Re: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails
The problem with your suggestion, Dave, is that there is no universally agreed standard about what constitutes acceptable language. Given that Andra's company is in Texas, which is notorious for conservative thinking, I believe that phraseology that is both commonplace and inoffensive where I am (Australia) would be targeted by their email filter software. After all, it's them that construct the list of hit words and phrases! There has to be a compromise somewhere! (I almost used b***dy h*ll, but figured that might offend the sensitive hearts of Andra's colleagues.) IMHO, of course. - Original Message - From: Dave Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 18:15:47 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails How about cleaning up our mouths. Give the offending user 1 warning and remove him/her from the list on the 2nd offense. Anyone who can not express his/her thoughts without the use of foul language needs to expand his/her vocabulary to be offered the privilege to participate with the finest group of professionals in the multivalue community. We can not afford to lose our best people because of the thoughtlessness of a few. Have a nice weekend, Dave Dave Taylor Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (O) 310-544-1974 (P) 800-339-1497 (F) 310-377-3550 www.sysmarkinfo.com - Original Message - From: Tony Gravagno [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 4:58 PM Subject: RE: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails Miscellaneous suggestions that can be taken one at a time or combined: - Have the mail sent to some non-filtered e-mail server like hotmail and then have people poll that server from their normal e-mail client or a different one. - Get the digest version, zip it, then manually distribute to employees periodically. - Automate that process as a programming exercise. - Pay someone to write up that functionality and send digests. - Have someone post digests to an FTP site. - Write code to pre-filter mail for bad words then resend it to your U2 developers. - Read mail through a web interface. - Educate the company IT staff on how to properly filter mail with combinations of keyword black lists and e-mail address white lists. - Get new mail filter software. - Get a new IT staff. HTH, Tony -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andra Lozzi Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails I just thought I would let you know that our UniVerse Programing Team has been asked to quit receiving emails from this list because our company's email filter catches a lot of the emails for curse words. Grant it, some of them are relatively minor curse words but I have no control over what they filter. Nor, do I have control of their choice of filtering programs. One of our operators reviews the quarantined emails and forwards those that are work related. This puts a real workload on them when a cursing email receives a number of responses. We have 10 UniVerse programmers in our company so it can generate a lot of emails to review. I do not want to have to remove myself, or my programmers, from the list so I thought I would let everyone know how this is affecting the people at my company. Thanks for listening, Andra Lozzi UniVerse Programming Manager Software Quality Assurance Manager Mouser Electronics 1000 N Main St Mansfield, TX 76063 --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
RE: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails
I'll weigh in with Dan Dave. the language is rich. We should be able to express ourselves without using obviously offensive words. - Chuck chuck-bo-buck Banana-fana-fo-Charlie Stevenson --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
RE: [U2] UniOleDB With Crystal Reports
According to the support case I opened it's a known bug, but with no timescales for a fix. Hoping to move to Unidata 6 to see if the problem is resolved. Also rewriting chunks of the code with Raining Data's PDP product which appears to be faster and more importantly concurrent. I realise SQL is not a core feature of Unidata/Universe but it offers a lot of possibilities to those of us who want systems to talk to each other without having to skill up on UCI and C. Oh well. Nick -Original Message- From: Bryan Haglund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 May 2004 17:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] UniOleDB With Crystal Reports Well, that would certainly tend to slow things down. I wonder why they would have set it to operate like that? Bryan - Original Message - From: Nick Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 2:47 AM Subject: RE: [U2] UniOleDB With Crystal Reports Worth mentioning that we have implemented an OLEDB solution, driver version 1.4.3 against Unidata 5.2 and have discovered that the driver is not capable of concurrent execution, more specifically it's the unirpc service which serialises all requests. Cheers Nick -Original Message- From: Bryan Haglund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 May 2004 18:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] UniOleDB With Crystal Reports Eric, The first thing you need to do is to add your specific OLE connection using the UCI Config Editor. The minimum requirements are: DBMSTYPEUNIVERSE NETWORKTCP/IP SERVICEservice name (uvserver) HOST ip address used. Note that for the host, there are certain configurations that will not work with 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1' - as such, it is best to specify the specific host, such as 'uvserver.foo.com' or '172.55.122.3' Next, in Crystal Reports, you need to expand the 'More Data Sources' from the Data Explorer dialog box, then expand the 'Active Data', then expand the 'Active Data (ADO)'. If nothing is set up, you are then prompted to select a data source. The default is 'ODBC (ADO)' - change this by clicking on the radio button for 'ADO and OLE DB'. The connection string box is then no longer grayed out. Click on the 'Build' button to have the specific string built for you. Under the 'Provider' tab, select the 'UniOLEDB Provider' and click 'Next' For the 'Data Source', enter the name of the OLE connection you saved in the UCI Config Editor. Specify a user name and password, and click on the 'Test Connection' button. The test should come back ok. You can then use this to access the data. On the downside, some systems have a performance issue with OLE DB where ODBC works faster, but ODBC has an upper limit of around 160K-170K records on some systems. I have not been able to find much in the way of documentation from IBM that addresses how to tune the performance of OLE DB. Hope this helps! Bryan Haglund Haglund Consulting Inc. - Original Message - From: Eric Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 8:46 AM Subject: [U2] UniOleDB With Crystal Reports All, Has anyone had any luck connecting Crystal Reports to a U2 database using OleDB? I'm trying it here and keep getting the message 'cannot connect to non U2 databases' (I have UniVerse and SQL Server installed but I'm using the UniOleDB Provider) - ODBC connectivity works fine but I want to use OleDB. Any help or thoughts as always, greatly appreciated. Regards Eric --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.677 / Virus Database: 439 - Release Date: 04/05/2004 --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users This correspondence is confidential and is solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose, copy, distribute or retain this message or any part of it. If you are not the intended recipient please delete this correspondence from your system and notify the sender immediately. No warranty is given that this correspondence is free from any virus. In keeping with good computer practice, you should ensure that it is actually virus free. E-mail messages may be subject to delays, non-delivery and unauthorised alterations therefore, information expressed in this message is not given or endorsed by Open and Direct Group Limited unless otherwise notified by our duly authorised representative independent of this message. Open and Direct Group Limited is a limited company registered in United Kingdom under number 4390810 whose registered office is at 10 Norwich Street, London, EC4A 1BD --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [U2] Signature Capturing
Converting captured signature to JPG is relatively simple - even storing the data in UV isn't to big an ask (simple to store all hex, but doubles storage ... smarter to escape char(255's), but a bit mo0re work. Not sure how you would shove this out to cross/PDF, but I'm sure they will help you when the time comes . sounds like all you have to do is decide which device you will use for capture sounds like you are in PDA land - I'd recommend a device Windows CE 2003, but that is only so I could leverage aspects of our Visage product - YMMV Good luck ! Will be an interesting technology mix ! Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage an Evolution in Software Development -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Dzikiewicz Sent: Saturday, 15 May 2004 2:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Signature Capturing Thanks for the replies on signature capturing. I have some things to think about. We wont be headed down that road until toward the end of the year. However, its nice to get a heads up. If at all possible we will try to hook in a wedge to the keyboard of the dumb terminal. We are not doing client server here. The data must be stored in Universe, even if it is a type 1 file. Displaying on a screen is probably not important. However, we are using the Cross PDF package and it would be nice if the signature could become a jpg so that we could pass it on to a pdf invoice. Thanks Again Anthony Dzikiewicz --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.684 / Virus Database: 446 - Release Date: 13/05/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.684 / Virus Database: 446 - Release Date: 13/05/2004 --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
RE: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails
Ray: I'm stunned, reading such a comment. :-) Bill -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ray Wurlod Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 11:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails [snipped] ...Given that Andra's company is in Texas, which is notorious for conservative thinking, ... --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails
Andra, I confess I've been guilty of throwing in a minor curse word from time to time - definitely not the way my Mama (GRHS) raised me. ;^) I am a fairly intelligent, reasonable educated and well-read person, and certainly should be able to communicate without them. I will do my best to do so in this forum. Actually, the real reason I responded was to say that I've done business (although not a lot) with Mouser over the years, and never realized it was an MV site. It's always cool to learn that companies you've heard of for years are in the fold. It's a small world after all... Regards, Charlie Noah [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just thought I would let you know that our UniVerse Programing Team has been asked to quit receiving emails from this list because our company's email filter catches a lot of the emails for curse words. Grant it, some of them are relatively minor curse words but I have no control over what they filter. Nor, do I have control of their choice of filtering programs. [snip] Andra Lozzi UniVerse Programming Manager Software Quality Assurance Manager Mouser Electronics 1000 N Main St Mansfield, TX 76063 --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails
All, For the most part, we have kept it fairly civil on this list. Andra's point is will taken, though. Perhaps we should put up a swear-jar? I'll bet we can cobble together a micro-pay system using either U2 database. - Charles Barouch, Moderator [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: our company's email filter catches a lot of the emails for curse words. --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
RE: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails
A tad draconian, don't you think? I say you just ask people not to use whatever Offensive words that are being filtered. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Taylor Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 9:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails How about cleaning up our mouths. Give the offending user 1 warning and remove him/her from the list on the 2nd offense. Anyone who can not express his/her thoughts without the use of foul language needs to expand his/her vocabulary to be offered the privilege to participate with the finest group of professionals in the multivalue community. We can not afford to lose our best people because of the thoughtlessness of a few. Have a nice weekend, Dave Dave Taylor Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (O) 310-544-1974 (P) 800-339-1497 (F) 310-377-3550 www.sysmarkinfo.com - Original Message - From: Tony Gravagno [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 4:58 PM Subject: RE: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails Miscellaneous suggestions that can be taken one at a time or combined: - Have the mail sent to some non-filtered e-mail server like hotmail and then have people poll that server from their normal e-mail client or a different one. - Get the digest version, zip it, then manually distribute to employees periodically. - Automate that process as a programming exercise. - Pay someone to write up that functionality and send digests. - Have someone post digests to an FTP site. - Write code to pre-filter mail for bad words then resend it to your U2 developers. - Read mail through a web interface. - Educate the company IT staff on how to properly filter mail with combinations of keyword black lists and e-mail address white lists. - Get new mail filter software. - Get a new IT staff. HTH, Tony -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andra Lozzi Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails I just thought I would let you know that our UniVerse Programing Team has been asked to quit receiving emails from this list because our company's email filter catches a lot of the emails for curse words. Grant it, some of them are relatively minor curse words but I have no control over what they filter. Nor, do I have control of their choice of filtering programs. One of our operators reviews the quarantined emails and forwards those that are work related. This puts a real workload on them when a cursing email receives a number of responses. We have 10 UniVerse programmers in our company so it can generate a lot of emails to review. I do not want to have to remove myself, or my programmers, from the list so I thought I would let everyone know how this is affecting the people at my company. Thanks for listening, Andra Lozzi UniVerse Programming Manager Software Quality Assurance Manager Mouser Electronics 1000 N Main St Mansfield, TX 76063 --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] My company is complaining about the U2 emails
Wow. Wonder what I have been missing. Apparently our filter/appliance works pretty well, I have never seen any 'curse' words. However bloody hell did make it through. By the way, did anybody ever figure out how to change the ECL/TCL prompt character in Unidata? Vance J L Industrial Supply --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
