Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-08-02 Thread Wjhonson
If you were to copy your source code to another location and then compile and compare the object, would the two objects be the same? -Original Message- From: Brian Leach To: 'U2 Users List' Sent: Thu, Aug 1, 2013 4:10 am Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-08-02 Thread Hona, David
hursday, 1 August 2013 11:13 PM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing Dale The stamp I use assigns a dummy variable using strings that contain searchable keys. That means when the code is compiled these strings end up unaltered in the object code string table,

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-08-01 Thread Brian Leach
t after a test installation. All of which took some setting up to begin with but has saved enormous amounts of time and agony since. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of dale kelley Sent: 01 August 20

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-08-01 Thread dale kelley
Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Hona, David Sent: 01 August 2013 10:49 To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing In UV we're had similar strange problems with seemingly unchanged source/object code

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-08-01 Thread Brian Leach
ng the wheel. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Hona, David Sent: 01 August 2013 10:49 To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing In UV we're had similar strange problems

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-08-01 Thread Hona, David
g to tape or disk backups, etc., etc. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Haskett Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013 6:06 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing John: That&#x

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-30 Thread Bill Haskett
itled Page - Original Message - *From:* jhes...@momtex.com *To:* U2 Users List *Date:* 7/30/2013 11:01 AM *Subject:* Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing I would also consider the possibility of data corruption at the hardware level. Granted, I wo

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-30 Thread John Hester
I would also consider the possibility of data corruption at the hardware level. Granted, I would expect that you'd also occasionally find anomalies within your source code and data files if this were the case, but I don't know how your filesystems are set up. If the object code has become corrupt

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-29 Thread Tony Gravagno
> From: Charlie Noah > 1. If POLREC<6> is null, an empty value won't be inserted... > 2. INSERT sometimes doesn't like delimited source > 3. If POLREC<6> has multivalues itself... Charlie, you present a valid discussion of a failure with the Insert statement, but that might not be the problem

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-26 Thread dale kelley
On 07/26/2013 04:37 PM, Charlie Noah wrote: Tony, I think Bob may have a good troubleshooting technique here. It would be simple to eliminate causes. Line 107 has a couple of potential problems: 0107: SUPREC = INSERT(SUPREC,2,1,0,POLREC<6>) I have seen these 3 situations in more than 1 MV i

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-26 Thread Robert
Could you post the entire program in case there are the frame boundary issues that Tony talked about? Thanks, Robert Norman ROBERT NORMAN AND ASSOCIATES 23441 Golden Springs Dr., #289, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (951) 541-1668 i...@keyway.net http://users.keyway.net/~ice/

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-26 Thread Charlie Noah
Tony, I think Bob may have a good troubleshooting technique here. It would be simple to eliminate causes. Line 107 has a couple of potential problems: 0107: SUPREC = INSERT(SUPREC,2,1,0,POLREC<6>) I have seen these 3 situations in more than 1 MV implementation/flavor - 1. If POLREC<6> is nul

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-26 Thread dale kelley
Tony made a key qualification in his suggestion, "paying customer". In this case, the system has been unupgraded for 7 and unsupported for 6 years. (With this exception UniVerse is just so dependable!) I've noticed that hard to track problems just become albatrosses around the customer servi

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-26 Thread Woodward, Bob
26, 2013 10:13 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing > From: Woodward, Bob > If this occasional problem is consistently the same lines then just > validate the insert afterwards... Dale, don't accept that solution. (Sorry Bob) Note, we'

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-26 Thread Tony Gravagno
> From: Woodward, Bob > If this occasional problem is consistently the same lines then just > validate the insert afterwards... Dale, don't accept that solution. (Sorry Bob) Note, we're still not really Sure yet that this is a good definition of the problem, just a working theory... Overall, th

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-26 Thread David A. Green
Consulting -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of dale kelley Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:32 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing Thanks Bob, I'll try that validation, maybe even

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-26 Thread dale kelley
Thanks Bob, I'll try that validation, maybe even write SUPREC and read it back for another validation. (It's a low intensity system.) At least that way I could be telling them rather than them telling me! dale ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@li

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-26 Thread Woodward, Bob
, but this should give you an idea. BobW -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of dale kelley Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 6:42 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing This is all very intere

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-26 Thread Israel, John R.
t you suspect)? JRI -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of dale kelley Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:42 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing This is all very interesting to hea

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-26 Thread dale kelley
This is all very interesting to hear. I have a customer who has occasional instances when they complain that a supply receipt has failed to update the "last receipt" fields. This is the code: 0092: *** 0093: 7000:* UPDATE S

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread Ed Clark
essage- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wjhonson > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 8:36 PM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing > > Do you have the two-inch lead

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread Bob Wyatt
Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing Do you have the two-inch lead shielding around your server room to block cosmic rays? -Original Message- From: Bob Wyatt To: 'U2 Users List' Sent: Thu, Jul 25, 2013 5:28 pm Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing I recall

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread Wjhonson
Do you have the two-inch lead shielding around your server room to block cosmic rays? -Original Message- From: Bob Wyatt To: 'U2 Users List' Sent: Thu, Jul 25, 2013 5:28 pm Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing I recall seeing and reporting this issue back

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread Bob Wyatt
luck! Regards, Bob Wyatt -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bill Haskett Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:11 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing As always, thanks G-Man! I

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread Wjhonson
You can turn off automatic reboots. -Original Message- From: Bill Haskett To: U2 Users List Sent: Thu, Jul 25, 2013 3:11 pm Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing Robert: "...the object code became corrupt due to a system crash." That sounds plausible. O

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread Bill Haskett
ginal Message - *From:* i...@keyway.net *To:* U2 Users List *Date:* 7/25/2013 1:57 PM *Subject:* Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing I just remembered another situation I saw once where a program behaved strangely. When we used the command to verify the object code (BVERIFY?) it didn't verify

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread Bill Haskett
ssage - *From:* 3xk547...@sneakemail.com *To:* u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org *Date:* 7/25/2013 1:04 PM *Subject:* Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing Bill, at Pick Systems we occasionally saw issues like this, where the object code would behave differently if specific statements (their opcodes/tokens)

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread Robert
, 2013 1:05 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing Bill, at Pick Systems we occasionally saw issues like this, where the object code would behave differently if specific statements (their opcodes/tokens) were broken across frame boundaries. Until DBMS patches become avai

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread Robert
I have seen this recently with either UNIVERSE or UNIDATA. I don't remember which. I have very very rarely seen this happen in 26 years. I believe it is a glitch in the compiler or in the RUN command. I was able to rewrite the offending part of the program and it would work. I wish I had the ex

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread Woodward, Bob
go, though. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:05 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing Bill, at Pick Systems we occasionally

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread Tony Gravagno
Bill, at Pick Systems we occasionally saw issues like this, where the object code would behave differently if specific statements (their opcodes/tokens) were broken across frame boundaries. Until DBMS patches become available, the problem could be avoided with some carefully-placed NULL statements.

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread George Gallen
It almost sounds like maybe the last time you did a major upgrade and had to recompile Your code, rather than just port it to the new version, something didn't compile correctly Maybe due to a bug, but then you upgraded without having to recompile, and that bug Was fixed and only seems like reco

Re: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing

2013-07-25 Thread Wjhonson
Put the five into a single transaction. You will never see the issue again -Original Message- From: Bill Haskett To: U2 Mail List Sent: Thu, Jul 25, 2013 12:25 pm Subject: [U2] [UD] BASIC Code Failing We've been having an anomaly that has occurred over the past 7 years we've