all too often - and I'm sure others on the list do as well

Re: [U2] Uniobjects and java

2011-03-15 Thread Brian Leach
Doug I would always recommend calling subroutines on the server, unless you have a pressing need not to do so. The biggest gain is for quality - it is much better to write and QA the back end code first, then write the interface code. That way you can work in the sure knowledge of the quality of

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-15 Thread Brian Leach
up to you - the community - to join in and make best use of us. As a user group we will only ever be as good as the community behind us. Brian Leach, Outgoing U2UG President. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org

Re: [U2] PROC language documentation

2011-03-15 Thread Brian Leach
FWFW the proVerb guide is part of the UniVerse documentation set, you can download this from the rocket website if you don't have it to hand.. .. oh, and the free mvDeveloper has syntax highlighting for PROC .. talk about a clash of worlds :) Brian -Original Message- From:

Re: [U2] UV PE Linux

2011-03-04 Thread Brian Leach
All I'm told it is on the way - apparently it's been in the queue for getting onto the Rocket website for a couple of weeks now. Just like the other UniVerse 11 stuff :( It exists - really - I was able to get a private download direct from Rocket to test out a specific issue that I needed to

[U2] U2UG Elections Looming

2011-02-25 Thread Brian Leach
All The International U2 User Group (U2UG) elections for the new board will be launching next week. For those who do not know, the U2UG looks after this email list, as well as providing advice, papers, knowledge base articles, a wiki and running many other projects to benefit the U2

Re: [U2] Frustrated with Rocket / Unidata 7.2 ..?

2011-02-19 Thread Brian Leach
Almost all my frustrations are with Microsoft. Over half the development I did last year was simply handling differences between Win7x64 and previous versions.. which in turn meant upgrading my development platforms (Delphi and .Net) and dealing with THEIR backward incompatibilities, spending

Re: [U2] [UV] UODOTNET.DLL and 64bit windows.

2011-02-19 Thread Brian Leach
Jacques, I use UO.Net with Win7x64 all the time, without any problems. Can't speak for 2003, but I have a 2003 x64 box running the old COM version of UO. The only gotcha I'm found with UO on x64 is that if you are using the old COM version of UniObjects with Windows scripting (cscript or

Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al

2011-02-08 Thread Brian Leach
I actually wrote an RPL compiler for UniVerse - I guess that was about 15 years ago. It actually started out quite nice.. it did everything in the RPL81 manual and was a tidy piece of C on SunOS. Then I delved into the 'undocumented' functions .. and by the time I had handled as many of those

Re: [U2] Ultimate UPDATE process migration path ? anyone? anyone ?

2011-02-04 Thread Brian Leach
Gosh, I *remember* that - and this just a couple of weeks after a PRIME user (current!) got me dusting off my old SIMPLE manual .. I don't know of a direct way to migrate the Ultimate UPDATE but it shouldn't be too hard to turn the update definitions into ENTER scripts - (free from my website

Re: [U2] 3.99 x 3 = 11

2011-01-21 Thread Brian Leach
Kate The original A and S types on PICK-like systems were designed purely with integer arithmethic in mind - hence the use of the MDn and MRn conversions to scale and descale. They are not designed for floating point work, so it's no surprise they don't give the answers you expect. And with

Re: [U2] uv SQL INSERT INTO error?

2010-12-20 Thread Brian Leach
Hi Shane Not sure exactly what the problem is, but what happens if you rewrite this as: INSERT INTO myTable (val1, val2, val2) SELECT col1, col2, col3 FROM UNNEST table ON testAssoc WHERE col2 = '10-23-10'; I know it *should* be the same, but ... Brian -Original Message- From:

Re: [U2] Val on UniDynArray produces unexpected results

2010-11-12 Thread Brian Leach
var1.Field(1).StringValue Do you mean that? Or do you mean var1.Field(1).StringValue ? Differences between the P-Code and fully compiled code have been a 'feature' of VB for a long time - the compiled code is generally more accurate/less forgiving and - whilst not relevant here - if you have

Re: [U2] Free software licence

2010-10-18 Thread Brian Leach
...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wols Lists Sent: 18 October 2010 00:38 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Free software licence On 17/10/10 12:13, Brian Leach wrote: All I've been planning for a while to release my system scanning tools (mvScan) as free/open software

Re: [U2] U2UG Member Newsletter -- DataVU

2010-10-18 Thread Brian Leach
Brad It's imminent, but not formally released yet .. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of bradley.sch...@usbank.com Sent: 18 October 2010 15:39 To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: [U2] U2UG Member

[U2] Free software licence

2010-10-17 Thread Brian Leach
All I've been planning for a while to release my system scanning tools (mvScan) as free/open software. That way, anyone can download and use it and hopefully people can choose to add to the library of plug-ins that are used to analyse specific entities - an example might be some plug-ins to

Re: [U2] Another undocumented Uniobjects error

2010-08-22 Thread Brian Leach
Kevin It's the less than useful #define IE_SR_SLAVE_READ_FAIL 39207 /* Failed to read from the slave correctly */ If you have a copy of Universe you can find these in the gcidir/include/api_public.h file. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org

Re: [U2] Unix to SQLServer

2010-08-13 Thread Brian Leach
David Three options really 1. BCI with suitable UNIX ODBC driver - EasySoft is/was the recommended choice. One of their guys is on the list, though IIRC they have changed their name. The advantage is that with BCI you are pushing, so you control the content and don't have do deal with the

Re: [U2] Windows telnet client with PT200 emulation

2010-08-13 Thread Brian Leach
Dynamic Connect has pt200. Don't know if it is accurate though - it's not an emulation I use. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Natasha Zagsky Sent: 12 August 2010 19:51 To:

[U2] Looking for user groups

2010-06-22 Thread Brian Leach
All The U2UG are assembling a directory of regional user groups (U2, MV, PICK). If you are a member of such a group, or know (up-to-date!) contact details for any of these groups, please drop me an email off-list. Thanks! Brian ___

Re: [U2] wierd error

2010-06-22 Thread Brian Leach
Doug At the risk of stating the obvious, since this is a phantom are you sure it is running in the correct account? Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of doug chanco Sent: 22 June 2010 11:51 AM To:

Re: [U2] Division Issues

2010-06-21 Thread Brian Leach
Shawn If you are still getting issues and the issue is down to the division itself, you might want to try switching to string maths (HELP BASIC SDIV). It is slower but may give more accurate results in some cases. Remember that fractional numbers are not represented correctly in binary, and

Re: [U2] SQL server to Universe via ODBC problems

2010-06-11 Thread Brian Leach
Hi 1. The error messages themselves were stripped from the mail - please can you repost them (and not as images, the list server strips all attachments and non-textual entries). 2. You haven't said what version or edition of SQL Server you are running. 3. Whilst your query to analyze memory

Re: [U2] Langauge Def for Notepad++

2010-05-28 Thread Brian Leach
Hi Dan Not notepad++, but I have a definition for the excellent TextPad and there's always the free mvDeveloper you can download. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dan McGrath Sent: 28 May 2010

Re: [U2] OPENSEQ and Abnormal termination of UV

2010-05-24 Thread Brian Leach
Wol In BASIC, *EVERYTHING* is a string (apart from file variables). Therefore any comparison should be valid. To be more precise, no. UniVerse Basic is a run-time typed language (like PHP) not a string language. So it gets the performance and storage benefits of real types, and coerces between

Re: [U2] Question on Dictionary Items

2010-05-24 Thread Brian Leach
Jim First value (a number of ways but this will work): 002 9 008 F;9R No, this means 'repeat the value in field 9 for the depth of the expression' e.g. if you wanted to multiply each value in a multivalued field with a single valued field to get a multivalued result. Last value: 002 9 008

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

2010-05-20 Thread Brian Leach
So $199 for Windows 7 Pro, plus $100 for the $100 for the software. 'Cmon, are you seriously saying you don't have any old windows boxes lying around your organization? I can't speak for PrintWizard, but mvPDF will run happily on an old Win2000 box. Like PW it's written in Delphi, it is

Re: [U2] XPath queries

2010-05-20 Thread Brian Leach
Stuart This works for me: $INCLUDE UNIVERSE.INCLUDE XML.H XML = \?xml version=1.0 ?\ XML-1 = 'ABRPayloadSearchResults' XML-1 = 'first /' XML-1 = 'response' XML-1 = 'exceptionSome Exception/exception' XML-1 = '/response' XML-1 =

Re: [U2] Code 128 Soft Font

2010-05-19 Thread Brian Leach
If you have to write a lot of PCL code then a product like print wizards seems a good investment, though. Put it this way - how much does your time cost your employer? If you roll your own it is going to take you a day to mess around with code, look up the printer escape sequences in manuals,

Re: [U2] OPENSEQ and Abnormal termination of UV

2010-05-18 Thread Brian Leach
Looks like putting a sequential file in a dimensioned array makes it go out and reserve a block of memory the size of the entire file. Doubtful.. I'm guessing under the hood the array will resolve to a series of pointers somewhere down the track, but those pointers will need to be cast to

Re: [U2] WORKING WITH PROMPTS

2010-05-13 Thread Brian Leach
Jim, You don't say, so I'm going to assume UniVerse here. Yes, there are two ways you can do this in BASIC. EXECUTE creates a new workspace, so you need to either change to using PERFORM (which doesn't) or pass the prompt answers into that workspace. Here are the two syntaxes. Given the

Re: [U2] XML format question

2010-05-13 Thread Brian Leach
George So to paraphrase, when do you use attributes to hold data and when do you elements.. The problem is, there is no clear answer to this, and everyone who designs XML schema has to grapple with this question. The only simple answer is that if a value could legitimately have an attribute

Re: [U2] fnuxi problem

2010-05-13 Thread Brian Leach
Martin The obvious choice would be uvbackup and uvrestore, but failing that you're going to have to do some scripting. How about: Run a find for all the VOC files - that will get you all the account directories. Redirect that to file. Edit it to remove all the /VOC so you're left with the

[U2] Just testing

2010-05-10 Thread Brian Leach
It's very quiet.. Brian ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users

Re: [U2] Printing images

2010-05-10 Thread Brian Leach
Harold Forgive me if I take this step by step. A JPEG is a compressed image format, one that is understood by Windows and some other platforms. But it's not understood directly by printers. You can convert it to a bitmap (in fact, Windows does this internally when it renders it) which represents

Re: [U2] ERROR IS NOT A UNIDATA DATA FILE

2010-05-07 Thread Brian Leach
Wally Thanks for this. Good to know. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wally Terhune Sent: 06 May 2010 6:36 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] ERROR IS NOT A UNIDATA DATA FILE IF you

Re: [U2] -1 and Null values

2010-05-03 Thread Brian Leach
In UniVerse this is configurable via the $OPTIONS EXTRA.DELIM flag as well as being flavor dependent. But also in UniVerse, there is a specific null value (@NULL) as opposed to an empty string which is logically different. Brian ___ U2-Users mailing

Re: [U2] What a Long Strange Trip This Has Been!

2010-04-28 Thread Brian Leach
Hi Karen Just because you're entering the Dark Side, doesn't mean you have to unsubscribe - MV has a habit of drawing people back, you know (you'll never escape). And don't forget, many of us use .Net with uv... Congrats Brian ___ U2-Users

Re: [U2] [ud] Unidata as a SQL Server Linked Server via OLEDB

2010-04-21 Thread Brian Leach
Kevin If you are running SQL Server authentication (which was one of your tests) it takes on the permissions of the service user. Is that configured the same on both boxes? Also from researching other postings this is not a U2-specific issue - I've seen the same reported for e.g. DB2 and

Re: [U2] Updating SQL database from Universe 10.3

2010-04-15 Thread Brian Leach
Yes, I've worked on various systems that do this. Those that run under Windows generally use the built-in BCI (ODBC) interface which is fast and effective - depending of course on what you are calling at the other end! As always the usual rules apply about calling stored procedures being

Re: [U2] import data to excel sheet...

2010-04-14 Thread Brian Leach
Hi Chris I would investigate Tony's product first - that may well save you a bunch of work. I'm generating OpenXML from a number of different places - so if your requirement is for UniVerse only I'd look to Nebula and see if it covers your needs. If you do find afterwards that you still want to

Re: [U2] import data to excel sheet...

2010-04-13 Thread Brian Leach
Chris I'm using OpenXML to create spreadsheets in Excel 2007 format: and writing a series in Spectrum about it. You can create the spreadsheets directly from UniVerse by treating the content as XML (with a number of caveats) or you can call out to something external that will build it using the

Re: [U2] Quick poll - how many use 3-tier or N-tier Architecture

2010-04-09 Thread Brian Leach
Hmm, I'm guessing what's behind the question is the need to respond to the usual 'this is a legacy text based system' nonsense. If I'm wrong in that, please forgive the following soapbox! I haven't written text based stuff in years (unless I have no choice), so practically every system I've

Re: [U2] SQL Equiv to Save-list?

2010-04-08 Thread Brian Leach
If you mean UniVerse SQL - for a regular query in the same way as a retrieve statement, you can supply an active select list using the SLIST clause. SELECT BOOK_TITLES WITH GENRE = FICTION SELECT * FROM BOOK_TITLES SLIST 0 But if you're not using it in the same way as a retrieve statement i.e.

Re: [U2] BDT is anyone using it?

2010-04-05 Thread Brian Leach
You will never get this kind of response from any of the other developer you mentioned below Er.. because mvDeveloper already had locking in the first place?... grin Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On

Re: [U2] CPU Spikes to 100%

2010-03-25 Thread Brian Leach
Usually because a client has closed their terminal emulator without disconnecting nicely. The process loops attempting to read from the socket. No remedy but to kill the process. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org

[U2] U2UG news (was Pick Pocket Guide)

2010-03-24 Thread Brian Leach
All, 1. The good news is that the U2UG board has agreed to push ahead with our incubator project this year. This will combine learning materials and sample applications aimed at bringing the platform in front of genuinely new developers who have not encountered any flavour of multivalue before.

Re: [U2] visual source safe plugin with basic developer toolkit

2010-03-24 Thread Brian Leach
Ditto. I've found it the easiest to use with tortoise SVN for the desktop. But then, I don't use Eclipse or BDT. Tip - you also need to version manage other assets such as dictionaries. I've found the easiest way is to build my tables using definition scripts (similar to a create table statement

Re: [U2] Pick Pocket Guide

2010-03-24 Thread Brian Leach
When Microsoft first released Silverlight - the first books were from Microsoft themselves, the others quickly followed. You have just highlighted the essential difference between books and software.. Software is a single sale: you buy that product from the manufacturer and don't buy a rival

Re: [U2] Pick Pocket Guide

2010-03-23 Thread Brian Leach
: [U2] Pick Pocket Guide I would talk to Brian Leach about how he publishes his. If I'm not mistaken they are printed on demand. I have bought a few from him, and they are very good quality. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http

Re: [U2] Pick Pocket Guide

2010-03-23 Thread Brian Leach
'twas indeed. It's a timely point, because the new user group board are going to be discussing our projects for the coming year and introductory materials/sample applications and such like are very much in the frame. So nomenclature is something we will need to address if we're not going to

Re: [U2] Pick Pocket Guide

2010-03-23 Thread Brian Leach
Tony As always you make some good points. 1/ It's not the term MultiValue I have a problem with - that we should continue to support since it already has a meaning and a presence, and one worth building on. For one thing, MVDBMS is a nice abbreviation! It's the terminology used within that,

Re: [U2] Not Consistent Failure

2010-03-23 Thread Brian Leach
One thought, If they are not supplying a password in UNIX, is this because they all share the same user name? If so, could you be hitting a process-limit on a non-admin user identifier, so it can't create the uv process ? It's been years since I played with AIX, so is there still a maxuprc limit?

Re: [U2] Using JDBC on Unidata 7.1 on HPUX

2010-03-22 Thread Brian Leach
I roll my own, but a TOJSON option to match the TOXML would be a good addition to the query language. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of charles_shaf...@ntn-bower.com Sent: 22 March 2010 3:40 PM

Re: [U2] I'm looking for PICK

2010-03-19 Thread Brian Leach
Guys We're getting dangerously close here to a personal attack. That's not the reason for this list. Points made, now please reign it in. Brian ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users

Re: [U2] PRINTER memory segment removed

2010-03-19 Thread Brian Leach
Hi Jeff It means that a previous process had terminating leaving its shared memory segment behind, and the new one has the required permission to remove it and create a new one. Which normally isn't a direct cause for concern. It's if it can't remove the segment that you need to take action and

[U2] Interesting interview with Susie

2010-03-03 Thread Brian Leach
All Here is an interesting interview with Susie about how things are now with U2 and Rocket. It's given by Elkie Holland of Prospectus: http://www.prospectus.co.uk/t/SusieSiegesmundMarch10.htm Brian ___ U2-Users mailing list

Re: [U2] Barcode Software for UniVerse?

2010-02-26 Thread Brian Leach
Tony You're missing the point - Zebras a fast thermal (damn expensive) printers dedicated to barcode labelling. You won't get the same speed out of a regular printer... :) Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org]

Re: [U2] Keep a running total in a listing

2010-02-24 Thread Brian Leach
- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Brian Leach Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:50 AM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] Keep a running total in a listing George ED DICT BOOK_TITLES RUNNING_TOTAL This is a Type I

Re: [U2] Uniobject.Net Plus ASP.Net web service performance (was Re: Error connecting to Universe using Web Service Developer Tool)

2010-02-21 Thread Brian Leach
Absolutely not - that's way too long. Either your application is doing some lengthy startups, something is seriously wrong with your DNS lookups or authentication of something similar is hitting it. You don't say what platform you are on, but I've seen slow connections where there are large

Re: [U2] UniObjects 'Exec'

2010-02-19 Thread Brian Leach
David The Command object does have a Response property which is like the THIS in your example. But that would have to be logged in some way. Also, if you're running UniVerse, it may create an entry in the errlog .. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org

Re: [U2] Is there something wrong with the new wiki?

2010-02-16 Thread Brian Leach
Hi Gregor It works for me when logged in.. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Gregor Scott Sent: 16 February 2010 1:23 AM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: [U2] Is there something wrong with the new

[U2] U2UG Elections Reminder

2010-02-08 Thread Brian Leach
Calling all U2UG Members! This is a reminder that the elections for the 2010 U2UG Board will close on Feb 10th. So if you have not cast your vote yet, please sign in to www.u2ug.org and visit the elections page (under Membership menu). Thanks! Brian On behalf of the U2UG Board.

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections

2010-02-05 Thread Brian Leach
...@gmail.com wrote: I might be blind, but can you give a link to do the voting? On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Brian Leach br...@brianleach.co.uk wrote: Calling all U2UG Members This is a reminder that voting has opened for the election of the new U2UG Board for 2010 - 2011. The board

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections

2010-02-05 Thread Brian Leach
Dave No. The u2ug is a redirect from the old u2ug site, the one we first set up when we started the group off. Mvopen.org is the real address for this server, but both should take you to the same place. We tried to switch the u2ug address a little while back, but it stuffed up these lists (which

Re: [U2] Resize Question

2010-02-03 Thread Brian Leach
Of Brian Leach Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:55 AM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] Resize Question Okay, a few things here... First the index issue. When UniVerse creates an index on a file, it puts the absolute pathname to the index into the file header. You will need to remove this using

[U2] U2UG Elections

2010-02-03 Thread Brian Leach
Calling all U2UG Members This is a reminder that voting has opened for the election of the new U2UG Board for 2010 - 2011. The board is composed of busy individuals who have volunteered their time to represent you, the U2 community. This year, following the transition to Rocket, the user

Re: [U2] Changing lower case keywords to UPPER CASE

2010-02-01 Thread Brian Leach
Marco, I have a precompiler to do this. Contact me offline and I'll send you a copy. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Marco Manyevere Sent: 27 January 2010 4:18 PM To: U2 Users List Subject:

Re: [U2] Resize Question

2010-02-01 Thread Brian Leach
Okay, a few things here... First the index issue. When UniVerse creates an index on a file, it puts the absolute pathname to the index into the file header. You will need to remove this using the SET.INDEX command thus: SET.INDEX filename TO NULL Next, the file size: The D_ZIP is the

Re: [U2] UniVerse RetreiVe how do I query a file for all of its column's values?

2010-01-24 Thread Brian Leach
|-- SUBROUTINE stdTCL( FileName, FL, ItemList, Options ) *-- * Name: stdTCL * Description : Get TCL Arguments * Author : Brian Leach * Date: * Project

Re: [U2] Still using wIntegrate to copy files?

2010-01-18 Thread Brian Leach
Ah, the halcyon days, waiting for a 30kb ZMODEM transfer down a 2400 baud modem - that was pedal to the metal computing ;) Just load the current beta for Visual Studio 2010 ! It is SO SLOW that it will take you right back to those 2400 days. It can easily take 10 - 30 seconds to catch up when

Re: [U2] Listserv Archives

2010-01-12 Thread Brian Leach
Hi Kate If you use the previous menu [logged in] - U2 Email List that links to the Gmane view of the user list where you can search the archives easily. The other page links to IndexFocus as an alternative, but it looks like that may not be operating. Best Regards Brian -Original

Re: [U2] UniVerse haning after putting password in (win2003)

2010-01-10 Thread Brian Leach
Hi David Couple of things to check - there is a login semaphore which might not be getting released. - sometimes iterating through active directory credentials can take forever if there is a deep hierarchy, especially if the credentials are being retrieved over a wan. Brian -Original

Re: [U2] UniRPC returning 39125

2010-01-06 Thread Brian Leach
Hi David Are you going in as the same user you would use to telnet? If not, does the user have permission on that account directory? Are you using an absolute pathname for the account, and if not, does it work if you do? Regards Brian -Original Message- From:

[U2] Last chance to nominate

2010-01-04 Thread Brian Leach
To all U2UG Members: Do you know anyone with the enthusiasm and commitment to join the U2UG board? Can you give up a small amount of your time to help drive the user group forward? Do you have opinions on the future of these platforms that should be heard? If so, this is your last chance to

Re: [U2] Any Ideas

2009-12-18 Thread Brian Leach
Dave To do it nicely, use UniObjects from VBScript (VBScript is built into every copy of Windows through the CSCRIPT and WSCRIPT interpreters). Very useful for all kinds of admin and similar operations, and more flexible than using a regular batch file. I wrote a simple primer on this a few

Re: [U2] A readnext within a VOC?

2009-12-11 Thread Brian Leach
George Here's a very simple but very utility: PROGRAM SRUN * --- * @@Name: SRUN * @@Description : Run a command against each element of a select list * @@Version : 1.0 *

[U2] U2UG Elections

2009-12-10 Thread Brian Leach
All Just a reminder to all U2UG members, that we are seeking nominations for the next board. We are looking for a new Vice President and three Members at Large. You can nominate either yourself or another U2UG member for these positions. With the sale of U2 to Rocket, we have a wealth of new

Re: [U2] [UV] BCI Connectivity

2009-12-10 Thread Brian Leach
...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Brutzman, Bill Sent: 09 December 2009 11:59 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] [UV] BCI Connectivity I found a VMark article... written by Brian Leach... for UniData indicating... Send an eMail to Vmark for UniVerse info. Is the referenced companion article

Re: [U2] Uniobjects and login paragraph

2009-12-10 Thread Brian Leach
Jerry Anything that can't be interactive. If that were not the case, and you started e.g. a menu system from your LOGIN paragraph, it would try to run that whenever you logged in through UniObjects and you would be stuffed. Brian -Original Message- From:

Re: [U2] Mapping files.

2009-11-30 Thread Brian Leach
Jerry That's only on UniVerse.. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of jpb-u2ug Sent: 30 November 2009 4:18 PM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] Mapping files. You also have to have Allownfs

[U2] U2UG Website

2009-11-26 Thread Brian Leach
All I've been informed by my hosting provider that they are moving my server (hosting the U2UG site) to a new data centre. This necessitates a change of IP address, and also means the U2UG site will be down whilst they make the move. Just hope that address isn't reused for some dodgy site before

Re: [U2] Haydon Bishop is out of the office.

2009-11-23 Thread Brian Leach
And from which, my dear Watson, one may reasonably surmise that the famous Mr Bishop might in fact have been IN the office at some time.. grin -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Haydon Bishop Sent:

Re: [U2] Wiki

2009-10-28 Thread Brian Leach
Bill The wiki is open to all to restructure. I haven't (deliberately) given it a category structure: that's up to the contributors. Wiki's are anarchic and anyone is free to change them (within the normal bounds of decency). That's how they work :) To add your page to the wiki, simply edit the

Re: [U2] UV Call Stack

2009-10-26 Thread Brian Leach
Hi Karen The equivalent on UniVerse is System(9001) It's nicely undocumented, but here are Charles Stevenson's comments: Value 1 of each attribute is the depth in the return stack Non-negative numbers mean that those programs are all part of the return stack. Negative numbers below simply

Re: [U2] Connection Pooling Statement

2009-09-25 Thread Brian Leach
Land Sent: 25 September 2009 10:38 To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Connection Pooling Statement On 25/09/2009 09:51, Brian Leach br...@brianleach.co.uk wrote: My beef is quite simply with the price of pooled connections. With the cost of the underlying licence, you are talking around

Re: [U2] Connection Pooling Statement

2009-09-25 Thread Brian Leach
Hi Charles The text regarding connection pooling was inserted into the licence agreement when RedBack was first added, and originally that was the target of the change in the licence agreement: any multiplexing or connection concentrating was banned unless you had webshares. This of course meant

Re: [U2] Reading the Global Catalog

2009-09-23 Thread Brian Leach
Bill There is a very cludgy routine below to get it for UniVerse. However, on some revisions of UniVerse there was a bug that prevented the catalog path being written to the catdir object, so your luck may vary. Brian --- cut here --- PROGRAM GetCatdirPath $OPTIONS PICK Get(Arg.) ProgName

Re: [U2] Worst Case/Best Case

2009-09-22 Thread Brian Leach
What we really need in the U2 world is constant innovation, a new, modern development platform, or several, the ability to use and interface to the Windows world with all it's wonderful tool sets. We just need some visionary injection into our world... Now I'm confused. What part of

Re: [U2] GOOD NEWS From Susie

2009-09-17 Thread Brian Leach
George I'm totally with you on this. The products have been through several hands, and this is the first time since the days of VMARK and UniData they haven't been merged/sold to database vendors with competing products. That has to be a good thing. The deal is done and we don't have any choice

Re: [U2] U2 being sold!

2009-09-16 Thread Brian Leach
Les, Master of understatement.. I'll be there. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Les Hewkin Sent: 16 September 2009 09:47 To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] U2 being sold! This news should

Re: [U2] ODBC Connection Error

2009-09-15 Thread Brian Leach
Hi John Unfortunately that error just means an RPC connection error, which doesn't give much to go on.. Any context you can provide for this? Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of John

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