Re: [U2] [UV] UV903 Course is being offered in New Zealand {Unclassified}

2005-07-25 Thread Ray Wurlod
This course has been superseded, according to the IBM website, with one that is more suited to be a hybrid UniVerse/UniData BASIC programming course. (I haven't seen the new one yet but would not be really surprised if it were modelled on one we wrote in the Ardent days.) That said, however,

Re: [U2] THE variable names

2005-07-25 Thread Mark Johnson
I know a assembler (not mcd but BAL) and PROC. Don't miss them though. - Original Message - From: Mark Baldridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [U2] THE variable names Could we not just avoid confusing the old(er)

RE: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Charlie Rubeor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/22/2005 10:08:02 PM: READNEXT ID FROM LIST ELSE ID = @AM But why do you use an odd convention like ID = @AM ? because it would be impossible for ID to be an attribute mark via readnext. If you later test for ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) there's only one way

Re: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Martin Phillips
READNEXT ID FROM LIST ELSE ID = @AM But why do you use an odd convention like ID = @AM ? because it would be impossible for ID to be an attribute mark via readnext. If you later test for ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) there's only one way that could have happened. Of course, in

[U2] [UD] Select on an attribute

2005-07-25 Thread Noah Hart
Select question: Assume that I have 2 files, such as customer and invoice File1: has 1 attribute, ID File2: has 2 attributes, ID and FILE1_ID I have a savedlist with ID numbers from file1. I want to select all records in file2 which have FILE1_ID matching the savedlist I already have. Is

[U2] Connecting SQL server from Universe

2005-07-25 Thread Yang, Songying, JIMS
Hello all, We are trying to connect to MSSQL server from Universe Database Server (currently we are using Universe 10.1.7 on Aix 5.2). Doesn't anybody have experiences in that? Thanks, Songying Yang Johnson County Court, KS --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To

RE: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Karen.BESSEL
I can NAME THAT TUNE in *** 2 *** notes: LOOP WHILE READNEXT ID DO blah blah blah REPEAT ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Phillips Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 10:59 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2]

RE: [U2][UV]Error Handling

2005-07-25 Thread Nick Cipollina
Is there a way to capture the specifics of the error using ON.ABORT? Thanks, Nick Cipollina -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stevenson, Charles Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 5:02 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE:

[U2] Large UV VAR abandons Microsoft SQL Server/.NET Effort

2005-07-25 Thread Ross Morrissey
Last week, in their quarterly earnings report, Automobile Dealer Software manufacturer Reynolds Reynolds announced they were no longer selling their RGS product - a replacement of their UV based product written using .NET and SQL Server. I've seen several anecdotal accounts of failed MV to SQL

Re: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Key Ally
Marilyn, Just phrase it as I do things in a way that is safe, based on long experience, and consistent. Suddenly, it sounds downright conservative. - Chuck Talk Like a Radical, Think Like a Liberal, Act like a Conservative Barouch Marilyn Hilb wrote: Quote: These days, I still use

Re: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 7/25/2005 7:25:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I started to use this syntax (ELSE ID = @AM) several years ago. It originated, I think, from the Advanced Pick Programming book, circa 1990. The theory went that if you used a separate variable,

RE: [U2] [UD] Select on an attribute

2005-07-25 Thread Noah Hart
Great! That is exactly what I needed. I forgot about the INTERSECTION option. Noah -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Bullock Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:18 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] Select on an

Re: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread FFT2001
In a message dated 7/25/2005 9:46:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just phrase it as I do things in a way that is safe, based on long experience, and consistent. Suddenly, it sounds downright conservative. I like that. How about also this tact 1) Do it my way, and

RE: [U2][UV]Error Handling

2005-07-25 Thread Stevenson, Charles
A lot of specifics seem to be lost flushed by that time. SYSTEM(9001) is useless. It's frustrating. cds From: Nick Cipollina Is there a way to capture the specifics of the error using ON.ABORT? Is there a way to override error handling in Universe to do something other than display a

RE: [U2] [UD] Select on an attribute

2005-07-25 Thread Shawn Waldie
I could write a subr to fetch these, but I don't know how to do it with uniquery only. I think Noah is saying that he wants to... SELECT all File2 items if FILE1_ID can be found in the savedlist containing the IDs from File1. In this case, won't BLAH still contain IDs from File1? -Original

RE: [U2] [UD] Select on an attribute

2005-07-25 Thread Stevenson, Charles
Noah, Not directly, but *if* File2 is indexed by its FILE1_ID attribute there are a couple ways. Assume that I have 2 files, such as customer and invoice File1: has 1 attribute, ID File2: has 2 attributes, ID and FILE1_ID I have a savedlist with ID numbers from file1. I want to select

RE: [U2] [UD] Select on an attribute

2005-07-25 Thread George Gallen
My thought on this would be to do the following: 1. EDIT-LIST list1 2. add xx at the end (this will force a @am to the end of your last select list entry) 3. put the following DICT entry in the second file call it MULTIMATCH, I TRANS(SAVEDLISTS,listname,-1,'X') ; IF INDEX(@1,ATTR2:@vm,1)=0

RE: [U2] [UD] Select on an attribute

2005-07-25 Thread George Gallen
If you changed TRANS(SAVEDLISTS,listname,-1,'X') ; IF INDEX(@1,ATTR2:@vm,1)=0 THEN ELSE Y to TRANS(SAVEDLISTS,listname,-1,'X') ; IF INDEX(@1:@vm,ATTR2:@vm,1)=0 THEN ELSE Y you could elminate step 1 and 2, but you will still need to edit the DICT entry each time to put in the listname,

RE: [U2] [UD] Select on an attribute

2005-07-25 Thread Stevenson, Charles
I thought you wanted a list of File2 IDs. Won't the MERGE.LIST INTERSECTION give you a list of File1 IDs? Great! That is exactly what I needed. I forgot about the INTERSECTION option. Noah -Original Message- (If BLORP is your savedlist from File1) GET.LIST BLORP TO 1 SELECT

RE: [U2] [UD] Select on an attribute

2005-07-25 Thread Noah Hart
Thanks Shawn, You have pin pointed the problem. I replied earlier to Jim that it would work, but of course you are right, I need the FILE2 IDs, not the FILE1 IDs Noah -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shawn Waldie Sent: Monday, July 25,

RE: [U2] [UD] Select on an attribute

2005-07-25 Thread Noah Hart
Yes, see followup message -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stevenson, Charles Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 9:41 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] [UD] Select on an attribute I thought you wanted a list of File2 IDs.

Re: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Charlie Rubeor
There are a few problems with this theory. @AM is only a typical component of U2 systems and so would not, most likely, have been included in the Advanced @AM might not have been available then, but EQUATE was. Most programs written before @AM was available usually equated the

Re: [U2] Large UV VAR abandons Microsoft SQL Server/.NET Effort

2005-07-25 Thread Jerry Banker
In the same note read this article: http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/hpNU0GTFXz0G6t0DY2x0Encle: - Original Message - From: Ross Morrissey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 11:31 AM Subject: [U2] Large UV VAR abandons Microsoft

Re: [U2] Large UV VAR abandons Microsoft SQL Server/.NET Effort

2005-07-25 Thread Michael Doyle
On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 13:37 -0500, Jerry Banker wrote: In the same note read this article: http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/hpNU0GTFXz0G6t0DY2x0Encle: Invalid URL. -- Mike Doyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe

Re: [U2] Large UV VAR abandons Microsoft SQL Server/.NET Effort

2005-07-25 Thread Jerry Banker
I've gotten complaints about the link, try this one: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=166401707 - Original Message - From: Jerry Banker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [U2] Large UV VAR

RE: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread gerry-u2ug
loop while readnext ID blah blah blah repeat -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 12:18 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] [UV] Select Question I can NAME THAT TUNE in *** 2

Re: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Stewart Leicester
The more important problem is that the variables are all mapped into a contiguous workspace that is referenced so continously that it's highly unlikely it would ever get paged from memory, while your process is running, except perhaps on systems that were so woefully underbuilt that paging

RE: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Allen E. Elwood
I also work on a PICK system that doesn't have EXIT, and while I had hoped that this would work there, it doesn't compile saying the LOOP stmt is invalid :( PERFORM 'SELECT ORDER.BACK' LOOP WHILE READNEXT ID PRINT ID:;INPUT WAIT REPEAT STOP Ah shucks.. It did work nicely on Unidata

RE: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Karen.BESSEL
Did you try using DO: LOOP WHILE READNEXT ID DO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen E. Elwood Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:29 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: RE: [U2] [UV] Select Question I also work on a PICK system

Re: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Charlie Rubeor
I challenge whatever book made this contention. Knock yourself out. I think it's in Pick For Professionals: Advanced Methods Techniques. by Harvey Rodstein. All I was trying to do was explain where the syntax ELSE ID = @AM originated from. We've already spent more time discussing the

RE: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Allen E. Elwood
At the suggestion of an anonymous source I did, and it compiled, but gives an unassigned variable error during execution. Oh well. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 13:50 To:

Re: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Stewart Leicester
I challenge whatever book made this contention. Knock yourself out. I think it's in Pick For Professionals: Advanced Methods Techniques. by Harvey Rodstein. All I was trying to do was explain where the syntax ELSE ID = @AM originated from. We've already spent more time discussing the

Re: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Mark Johnson
We're beating a dead horse. I offered this method around 200 posts or 10 days ago. Mark Johnson - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 12:17 PM Subject: RE: [U2] [UV] Select Question I can NAME THAT TUNE in *** 2 ***

Re: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Mark Johnson
Is not 'muscle-memory' phrases what makes for being an effecient programmer. I can knock off a 5 field file maintenance program in around 10 minutes without even 'thinking'. No 4gl's or other magic programming need apply. Just pure code. my 1 cent - Original Message - From: Stewart

RE: [U2] U2 group archives

2005-07-25 Thread Lee Leitner
Apologies -- we now are back up. A *four day* outage from our ISP. A circuit problem finally found 100 yards outside the building. Lee On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, David Scoggins wrote: Hey Ralph, www.indexinfocus.com Although the site seems to be down right now... :-( -Original

Re: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Stewart Leicester
Is not 'muscle-memory' phrases what makes for being an effecient programmer. I can knock off a 5 field file maintenance program in around 10 minutes without even 'thinking'. No 4gl's or other magic programming need apply. Just pure code. my 1 cent I certainly identify with muscle-memory

Re: [U2] [UV] Select Question

2005-07-25 Thread Moderator
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Re: [U2] U2 group archives

2005-07-25 Thread Moderator
Lee, Our sympathies. Thanks again for maintaining the archives. Let us know if you are missing any mails from the down time. - Charles Barouch Moderator Lee Leitner wrote: Apologies -- we now are back up. A *four day* outage from our ISP. A circuit problem finally found 100 yards

RE: [U2] Connecting SQL server from Universe

2005-07-25 Thread Stuart . Boydell
Read or update? Doesn't matter, my experience is using SQL XML on SQL 2K. We use http from UniVerse to update MSSQL with updategrams (an MS term). It works well, no need to install anything that wasn't already installed. Works across port 80 /or 443 through our firewalls. Not as fast as but