RE: [U2] UV Version

2006-04-18 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Morning Ray, At the command prompt in the uv account (or any for that matter, AFAIK) .L RELLEVEL Regards --- ** _/ ** David Logan *** _/ *** ITO Delivery Specialist - Database *_/

RE: [U2] Write failure on DIR-type file

2006-03-13 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
You may find this reference exceedingly useful http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/ fs/naming_a_file.asp Regards --- ** _/ ** David Logan *** _/ *** ITO

RE: [U2] Changes to mail list configurations

2006-02-27 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Sounds like the sky is falling. This is by no means a unique situation, this works well on numerous other lists (that I subscribe to) so why not this one? Surely the subscribers are not that silly. I know the average age of the Universe/Unidata afficionado is slowly creeping upward, but this

RE: [U2] Changes to mail list configurations

2006-02-27 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
This is a relatively minor change and the dark side of the force seem to be gathering strength against it. The list headers still have the u2ug address in them and your rules should still apply. If not, then change them so they do! Perhaps the dark side haven't really explained themselves well

RE: [U2] Changes to mail list configurations

2006-02-27 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
to UniData conversion project and have been wondering why any non-MV developer would ever use U2 and any MV developer would use UniData. I'm sure I'll get over this soon though. :-) Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Logan, David

[U2] Archives of the list

2006-02-10 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
I've noticed a number of people bemoaning the fact that the archive server does not appear to available. If you wish, you can use http://news.gmane.org to search there as an alternative. Select gmane.comp.db.u2.general as the group to either read or search and away you go. You can also search for

RE: [U2] U2UG board activity: [U2] Knowledgebase access

2006-01-28 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Bruce, Perhaps IBM (and the other majors as they are not the only ones that are guilty of this) could take a leaf out of the opensource handbook. Look at the documentation/instructions/examples/assistance that comes with MySQL, PostgreSQL and the others. There are some projects out there that

RE: [U2] Knowledgebase access

2006-01-25 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Phil, We looked at this a while ago and asked the question. The response is to use the clients licence to access the knowledgebase. We provide support for a number of u2 sites but cannot get any direct access. This tends to make it difficult for call logging etc. however to give IBM their due,

RE: [U2] openseq question

2006-01-04 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Further to this, you could also use the !GET.PATHNAME subroutine to get the path and filename. A quick way to check rather than the expense of a DB level OPEN. Regards --- ** _/ ** David Logan *** _/

RE: [U2] pgsql and unidata basic

2005-12-14 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Jeff, If you can't get ODBC to work and access directly that way, try running psql as a shell command. You could build up a little SQL to insert the data you need and then execute it as a shell eg. EXECUTE 'echo MYCMD | psql -h hostname other parameters'. I'm a universe person so not sure what

[U2] The list format and usefulness

2004-12-20 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Folks, After becoming a little frustrated of seeing and reading the same old stuff, day in and day out, and IMHO the list not having the same useful content as previously, I have number of suggestions. With a number of other groups, a different format is used, a question is asked, replies are

RE: [U2] The list format and usefulness

2004-12-20 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] The list format and usefulness In a message dated 12/20/2004 7:40:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, Logan, David (SST - Adelaide) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: snip With a number of other groups, a different format is used, a question is asked, replies

RE: [U2] The list format and usefulness

2004-12-20 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Bruce, Do you really want the full content or do you want the answer? I don't disagree about Ray W's postings however it stops all the out of office messages along with a large number of tit for tat postings. If the zealots wish to continue, they can do it in private. The list manager used by

RE: [U2] Un-compiler/Un-Basic UniVerse Basic Code

2004-12-04 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Kathleeni, Try http://home.socal.rr.com/srs4uv/ Not too sure if they do unidata but certainly universe. Regards David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 148 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000 Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax

RE: [U2] [UV] [OT] Writing key .anything to type 19

2004-11-16 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
You win! I just can't compete with the obvious expert 8-) David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 148 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000 Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [U2] [UV] Writing key .anything to type 19

2004-11-15 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
I think it was AT T who architected (I checked at dictionary.com, No entry found for architected) unix. Obviously you have never tried to read a hidden unix file? Quite a number of resource files are named as hidden files and if you wish to read them then there isn't much choice. I don't recall

RE: [U2] telnet problem

2004-11-02 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Please remember that this will open port 23 to everybody coming in from the outside. You should perhaps consider using ssh or similar secure access. If you are coming from a static IP perhaps you can restrict access to that IP only. Regards David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services

RE: [U2] Server-To-Server - Round Two

2004-10-27 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Bill, rcp or scp should copy a complete tree (and keep the permissions correct) if you use the -rp options Are you unable to copy direct from your old to the new? Most of the above require a direct connection from old - new however you could create an archive using tar or cpio and ftp that to

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
IIRC the head architect of NT (David Cutler) came from Digital. Here is an article going through the background of NT and where it came from http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/4494/4494.html Regards David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 139 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000

RE: [U2] Memo: Universe file size limit

2004-09-01 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Bob, A 64bit file has a very large capacity. The 64 bit number is binary so every bit = 1 greater power of 2. Whereas 2,147,483,648 = 2^31 then 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 = 2^63. A very big number indeed. The reason it is 31 and 63 is that the leftmost bit generally signifies the sign of the

RE: [U2] UniVerse Spooler/AIX

2004-08-16 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Louis, Try starting the spooler with a -t option. This will print all jobs out in time sequence order (in other words the order in which they were spooled). Without it the spooler will print the small jobs first gradually moving to the larger ones. Regards David Logan Database Administrator

RE: [U2] Univere Login Security

2004-08-05 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi, You should use ssh because it is encrypted during the handshakes/authentication phase etc. ssh uses port 22. I use Putty as a client as this works as a telnet/ssh or other type client and is free. Download the latest version at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

RE: [U2] Univere Login Security

2004-08-04 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Does he check the name rather than the IP address? If he can do a dns lookup rather than an ip address check then use one of the dynamic DNS providers. I use www.dyndns.org you can register a domain name for free and use that to log in from the outside. He can verify it is you by the correct

RE: [U2] FW: How do I determine whether a file is using 64 bit or 32 bit a ddressing

2004-08-03 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Ang, To change to a 64bit file just put 64BIT on the end of the resize command. The documentation is in the USER REFERENCE book. The manuals are available at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/u2/pubs/library/ In order to tell a 32bit file from a 64bit file, you can use filepeek (this is in

RE: [U2] [UV] UniObjects across the internet

2004-07-20 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi David, I would suggest an ssl/ssh component using a 1024bit key or similar. You can get an OCX from http://www.weonlydo.com/index.asp?showform=SSH I don't use VB but use ssh with 1024bit RSA encrypted keys and this seems to be pretty useful at keeping the riffraff out. Regards David Logan

RE: [U2] uvfixfile select lists

2004-07-07 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi David, Try using fixtool instead. You can run this from the uvadmin screen and this will do the consistency checks that you need. This is the tool that is now preferred at version 10 AFAIK. uvfixfile also doesn't cope too well with 64bit files whereas fixtool is quite happy. I think it is

RE: [U2] UV Read failure

2004-07-01 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Sara, Looking at the manual, I'd be suspicious of the hardware because 14. (EFAULT) Bad address. The system encountered a hardware fault in trying to access the arguments of a system call. I presume it is trying to read the CONTRACT file on line 15? I would think after it has encountered

RE: [U2] Monitoring a count of users logged on

2004-06-24 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Al, Just use a phantom writing the data to a file and then import it to Excel for graphing. You can use the following code PRINT SYSTEM(35) TOTAL.UNIVERSE = 0 EXECUTE 'sh -c ipcs -m|grep aceb|wc -l' CAPTURING STUFF TOTAL.UNIVERSE = STUFF1 TOTAL.PHANTOMS =

RE: [U2] FW: Identify UniVerse files at unix level

2004-06-09 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi David, This magic file works with UV10, at least 10.0.8 on Tru64, I set it up to work with Rel 10 and then Glenn sent me the rest of the stuff to incorporate into a file that should cover everything. Does 64 bit as well. Regards These 3 or 4 lines I worked out myself (it looks small and

RE: [U2] Universe Case

2004-06-02 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Eugene, You could try running PTERM CASE NOINVERT at the TCL prompt and see if this improves things. I have this in my LOGIN VOC entries because I don't like the way the case inverts when you move from unix to universe. This will stop that. Otherwise try the help screen for PTERM and see if

RE: [U2] Re: Once again and updated. Cheapest way to have Pick talk to Web ?

2004-05-24 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
In fact I have 2 instances of Apache running on my notebook under XP (cringe). I prefer to work on Unix but sometimes you just don't have a choice 8-) I also have ActivePerl installed and they work well together. Regards David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 139 Frome Street,

RE: {Virus?} RE: [U2] UniVerse telnet session terminating...

2004-05-04 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
It was all detailed in the useless stuff. Clif decided it was time for a rest. I must admit, I haven't seen any more traffic other than the usual. Maybe a few people are just testing their accounts etc. Regards David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 139 Frome Street, Adelaide

RE: [U2] How to corrupt UniVerse file(s) for Transaction Logging and DR te sting.

2004-05-04 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Simon, Use filepeek or similar to modify a files pointer. eg. Change a backward or forward link to point to junk. Copy the file at the unix level and you will be able to recreate as you require. Regards David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 139 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000

RE: [U2] Test - please ignore

2004-05-03 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Title: Message Is that a stripper without music? David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 139 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000 Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]