RE: UniOLEDB Threading issue

2004-02-13 Thread Hona, David S
Nick, We use UV with talking Oracle (using UCI). We're mainly pushing the data from the Oracle end (trigger driven). In another interface to a Oracle-based application, we've got a Tuxedo middleware interface. Yet, again - mainly one-way traffic (from the Oracle end). I know there is a limitatio

Re: [ot] Vacancy

2004-02-13 Thread Noel Rorke
Hi Everyone, We have an exciting vacancy for an in-house Universe delevoper in South Africa. Details are as follows : OUTsurance is a dynamic company that runs world-class in-house IT systems and uses state of the art technologies. We are one of the largest users of Universe technologies in So

Re: Hashing Algorithm

2004-02-13 Thread Martin Phillips
> Could anyone let me know where can I found information about > the way the Hash Algorithm Works with each one of the File Types > in UniVerse? As Ray says, these are no longer considered to be public. However, the dynamic file algorithms come straight out of a computing text book and it is not

[UD] File block size with long keys

2004-02-13 Thread Simon Lewington
UD 6.0.7 on Windows Does anyone know if Unidata is doing something special writing data with long keys to a static file - and what that is? Running the following... KEYLENGTH=36 DTALENGTH=0 MODULO=1 SEP=1 NRECORDS=3 EXECUTE 'CLEAR-FILE DATA SRLTEMP1' PCPERFORM 'memresize SRLTEMP1 ':MODULO:',':SE

RE: multi-currency

2004-02-13 Thread Piers Angliss
Hello, I we have been given the task of redesigning our existing software to handle multiple currencies. This means that at any time on the screen you could switch from USD to EUR, or USD to SGD (Singapore dollar) and back again. i was thinking of using FUNCTION. I'd be looking for a lot more

RE: wIntegrate Trial Version

2004-02-13 Thread Gerral Hubbard
The current version of wintegrate ships with a client server version as well as the standard telnet. The thin client requires the wintegrate server to be installed on a network server. The thin client installs only 30k on the desktop PC. Advantages to the wintegrate server is that there is a sin

Re: Out of office messages - from list?

2004-02-13 Thread kevin zollinger
"Glenn W. Paschal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Is anyone else getting several "out of office" messages? I've been > getting several from people I don't know, and it seems to have started > when I joined the list. Could there be a problem? > You are getting these re

RE: Hashing Algorithm

2004-02-13 Thread Chuck Mongiovi
> > Could anyone let me know where can I found information about > > the way the Hash Algorithm Works with each one of the File Types > > in UniVerse? > It does, of course, lead to the question of why you want to know! Why not? .. I'd bet on simple (or not so simple) curiousity .. Aren't we all p

Re: Hashing Algorithm

2004-02-13 Thread Martin Phillips
> Why not? .. I'd bet on simple (or not so simple) curiousity .. Aren't we all > pretty much tech geeks here? .. Maybe he wants to see the hashing > mathematics for himself and then check out a high speed data structures book > and see if they're all they're cracked up to be .. I have the algorith

Re: multi-currency

2004-02-13 Thread Lee Bacall
Piers, An interesting question. Some years ago my company developed an auto-rental system for the Hertz franchisee in Jamaica. An unusual aspect was that the rental contract was based on the exchange rate in effect at the time the contract was entered, however the final charges were booked at the

RE: Hashing Algorithm

2004-02-13 Thread Chuck Mongiovi
> I have the algorithms > (from a legal source long before IBM acquired the product) > I cannot divulge the details I wasn't suggesting anything like that .. I know the legalities of a situation sometimes get in the way of the fun of it .. I was just suggesting that Jose might not have any shady i

RE: Hashing Algorithm

2004-02-13 Thread Karjala Koponen
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/13/2004 8:49:08 AM >>> > > Could anyone let me know where can I found information about > > the way the Hash Algorithm Works with each one of the File Types > > in UniVerse? > It does, of course, lead to the question of why you want to know! Would knowing the algorithms

Re: Hashing Algorithm

2004-02-13 Thread Allen Egerton
From: "Karjala Koponen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Would knowing the algorithms allow you to write a program that would accept parameters about your file, or > even walk the file, to determine which file type would be best for that file? Years ago I wrote a FTN program that analyzed PR1ME INFORMATIO

Payroll computations

2004-02-13 Thread George Gallen
I'm trying to write a program that will give a estimate (fairly close estimate) for determine what amount of money deducted pre-taxed, will cause your taxable income to drop a tax bracket. What I'm looking for is an excel file for tax rates on salary income. I'm assuming you take the gross * (# pa

RE: multi-currency

2004-02-13 Thread Mike Randall
Pretty major thing. Not quite as simple as it looks on the surface. The major concept that throws a wrench into the works is the varying conversion rates. Pretty simple to flip-flop transactions at the current exchange rate. It gets real sticky at the G/L level where for any given transaction

RE: Payroll computations

2004-02-13 Thread Jeff Schasny
You could start here: http://taxes.yahoo.com/rates.html -Original Message- From: George Gallen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 8:40 AM To: 'Ardent List' Subject: Payroll computations I'm trying to write a program that will give a estimate (fairly close estimate

Re: Payroll computations

2004-02-13 Thread Don Verhagen
George, Goto (no flames please) the IRS website and download Circular E (http://www.irs.gov) Website Path: Side Menu: Contents, Businesses Side Menu: Resources, Forms And Publications Body Link: PUBLICATIONS AND NOTICES (not forms) Circular E, Page 35-37 -

RE: Payroll computations

2004-02-13 Thread Anthony Youngman
Oh crumbs. We sell software that does EXACTLY that. I might even be able to email you an out-of-date copy (several years out-of-date ...) To try and explain how it works ... We first look at the "first-priority" tax bands, and build an array of gross2net at each kink. Let's say you pay 10% on the

RE: Payroll computations

2004-02-13 Thread George Gallen
Thanks >-Original Message- >From: Jeff Schasny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 10:45 AM >To: U2 Users Discussion List >Subject: RE: Payroll computations > > >You could start here: > >http://taxes.yahoo.com/rates.html > >-Original Message- >From: George Ga

RE: Payroll computations

2004-02-13 Thread George Gallen
thanks for the path directions, I searched for circular e and it didn't come up with anything. ok. Looks like I got enough to get me started for some rough numbers.. Thanks >-Original Message- >From: Don Verhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 10:52 AM >To: [

RE: Hashing Algorithm

2004-02-13 Thread Stevenson, Charles
> It does, of course, lead to the question of why you want to know! I used to have a program I calledthat would take a select list & sort it according to the group order of the file it was going to be applied to. For really big lists it made a really big difference because subsequent file i/o

RE: Out of office messages - from list?

2004-02-13 Thread Glenn W. Paschal
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kevin zollinger Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 7:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Out of office messages - from list? "Glenn W. Paschal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Is

Memo: RE: multi-currency

2004-02-13 Thread asvin . dattani
> Pretty major thing. Not quite as simple as it looks on the surface. The > major concept that throws a wrench into the works is the varying conversion > rates. Pretty simple to flip-flop transactions at the current exchange > rate. It gets real sticky at the G/L level where for any gi

Memo: RE: multi-currency

2004-02-13 Thread asvin . dattani
> Pretty major thing. Not quite as simple as it looks on the surface. The > major concept that throws a wrench into the works is the varying conversion > rates. Pretty simple to flip-flop transactions at the current exchange > rate. It gets real sticky at the G/L level where for any give

RE: Payroll computations

2004-02-13 Thread George Gallen
I'm only looking for rough numbers, not exacts (being off by $5.00 or $10.00 is acceptable), since this won't be actually used for peoples paychecks. George >-Original Message- >From: Anthony Youngman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:06 AM >To: U2 Users Discus

Re: Hashing Algorithm

2004-02-13 Thread Martin Phillips
> When HASH.HELP became robust enough I quit using my program as I couldn't > justify the development time/effort. Instead I wrote a front-end which > generated paragraphs consisting primarily of HASH.HELP %filename% > statements. The paragraphs included COMO statements, and the final > statement

RE: Hashing Algorithm

2004-02-13 Thread Timothy Snyder
> I used to have a program I calledthat would take a select list & > sort it according to the group order of the file it was going to be > applied to. For really big lists it made a really big difference What a great idea! > I wish IBM would give us a similar function On UniData you can use

RE: Hashing Algorithm

2004-02-13 Thread José Luis Gutiérrez de la Peza
Exactly, I want to know the calculations of the algorithm for each file type to determine which file type is the best for any file. -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Karjala Koponen Enviado el: viernes, 13 de febrero de 2004 8:48 Para: [EMAIL

Re: Memo: RE: multi-currency

2004-02-13 Thread Peter Gonzalez
our accounting will be keep in USD. there is a control file that has an item id of USD*13191, EUR*13191, SGD*13191 (currency*internal date). rates will be supplied by the bank of london. USD*13193 attribute<1> = the conversion rate for that currency and date attribute<2> = currency sign ($) if c

RE: Hashing Algorithm

2004-02-13 Thread José Luis Gutiérrez de la Peza
Chuck , I am a Business Partner of IBM in Mexico, and I sell U2 products since 1992 with VMark, The Wish to know how the algorithm works for each file type is to be able to help one of my customers that have a big installation (1000 users) and He isn't very happy with his application performance,

RE: Memo: RE: multi-currency

2004-02-13 Thread Mike Randall
Not sure if converting based on invoice date is legit. That's not the real value of the cash when you got it. Hence, the concept of gains and losses for rate fluctuations. Your actual USD balances will never match the computer with your strategy. Another level of converting is needed. -SNI

Re: Hashing Algorithm

2004-02-13 Thread Eugene Perry
What about using FAST? Eugene - Original Message - From: "José Luis Gutiérrez de la Peza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'U2 Users Discussion List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 10:31 AM Subject: RE: Hashing Algorithm > Chuck , > > I am a Business Partner of IBM in Mexi

[ADMIN] Out of office messages - to list?

2004-02-13 Thread Moderator
I have changed the subject line slightly and added the [ADMIN] tag for an alert to all readers. Comments and responses embedded in the text below. Is anyone else getting several "out of office" messages? I've been You are getting these responses from other listers who failed to tell th

Swap array values? In UV

2004-02-13 Thread George Gallen
Is there a command to swap two array contents? Like "matswap" array(x,y) will swap the contents of array(x) -> array(y) and array(y) -> array(x) Without using a temp varible. Yes I know I can do it that way. Thanks George George Gallen Senior Programmer/Analyst Accounting/Data Division [EMAIL

RE: Swap array values? In UV

2004-02-13 Thread George Gallen
The regular swap command doesn't work. I tried swap a(1),a(2) it doesn't swap and swap mat, swaps entire arrays with each other. George >-Original Message- >From: George Gallen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 1:38 PM >To: 'Ardent List' >Subject: Swap array va

D3 and use of compares on indices

2004-02-13 Thread astarte00
On D3 VERION 7.3 what is the syntax to use compares other than = if you are using an indexed dictionary in the statement. It seems to return the correct items if it is simply looking for an equal condition but anything other, such as > < etc. It appears that it does not use the index, but ra

Re: Swap array values? In UV

2004-02-13 Thread Glenn Herbert
Within BASIC, try array(x)=BITXOR(array(x),array(y)); array(y)=BITXOR(array(y),array(x)); array(x)=BITXOR(array(x),array(y)); No temp variable used. At 01:38 PM 02/13/2004, you wrote: Is there a command to swap two array contents? Like "matswap" array(x,y) will swap the contents of array(x) ->

RE: Swap array values? In UV

2004-02-13 Thread George Gallen
that's really neat... I was hoping for a builtin function though. Since my array isn't that large, I don't think I'd see any speed differences between temp=array(x) ; array(x)=array(y) ; array(y)=temp and the XORing. although down the road, if someone had no clue what XOR did or why it works, i

RE: Swap array values? In UV

2004-02-13 Thread Dave Davis
I understand why this works, but honestly, that's nasty. >array(x)=BITXOR(array(x),array(y)); >array(y)=BITXOR(array(y),array(x)); >array(x)=BITXOR(array(x),array(y)); > >No temp variable used. Our company accepts no liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions

[OT] RE: Out of office messages - from list?

2004-02-13 Thread kevin zollinger
"Glenn W. Paschal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Wouldn't auto-responders reply to the list? These are coming to my > own mailbox, with my e-mail in them. Please understand, I am not > trying to "point blame", just trying to "check things out". My e-mail > server wa

RE: UV write fatal error

2004-02-13 Thread Ray Wurlod
Permissions? All the preceding steps (Open, BSCAN) can be done without write permission. Write, needless to add, cannot. > >-Original Message- > >From: Jimi DeRouen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >I am attempting to write a record to a type 25 file and apparently > >getting a fatal erro

RE: [OT] RE: Out of office messages - from list?

2004-02-13 Thread Jefferson, Jim
What I was seeing was, when I posted a reply to the list I would receive OOO messages from a few folks directly to my email address (not via the list), with my post to the list referenced. Don't know if this is what Glenn had happen. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

RE: Swap array values? In UV

2004-02-13 Thread Glenn Herbert
*lol* i agree it's nasty and not readily obvious as to it's intent, but that wasn't the question posed... sometimes it's just to exercise the mind At 02:36 PM 02/13/2004, you wrote: I understand why this works, but honestly, that's nasty. >array(x)=BITXOR(array(x),array(y)); >array(y)=BITXOR(a

RE: D3 and use of compares on indices

2004-02-13 Thread Russ Watson
We have found the same. It's reported to be fixed in version 8 now in beta-2 (whatever that means). There is no mention of it in 7.3.6 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 1:50 PM To: U2 Users Discu

RE: Swap array values? In UV

2004-02-13 Thread Leroy Dreyfuss
UniVerse 10.0.x and higher have the SWAP command in BASIC. Please refer to our documentation regarding its use. <-- original message --> Is there a command to swap two array contents? Like "matswap" array(x,y) will swap the contents of array(x) -> array(y) and array(y) -> array(x) Without

RE: Swap array values? In UV

2004-02-13 Thread George Gallen
Sorry Leroy, but swap only swaps non array values, and the mat portion will swap one array with another array I want to swap two values inside an array. I tried swap a(1),a(2) but it did nothing tried. dim a(10) a(1)=5 a(2)=6 print a(1),a(2) swap a(1),a(2) print a(1),a(2) and got: 5 6 5

RE: Swap array values? In UV

2004-02-13 Thread Leroy Dreyfuss
I miss understood you. No, UV doesn't provide the facility to do that within an array of any type- dynamic or dimensioned- that is not its purpose. It will work if the arrays are different, such as: DIM A(10),B(10) MAT A = '' MAT B = '' A(1) = 678 B(1) = 234 CRT 'BEFORE:' CRT 'A(1) = ':A(1), '

RE: Swap array values? In UV

2004-02-13 Thread Glenn W. Paschal
Ok, I love brainteasers, but to be honest, I don't see how this works, possibly because I am one of those who has never used BITXOR, and so don't readily understand it. Please elaborate! Thanks, --Glenn. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gl

RE: [OT] RE: Out of office messages - from list?

2004-02-13 Thread Glenn W. Paschal
Whew! I read that three times, and still couldn't follow it... It's just too late in the evening. At any rate, I don't know if it coincides with my own postings or not, but I get "out of office" messages to my personal mailbox, with my personal e-mail address in the "TO box", and the other perso

Re: Swap array values? In UV

2004-02-13 Thread Results
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

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

2004-02-13 Thread Ian Stuart
I have been actively pursuing the use of OpenOffice.org (OOo) as an alternative to MS Office on both Linux and Microsoft platforms with reasonable success; from initially working with StarOffice 5.2 which worked well with UniVerse ODBC, through the beta versions of OOo where the developers act