RE: [UV] Pass by value [was:Need/Want/Would like to know]

2004-02-18 Thread Anthony Youngman
Maybe passing a matrix in parentheses DOES pass by value - it passes the value of the matrix reference! Which still contains pointers to the matrix elements ... :-) With respect to the docu, I suspect it's meaningless when talking about matrices because it's not talking about what you think it

Re: Need/Want/Would like to know

2004-02-18 Thread Simon Lewington
Mike Rajkowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... 0005: CALL P2(X(100), MAT X) On a similar vein there's the mistake of using common block variables as arguments - at least on UD and Pick (can't comment on UV). Simon -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ADMIN] The aforementioned and promised NAG about OVERQUOTING

2004-02-18 Thread CWNoah2
Well, Ray has spoken, so I guess that makes it gospel. Top posting is wrong-posting, and only newbies who don't know any better do it. Speak for yourself, Ray - I, and many others, would rather not have to scroll down in each post to see the new material. I want to see it at the top, and scroll

RE: Unidata ODBC initial setup error - Run out of ideas!!!

2004-02-18 Thread Dave Tabor
Hmmm... I downloaded the complete Unidata 6.0 Personal Edition to my PC, uninstalled the old Unidata ODBC driver, installed the NEW Unidata ODBC driver, and retried. Still getting the same message when I try to pull the data into Excel 2000 (as 'Get External Data'): Non-numeric was found

RE: [ADMIN] The aforementioned and promised NAG about OVERQUOTING

2004-02-18 Thread David Wolverton
I have to say, I just loaded Outlook 2003, and sort EVERYTHING by conversation... I'm kinda sorry people are now making efforts to complying with 'netiquette', because 'top posts' are SO much easier to use in this venue - it is awesome to be able to run through the whole set of topics in the

RE: [ADMIN] The aforementioned and promised NAG about OVERQUOTING

2004-02-18 Thread Anthony Youngman
Except - the most important thing is COURTESY. To OTHER PEOPLE. I'm amazed I've stayed out of this as long as I have :-) The problem is that top-posting encourages people to not trim. That leads to, typically, maybe 90% of the average post being junk that's been seen before? Add to that, it is

RE: Using OpenOffice with UniVerse/Unidata - request for U2 users to be involved

2004-02-18 Thread jasonp
As much as I hate to defend Microsoft...and I do hate defending Microsoft...they have patents on their implementation of XML, not XML in general. This has no effect on XML. It's akin to someone patenting a method of casting a die out of aluminum. That patent doesn't affect aluminum, nor does

RE: [ADMIN] The aforementioned and promised NAG about OVERQUOTING

2004-02-18 Thread David Wolverton
Heh - I notice you top posted, and didn't trim. There must be a deeper meaning there... =:-o DW -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Youngman Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 8:31 AM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE:

RE: Unidata ODBC initial setup error - Run out of ideas!!!

2004-02-18 Thread alfkec
Good question. I'm not exactly sure where I got this version - I can't remember if I've reinstalled the drivers or not. I did get a .dll from IBM a while back (when I had similar problems). That could be where I got it. I keep thinking there was something else that might have caused that error

Re: [ADMIN] The aforementioned and promised NAG about OVERQUOTING

2004-02-18 Thread Results
Top Posting vs. Bottom Posting - didn't I see this in Gulliver's Travels with Big Endians and Little Endians? Where is our technical moxie boys and girls? With this group, I figured this would morph into a discussion on which of us could whip out a better e-mail client for parsing the

RE: Unidata ODBC initial setup error - Run out of ideas!!!

2004-02-18 Thread Dave Tabor
Hi, I've tried the demo account, and get the same error. I'm trying a different avenue. A freshly set up PC, where I'll only install the Unidata ODBC driver and Microsoft Excel. I'm just making sure that it isn't some other program that I may have on my PC having overwritten a file

VSG Invalid procedure call SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_MAP

2004-02-18 Thread Kerry Gasque
I am using Visual Schema Generator to SQLize some UniData files so that I can access them through an OLEDB connection to Unidata. I can enter the file name in without any problems and pull up the File/Table Action screen. I click on Map Attributes and the File Attributes screen comes up. The

RE: Unidata ODBC initial setup error - Run out of ideas!!!

2004-02-18 Thread alfkec
You have to go the VAR route now. We've found that IBM won't even help license U2 products when the end user calls. I could send you the UCI.DLL that IBM sent me. However, I'll have to check that it's one of the files in the 'distribution' package and it's OK for me to send it. Ibm has already

RE: Unidata ODBC initial setup error - Run out of ideas!!!

2004-02-18 Thread Dave Tabor
Hi, That would be great, if it's ok to do it. You can reach me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks again for the help. - Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

UniVerse printing problem - cannot print as root

2004-02-18 Thread Jeff Fitzgerald
I have a client with a printing problem. Running UniVerse 10.x on HP-UX. The client is able to print except if he is logged in as root. When logged in as root the print jobs appear to go off to data hell and don't show up in the spooler anywhere. Sounds like it might be a permissions problem or

Re: Using OpenOffice with UniVerse/Unidata - request for U2 users to be involved

2004-02-18 Thread Farrell McGovern
Ian Stuart wrote: Firstly, the performance of OOo is really good and we have not been able to match it with MS Office on a thin-client platform. At a customer site we have successfully migrated 45 users onto a single Intel-based server running Linux and OpenOffice for thin-client based users.

RE: UniVerse printing problem - cannot print as root

2004-02-18 Thread Jeff Schasny
I haven't seen the problem specifically, but my first thought would be to look at the differences in the PATH environment variable between root and a normal user. -Original Message- I have a client with a printing problem. Running UniVerse 10.x on HP-UX. The client is able to print

Distributing U2 files

2004-02-18 Thread Dawn M. Wolthuis
I have a set of small UniData files that I would like folks to be able to receive via e-mail and then install. The requirements are: 1) OS can be most flavors of Windows or UNIX 2) DB can be UniData or Universe 3) I would like to have a single zipped up file for distribution, but if two or more

RE: Distributing U2 files

2004-02-18 Thread Jeff Schasny
1) Make your source files Universe type 19s (eliminate the whole fnuxi thing) 2) Gzip them all up along with a paragraph to be placed in the voc file to resize them to whatever filetype you prefer (I'd go with dynamic for anything other than source code files, but thats just me). Installation

RE: Distributing U2 files

2004-02-18 Thread Jeff Schasny
Gzip is gnu licensed and available for both Unix and Windows platforms. You can get them here: http://www.gzip.org/ -Original Message- Thanks -- I zip all the time, but never have I gzip'd, so I'm green. I'll have to figure out what tools are used for that since it appears that my

RE: Distributing U2 files

2004-02-18 Thread Dawn M. Wolthuis
O bother ... I clicked before asking my other question ... If I create the files in UniData instead of Universe, what should the CREATE-FILE statement look like or is it important to make them type 19 Universe files? Can the same paragraph to alter them to dynamic work in both UV and UDT or not

Re: Distributing U2 files

2004-02-18 Thread Results
Dawn, The UniData DIR file is the functional equiv. to UniVerse Type 19. Dawn M. Wolthuis wrote: O bother ... I clicked before asking my other question ... If I create the files in UniData instead of Universe, what should the CREATE-FILE statement look like or is it important to make them type

RE: COUNT modifying unix timestamp

2004-02-18 Thread Vance Dailey
Is there any way to directly access information stored in the file header? I use the information returned by the FILE.USAGE command to determine if a static file can be archived or if it needs to be checked to see if it needs to be resized. Vance -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: Unidata ODBC initial setup error - Run out of ideas!!! - Success - THANK YOU!!!

2004-02-18 Thread Dave Tabor
Colin, you are great! The updated uci.dll file worked great, and I can import a Unidata file into Excel now! (Now back to VB.NET for the program.) Thanks so much! :) :) :) - Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Tabor Sent:

RE: COUNT modifying unix timestamp

2004-02-18 Thread Glenn Herbert
I believe there is. There is a UNIVERSE.INCLUDE file FILEINFO.H which includes a definition of what would be in each dynamic array field when using: FILEINFO(Fvar, 99) or FILEINFO(Fvar, FINFO$HDRLAYOUT) For example if you executed: FileInfo = FILEINFO(Fvar, 99) you'd have: FileInfo1 = File

RE: UV write fatal error

2004-02-18 Thread Jimi DeRouen
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Herbert Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: UV write fatal error Ok. So there WAS a bscan done on the T25 file prior to attempting the write. Since this is

RE: UV write fatal error

2004-02-18 Thread Glenn Herbert
So what exactly is the particular data item that is causing the grief? At 02:50 PM 02/18/2004, you wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Herbert Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: UV write

RE: COUNT modifying unix timestamp

2004-02-18 Thread Vance Dailey
Cool. I found the include file with the following comment: * 04/23/99 24742 GMH Add special FINFO$HDRLAYOUT and access keywords ;-) But my include file only includes keys up to the following line: EQUATE FH$RESIZEPATH TO 95 I am running 9.6. Were the extra keys added in a later release

RE: UV write fatal error

2004-02-18 Thread Glenn Herbert
Hmmm. It's a very curious situation. Your data doesn't appear to be anything out of the ordinary (though it's neat about your munging). Have you tried using the blook utility to scan through the btree file to see if anything is out of the ordinary? From the OS level, just issue blook

RE: [ADMIN] The aforementioned and promised NAG about OVERQUOTING

2004-02-18 Thread Bill H.
Ray: I don't much agree with your analysis. Definitive statements such as ...top-posting still makes things more difficult for just about everybody else and ...there really are no valid reasons to top-post,... and ...Insisting on top-posting...is just plain rude and self serving. are incorrect

Face-to-Face U2 gathering

2004-02-18 Thread Results
Tuesday, March 16th, at the Spectrum show, we will be having an informal get together at 5:00 PM. We'll all meet in the Exhibit Hall at the Key Ally table (right near the door, across from IBM) as the exhibits break for the evening. Unfortunately, we can not fund dinner (this time) but we'd

Face-to-Face U2 gathering

2004-02-18 Thread Results
Tuesday, March 16th, at the Spectrum show, we will be having an informal get together at 5:00 PM. We'll all meet in the Exhibit Hall at the Key Ally table (right near the door, across from IBM) as the exhibits break for the evening. Unfortunately, we can not fund dinner (this time) but we'd

RE: [UV] Pass by value [was:Need/Want/Would like to know]

2004-02-18 Thread Stuart Boydell
Maybe passing a matrix in parentheses DOES pass by value - it passes the value of the matrix reference! Which still contains pointers to the matrix elements ... :-) With respect to the docu, I suspect it's meaningless when talking about matrices because it's not talking about what you think

RE: [UV] Pass by value [was:Need/Want/Would like to know]

2004-02-18 Thread Gyle Iverson
Hello, Stuart. I say this is a compiler flaw rather than a documentation flaw. While it may prove challenging to dig through the parse-tree to figure out when to make use of the implicit temporary, it should be done for matrix components as it is for scalars. The compiler can do it far more

RE: [UV] Pass by value [was:Need/Want/Would like to know]

2004-02-18 Thread Stuart Boydell
EQUATE CONST LIT ':' CALL xxx(CONST zzz(n)) Good call! ** This email message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of addressed recipient(s). If you have

RE: [UV] Pass by value [was:Need/Want/Would like to know]

2004-02-18 Thread Stuart Boydell
I say this is a compiler flaw rather than a documentation flaw. While it may prove challenging to dig through the parse-tree to figure out when to make use of the implicit temporary, it should be done for matrix components as it is for scalars. The compiler can do it far more reliably for us

version control software

2004-02-18 Thread Jeff Steinmetz
I am looking for a version control application for U2 software development. Ideally it would have a check-out/check-in function, ability to track changes, migration dates, etc Does anyone have any suggestions? Jeff Steinmetz Vice President, Store Systems Guitar Center, Inc 5795 Lindero

RE: version control software

2004-02-18 Thread Larry Hiscock
I am looking for a version control application for U2 software development. Ideally it would have a check-out/check-in function, ability to track changes, migration dates, etc Hi Jeff, Have you looked at CVS? It's available for a variety of platforms and should handle what you're looking for.

UNCLASSIFIED RE: version control software

2004-02-18 Thread HENDERSON MICHAEL MR
Jeff, Someone in Oz - maybe PRISM www.pri.com.au IIRC - does a U2 integration with Microsoft Source Safe. And someone on this list has created and sells a U2-specifi product. Check the list archives. HTH Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

RE: [UV] Pass by value [was:Need/Want/Would like to know]

2004-02-18 Thread Gyle Iverson
Hello, Stuart. Hmmm. The technique shown deals with string, real and whole number variables. What about files, subroutines, sockets, etc? And performing string concatenation would coerce numerics into strings, which may slow things further down stream. Best regards, Gyle -Original

RE: Face-to-Face U2 gathering

2004-02-18 Thread Dawn M. Wolthuis
Rats -- Spectrum coincides with the Datatel User Group conference this year. So, if you happen to be going to DUG in DC rather than Spectrum in LV, please let me know you are a u2-users member if you see me working in the Entrinsik (Informer) booth or find me sitting next to the lobby in need of a

Re: version control software

2004-02-18 Thread Results
Jeff, You can also look at Susan Josyln's offering: http://sjplus.com/sjphomepage.html - Charles Barouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Larry Hiscock wrote: I am looking for a version control application for U2 software development. Ideally it would have a check-out/check-in function, ability to

RE: VSG Invalid procedure call SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_MAP

2004-02-18 Thread Ken Wallis
on [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:: I am using Visual Schema Generator to SQLize some UniData files [snip] I am getting the message Died in UCI::SQLExecDirect() with SQLSTATE S1001, Native error:0 [IBM][SQL Client][UNIDATA] Invalid procedure call: SCHEMA_ATTRIBUTE_MAP. Does anyone know what

RE: Unidata, Monitoring system parameters

2004-02-18 Thread Ken Wallis
James Hogan wrote: From time to time we have customers who break a Unidata parameter and the program they are running will crash with errors such as No more entries in MI table in 'LCT -n'. [snip] I have had a look at the commands sms, gstt and lstt. With some clever scripting these