Trevor,
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There are a lot of ways, both programmable and buyable. If you check the
archives of this list, you'll see a lot of discussion on pushing data to
Crystal Reports in the last few months.
--
- Charles Barou
Trevor,
Welcome to the lists! To answer your question, DB2 is a marketing term
within IBM which denotes a family of databases (which includes DB2
itself, UniVerse, UniData, and others). Therefore, a course in DB2 (the
database) does not qualify you for other databases within DB2 (the
*marketing
Barry,
This might be too clever but...
Set up the D3 files you need to access as FSI (external file format)
and point to them from UniVerse (SAMBA, VisionFS, or file mapping) as
Type 19.
- Charles "Interactive" Barouch
Barry Brooks wrote:
Hi everyone
I have a client who is running D3
John,
Type 1 is only there for backward compatibility. Type 19 does the
same job but has fewer complications.
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Sincerely,
Charles Barouch
www.KeyAlly.com
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We've encountered a problem such that when writing records to
Jeremy,
Welcome to the group! I'm not familiar with the replication error you're
having but it sounds like you may want to simply try making the
replication time a lot longer. If the problem goes away, keep halving
the time until you find a 'sweet spot'. It doesn't fix the problem, but
it may m
Ken,
At the risk of stating the obvious, have you checked that the
correct version of the SUBR is cataloged?
Sorry to have to throw this out without fully researching it first, but
I've got a client with a pressing problem.
They are in the final stages of preparing to switch over from their
cu
Dennis,
If it helps you any, I've had bosses like your over here (U. S.) and
they come in all nationalities and regions. If misery loves company,
then you have more company in this type of misery than you know. In my
case, my boss isn't the problem (I work for myself in one business and
have
Kate,
A forum is a message board. If you subscribe to a listserver list
(like this one) you start reading and responding from that point forward
and everything is ::pushed:: to you mail box. With a forum, you can
easily look at posts which pre-date your joining (a big plus) and you
have to g
Gordon,
MacToPic from Rich Love at Carnation. I used it at Quick Intl.
--
Sincerely,
Charles Barouch
www.KeyAlly.com
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Gordon Glorfield wrote:
No no, UD and SB+ were running on Sun Boxes. The Macs were desktop clients.
We ran an emulator from Ca
David,
I'd be interested in this answer as well.
--
Sincerely,
Charles Barouch
www.KeyAlly.com
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David Katz wrote:
Does anyone know if they have uniobjects for php?
Thanks
David.
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Dawn,
What constitutes an acceptable level of client install? After all,
if they are running a Mac, Wintel, Linux box, etc., they have
pre-installed software. What about auto-install, auto-config software?
that requires nothing of the user, but still requires additional software.
- Chuck
Brian,
As a graphical programmer, I couldn't agree with you more. As an MV
programmer, I couldn't agree with you more. GUI has its place,
especially with infrequent users. Green screen has its place, especially
with heads-down users.
--
Sincerely,
Charles Barouch
www.Ke
Mark,
Cubes are a way of displaying data. All those "1NF is the only way"
people discovered that flat data makes doesn't server whole categories
of users. So they invented cross-linked (usually browser viewable)
report format where for example:
SALES OVERHEAD
01/01/04
Ross,
Perhaps we should all capitulate & start to use flat CSV files ?
You expect delimiters? When I started in computers, our binary only had zeros
- and we were glad to have them!
The thing about MV or flat really comes down to a case-by-case to my way of
thinking. I generally prog
PI/Open-ers,
I'd like to write a 'memorial' article for Database Trends
acknowledging the PI and Prime contributions to the community as a
whole. Would a few of you be willing to write up some brief paragraphs
on things like:
"So I said to Mike, we'll call them "I Descriptors" and he said
Bob,
Thanks for the feedback. With any luck, everyone'll come along and
we can keep doing fighting the good fight together.
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Sincerely,
Charles Barouch
www.KeyAlly.com
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Bob Witney wrote:
Excellent news.
This group is far too useful to loose
Mark,
Technically Overview:
Using some sort of a schedule, you identify new and modified data
on the Great Plains system, and move just that data to the MV system,
converting the layout and data.
That leaves you with the following discreet tasks:
How do you identify new or mod
Mark,
Tell them you are re-purposing the old MV system as a data warehouse
as a cost savings measure. That they'll understand and hopefully
appreciate. Then do what you suggested:
One strange thought occurred to me that may not fly. Export all the
sales/customer/product data back to the MV sy
Please IGNORE last post. It was meant to be private. I was meant to be
asleep.
Sincerely,
Charles Barouch
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Tony,
Stupid question... If you and I built a company which was strictly
Business Process Consulting, Workflow Consulting, and Business Change
Consulting, (i.e. no direct programming) do you see a way for us to
market it successfully? It would expand our market and I believe we
could both do
d more, I'll have to charge you by the hour. :)
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Mark Johnson wrote:
Does anyone have a short paper on the care and feeding of both the company and its employees during a conversion/migration fro
U2-Users,
As so many people have stated, no one could ever replace Clif.
As a result, we at U2UG.org are establishing a group of people (with
Clif's help) to collectively try to carry the load. Since Clif has
committed to closing down the lists, the Establishing Board the U2
Use
Larry,
I'm on the U2UG board and we had a meeting a few hours ago in which
we discussed your generous offer. The concensus was that we appreciate
it and we'd love to take you up on it. How do we proceed from here in
getting set up?
We expect to try to accoomplish the following: Run two li
Trevor,
I *think* the issue is that the mv runtime does typecast variables
on the fly, transparently. Which means that assigning a number or the
result of a numeric expression (AVAR = 1 * 3) results in AVAR becoming
an Integer variable. If you then say something 'string-ish' (AV
George,
I've done direct ODBC for UPS and FedEx from mv (D3 on linux in my
case), so I suspect that DHL has to have the same ability.
- Charles "I actually received a check for .02 cents this week" Barouch
George Gallen wrote:
Currently We integrate with our UPS Worldship software by FTPi
Will,
So, your saying that where there's a Will, there's a way to e-mail
reply to forums? ;)
- Charles "Stop using my middle name thingy, Mom, he's copying me
again, Mm!" Barouch
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David,
Don't put 'volunteer' in the past tense. We will be looking for SIG
leaders soon, we will be looking for forum moderators soon, and we will
be transitioning to an elected board. There's always work for more hands
in an organization of this type. If IBM keeps growing the U2 market (and
Mark,
All I can add is that when I went to London and to Sydney, I wasn't
a stranger - I was "I know you from the U2 list, right?" and I had
friends in both countries. I'm doing business in South Africa, partially
because of this list. The funny thing is, for every person I've helped,
I'm su
Joe,
Have you checked the file sizes? Have you checked the index
parameters? I'll make you a bet. You bring me in for a week (i'll
probably need most of that week to prove my results, the fixes will take
less than a day) and I bet you we can make a meaningful improvement in
you
Joe,
The big corporate moves have more to do with marketing and sales
than they do technical issues. Most of them have horrible ROI. I've been
in companies of $500 Million and up which do not have any handle on
their IT costs for non-MV work. Most companies work on a "% of gross"
theory whic
Joe,
Here's a few things to consider. MV environments (including
UniVerse), allow for small teams to develop and adjust business rules
more quickly than you can you can in Oracle, Sybase, or Informix.
Published statistics show that MV environments are roughly twice as
efficient in disk usage
Michael,
If you have VISAGE questions, Ross Ferris of STAMINA is a list
member (we still have a few days in which we can call ourselves list
members) and I'm sure he can answer your pricing and technology questions.
- Charles "We'll miss Clif" Barouch
Michael Spencer wrote:
Last I looked
All,
I'd post this closer to June, but given Clif's bombshell...
OSDA Conference will be June 19-21, 2004 in be-au-t-i-ful Clearwater
Florida. There will be training classes, presentations, exhibitors, and
sandy beaches. More info at www.OSDA.org (and in the May issue of
Database Trends -
Clif,
Your work here, even if it is carried over perfectly there, will be
missed. We have all benefited from your light hand on the tiller. These
sort of lists often die of neglect or of tyranny. You steered us clear
of both and instead created a vibrant and live place where people could
ex
Kevin and everyone else,
I'm collecting resource links for the MV Community. I'll add the SB+
group to the list I keep at the end of the MV Calendar I do for Database
Trends, and on the one I'm doing for the U2UG.org folks. If you know of
any other links like this, please share with me so I c
Marco,
Create a DICT item like this:
000 U2_1
001 A
002 1
009 R
010 10
And one like this:
000 U2_2
001 A
002 0
008 F;0R;"*";1;:;:
009 L
010 10
Then you can type this:
SORT MV BY-EXP U2_1 U2_2
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Sincerely,
Charles Barouch
www.Ke
Steve,
Look at NRG (Nucleus & Accuterm). The screens are fast, the security
is all server based (even at the field level), and the tool allows you
to use the same code base to service green screens during the
transition. Nucleus also lets you develop for the web and use those web
pages as gr
Katie,
F1;(ML#30);10;:
The width of 30 will make the wrapping happen.
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Sincerely,
Charles Barouch
www.KeyAlly.com
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Kate Stanton wrote:
I have a file with field 1 containing description (30 chars), and field 10
containing notes (30 characters, mu
John,
I've been using Norton's successfully with UniVerse, UniData,
UniVision, Reality, Revelation, and jBASE. I have had speed problems
with McAfee, but I haven't kept McAfee up long enough to know if it
would harm the database(s).
- Charles "Multi-Multi-User" Barouch
John Jenkins wrote
; might be completely typical while they are
experiencing atypically good results. Just because we are mv doesn't
mean no one else is working at exploiting the efficiencies of those
other systems.
- Charles "Right-Sized" Barouch
Timothy Snyder wrote:
André Nel wrote
Ross,
L-O-quint, as always. The show was 200-ish people in a nice sized
venue with 75 or so classes on everything from products (including
VISAGE and Zeus), technology (PDA programming, OO programing, GUI
overview), technique (AIX/UniVerse Pitfalls, Help Desk Survival), and
more. The floor h
Ross,
What do you want to know? I am willing to be bribed for any/all
information and I'm both cheap and easy.
- Charles "That came out wrong" Barouch
Ross Ferris wrote:
I wonder when Gus is going to update the website, so those of us outside USA can have a read !?!
Ross Ferris
Stamina S
Jeff,
I enjoyed the initial article. When you start the section titled
"The Hash Key" the writing style changes for the better. The opening was
a bit impersonal.
From a technical standpoint, it wasn't new material for me, but it
was is an excellent base for the rest of the series. I look t
Everybody,
The Spectrum show was small (200-ish) but very active. I got to
spend time with Janet Oswald and Adam Van Beek (both of whom are IBM
people who have commited time to the new international U2 User's group).
Both my booth (Key Ally/Moose Enterprises) and the IBM booth gave out
U2UG.
Timothy,
Have look found a pattern in the slowdowns? It's possible that a
program is hogging the CPU, or that only one file is horribly misused.
I've had clients slowed to a crawl by an undersized control file that
every application hits multiple times. Another candidate is locking. You
may
Brain,
Let's be fair. Windows guesses at the responsiveness of all sorts of
applications. I've had Windows XP tell me that FreeCel was
non-responsive because my Anti-virus stole too many timeslices.
- Charles "Non-Responsive to Windows" Barouch
Brian Leach wrote:
Dave,
1. Please do not
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 li
Sara,
As a professional trainer, I can assure you that the cost of
training staff in a second O/S is smaller than the cost of lost
productivity corporate-wide. Tell them that they are moving from known
stability to an unknown. Even if it works, they are facing weeks or
months of settling in
Moderator,
Outlook is the platform of choice for viruses. :/ Sorry to hear that
you got stung.
- Charles "Used Outlook once but didn't inhale" Barouch
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Moderator wrote:
ALERT!
It appears that someone on the list got infected with a virus. One of
these beasties goes th
Joe,
I run UniVerse, UniData, UniVision, jBASE, Revelation, and Reality
on XP Pro. They all work (not all at once, mind you) but I'm not putting
the under heavy load, under multi-user mode, or under network stress. So
all I can confirm is that it will install and that it runs as a single
use
Ross,
[Warning: Let the flames begin] I don't see UML as a step that has
value. There are many ways to shape a project that reflect practical
considerations. My experience of UML is that it is a method for
separating projects from common sense and practical results.
- Charles &quo
Björn,
I know you can do it from AccuTerm, I don't know of a way to do it
from wIntergrate.
- Charles Barouch
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Björn Eklund wrote:
Hi,
Is there a way of starting windowsprograms on the users PC from a Unibasic
program or do I need Wintergrate or some other tool to do th
Brian,
Actually, I felt the same way for a long time (about Borland
compilers) but once I gave in to the bullying, I developed a new set of
habits in coding variables which I then carried back into mv. I'm not
sure I can articulate the difference, but it has been a good decision.
- Charle
Gang,
I'm installing SAMBA on SCO (Open Server 5) tomorrow. All advice,
hints, and tips appreciated. I've set up SAMBA before, but it was
usually a config only issue (pre-installed) and this time I have to
start from the install.
- Charles "I think I can - I Think I can" Barouch
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u2-us
Don,
We have a tool which can be automated to pull data at a specified
time (or multiple times) from UniVerse and push it out in CSV (which can
be read directly by excel). If that's a close enough fit, let me know.
The product is called Zeus Data Integration and it retails for less than
$1K.
ting is to run something like this under UniObjects.
QSELECT CLIENT.XREF "12345" :@FM: SSELECT AR.TR BY MATTER WITH INVOICE =
"12345"
On this system, doing this results in a very quick selection of a couple
hundred records out of the AR.TR file. But, the docs for UniObject
Marcie at Discovery Computer Systems does a good job:
http://www.discoverycomputersystems.com/
- Charles Barouch
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Cyndi Calvin wrote:
Hi All, any recommendations for newbie education on UniVerse?
My company has been using an old 7 version of universe for years and now
Jeff,
You can also look at Susan Josyln's offering:
http://sjplus.com/sjphomepage.html
- Charles Barouch
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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 tra
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 l
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
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
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 respon
Gang,
I'm managing two MV Community calendars (user group meetings,
conferences, etc.). One is at www.keyally.com/mvcalendar.html and the
other will be on the U2UG.org site in the near future. I need help.
Please send me info, especially on Vendor-based events for anyone that
has MV products
BjÃrn,
You might also want to look at the AccuSoft graphical interface before you settle
on wIntegrate.
- Charles 'I also like the Nucleus/Accusoft Combo' Barouch
Thomas Derwin wrote:
You might find something useful in the code samples that come with Wintegrate. In Winteg 3, they're in
Mike,
Personally, I think people should stop using inferior products from
M$ that lack key features. Truth is, I love Billy G. , 'cause I make my
living fixing things and he has kept me busy on many occasions.
Charles 'My $0.02' Barouch
HENDERSON MICHAEL MR wrote:
Clif,
'Please ask whoe
Glen,
XOR means Exlusive OR. Example:
00110 BITXOR 10011 yields 10101
because 0 XOR 1 = 1, 0 XOR 0 = 0, 1 XOR 0 = 1, (here's the tricky
one) 1 XOR 1 = 0 (because it needs to be exclusive), and 0 XOR 1 = 1
10
1
Tony,
Could you do me a favor and not declare my entire market segment dead.
"You now have the keys to data integration heaven and you don't need to buy
any more tools or migration services."
The fact is, I could move data from any system to any other system
before XML, we all could. The que
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Phil,
What part of the country (which country) and what sort of a guru do
you want? We have a lot of sharp people here if you need a housecall.
- Charles 'A Chicken in Every Pot and a Guru on Every Mountain Top'
Barouch
Phil Grant wrote:
Hello all,
A client of mine is looking for a Univ
Susan,
Curious, I find the reverse to be true. Since I usually read in
threads, I find that having to scroll through the last part to get to
the current part mildly annoying. With the post after, I find myself
skipping replies because the top looks familiar when I scan through my mail.
-
Tom,
Sixty to ninety days from now, I'll have a solution for you ::sigh:: I
have the UniVerse side in my Tier I product (Zeus) but the SQL won't be
until Tier II (in development) and I may or may not have the jBASE bits
by then.
You may want to look at writing a straight SQL read/write soluti
L,
Proc predates Pick BASIC as a programming language. The short answer
(to my mind) is that Paragraph is an add-on to
Access/English/AQL/Retrieve, but Proc is really a scripting language. If
you need to automate procedures, tie complex programs into a batch, or
do other heavy lifting, Proc
George,
When did 'google' become a verb? I'm not objecting to your use - I
say it, too. I'm just not sure when we started verbing that noun.
- Charles 'I was an English Major In College and Look What
Happened' Barouch
George Gallen wrote:
RE: Document scan and retrieval (lookin
In short, Peoplesoft is using mv technology because RDBMS isn't good at
everything. It's a 'best of breed' approach, like the one David Jordon
is promoting to IBM - where you use MV for agility and RDMBS for the
more traditional parts.
- Charles Barouch
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