Re: Stress-testing SQLite -- what means theoretical limits from C++ point of view

2010-10-31 Thread Ruslan Zasukhin
On 10/31/10 12:10 AM, Monte Goulding mo...@sweattechnologies.com wrote: Charts like this, especially on Wikipedia should be taken with a grain of salt. Feature comparisions (yes/no) I can appreciate, but when it comes to capacity and performance, that's a bit different. Indeed. With

Re: Stress-testing SQLite -- millions records? Use Valentina DB

2010-10-31 Thread Ruslan Zasukhin
On 10/30/10 10:14 PM, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote: Yes, I've been waiting for Ruslan to chime in here. Valentina has been the *elephant in the room* in this discussion and I find it slightly odd that Richard (no newbie in the Rev world) hadn't considered this

Re: Stress-testing SQLite -- testimonials

2010-10-31 Thread Ruslan Zasukhin
On 10/31/10 12:14 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: However, the TPC doesn't have the power to run benchmark tests on a database platform without the approval of the database vendor. In fact, with the exception of IBM, most major database vendors include in

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Peter Alcibiades
I don't know if its safer than current versions of Windows 7 intelligently used. It certainly is a lot safer than earlier versions of XP, used as they came out of the box. One reason is that desktop linux is a small population and so not being targeted. A second is when you do an install, it

Re: Stress-testing SQLite

2010-10-31 Thread Pierre Sahores
Le 30 oct. 2010 à 23:41, Lynn Fredricks a écrit : http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle .jhtml?articleID=201001901 If a test could be setup in benchmarking the same test database set to run as : - PHP+ Oracle 11g - PHP+PostgreSQL 8.2 - PHP+ Valentina - LiveCode

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
Peter Alcibiades wrote: I don't know if its safer than current versions of Windows 7 intelligently used. It certainly is a lot safer than earlier versions of XP, used as they came out of the box. Even as Dell gets bribed by MS to put those silly We recommend Windows 7 graphics on their

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Richmond
Every time I have installed a variant of Windows on a machine that is connected to the Internet, sooner rather than later, things have gone 'queer'. Therefore, as I have to have a Windows box for software testing, I have a machine that is NEVER connected to the internet, and the ONLY files I

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Richmond
Coo! Memo From Dell: Ubuntu Linux Is Safer Than Windows http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/06/10/memo-from-dell-ubuntu-linux-is-safer-than-windows/ I wonder how long that will be there before the chaps in dark glasses pop round to DELL for a friendly chat? It really never ceases to amaze me

Re: Escape key doesn't work with fullScreen?

2010-10-31 Thread Richmond
On 10/31/2010 12:17 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: While testing a presentation stack I noticed that the escapeKey message doesn't seem to be sent while the stack is in fullscreen mode, though it works as expected otherwise. Is this a known feature/issue? Or am I doing something wrong? Which

Re: Stress-testing SQLite

2010-10-31 Thread Ruslan Zasukhin
On 10/31/10 12:41 AM, Lynn Fredricks lfredri...@proactive-intl.com wrote: http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle .jhtml?articleID=201001901 That's an interesting benchmark, I wish I had a couple of $60K to $75K server boxes handy so we could see how Valentina would

Re: How to reorder lines in a list field

2010-10-31 Thread André Bisseret
Thanks you much Wilhelm for your reply. I had got your very useful (and nice) stack, thanks to the tutorial from Éric Chatonet who pointed your stack out. I am studying your solutions and those of Scott Rossi too Very happy with all this material Best regards André Le 30 oct. 10 à

Re: How to reorder lines in a list field

2010-10-31 Thread André Bisseret
Le 30 oct. 10 à 15:39, Jacques Hausser a écrit : Bonjour, Eric Chatonet also published a how to that does exactly what you want: http://www.sosmartsoftware.com/?r=telechargerl=enarch=tutorials//List%20reorganizing.rev.zip Good luck Jacques En effet ! exactement ce que je cherchais

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Peter Alcibiades
Yes, the interesting question, don't know the answer, is if you set up windows in the same way Linux is normally set up, limited user accounts and so on, how much more vulnerable would it be? Those hack fests they have every so often suggest that OSX is a dead duck almost right away, Windows not

Re: benches // Stress-testing SQLite

2010-10-31 Thread Ruslan Zasukhin
On 10/31/10 9:55 AM, Pierre Sahores psaho...@free.fr wrote: Hi Pierre, If a test could be setup in benchmarking the same test database set to run as : - PHP+ Oracle 11g - PHP+PostgreSQL 8.2 - PHP+ Valentina - LiveCode server+Oracle 11g - LiveCode server+PostgreSQL 8.2 - LiveCode

Re: benches // Stress-testing SQLite

2010-10-31 Thread Pierre Sahores
Thanks for this interesting post, Ruslan. It point me on the need to learn more about Valentina, as soon as i will get enough time for this. Best Regards, Pierre Le 31 oct. 2010 à 09:42, Ruslan Zasukhin a écrit : On 10/31/10 9:55 AM, Pierre Sahores psaho...@free.fr wrote: Hi Pierre,

Which messages are sent to a datagrid on opencard?

2010-10-31 Thread Malte Brill
Hi, I have a rather complex stack that needs quite a few datagrids on a card. Now when said card is opened it is noticeably laggy. I guess this is due to the messages that are sent to the datagrids on (pre)opencard. PreopenControl or something the like? If I remove the dgs, or lock messages

Stack dimension for mobile application

2010-10-31 Thread paolo mazza
As far as I know, the resolution of the screen of iPhone 4 is 960 x 640 iPhone3 - iPod Touch is 480 x 320 iPad is 1024 x 768 So, if I want to deploy my application for iphone and ipad, what's the size of the stack (width and height) that I am supposed to set in order to have a full

Re: Stress-testing SQLite

2010-10-31 Thread Peter Brigham MD
On Oct 30, 2010, at 1:55 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: With LiveCode, for example, fields can *theoretically* hold up to 4GB, but I pity the person who tries it. There's often a vast difference between theoretical addressing limits and real-world use, hence my interest in finding actual use

Re: Which messages are sent to a datagrid on opencard?

2010-10-31 Thread zryip theSlug
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Malte Brill revolut...@derbrill.de wrote: Hi, I have a rather complex stack that needs quite a few datagrids on a card. Now when said card is opened it is noticeably laggy. I guess this is due to the messages that are sent to the datagrids on (pre)opencard.

Re: Re: Which messages are sent to a datagrid on opencard?

2010-10-31 Thread Malte Brill
Hi Zryip, the dgs have no persistent data. they are populated at a later point. Neither cached controls Some of them have custom sorting however, that should only happen after the data has been populated Data is a handful of hundret lines at max. Most of them are in the 100 lines range. I

Re: Re: Which messages are sent to a datagrid on opencard?

2010-10-31 Thread zryip theSlug
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Malte Brill revolut...@derbrill.de wrote: Malte, the dgs have no persistent data. they are populated at a later point. Ok, the persistent data of your datagrids should be set to false. Neither cached controls Some of them have custom sorting however, that

[ANN] NativeDoc 1.6 update

2010-10-31 Thread Damien Girard
Dear LiveCode users, I am pleased to announce the release of NativeDoc 1.6. This update is mainly about the templates, Javascript scripts has been optimized in order to provide the best user experiences with NativeDoc generated website. Note: NativeDoc 1.6 is a free update. - NativeDoc 1.6

LiveCode Linux version: graphic effects issue with the name of a push button

2010-10-31 Thread zryip theSlug
Dear LC users, For the first time, I gave a try to the linux version of LiveCode (4.5.0). When I apply any graphic effect on a push button with the inspector, the name of the button disappears. What I'm doing wrong? (the showname property is well set to true) Thanks for any help. Regards, --

RE: Stress-testing SQLite

2010-10-31 Thread Lynn Fredricks
I'm not sure at all that PostgreSQL would be slower than Oracle 11g, on both the OpenSuse 11 and OSX SL platforms and it would be interesting to know how Valentina performs for its own against both PostgreSQL and Oracle (would it be faster, as it's presented to to be on the

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread stephen barncard
Peter, where do you get these 'facts' about the security and vulnerability of MacOS today? Your statement just doesn't match up with my experience with the OS. Dead Duck? On 31 October 2010 02:22, Peter Alcibiades palcibiades-fi...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: OSX is a dead duck almost right away,

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/31/10 4:22 AM, Peter Alcibiades wrote: Those hack fests they have every so often suggest that OSX is a dead duck almost right away, Windows not long after, and Linux holds out longest. Is that true? I'd always heard that OS X ranks about even with Linux because it's core is *nix. --

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Björnke von Gierke
It's probably about a yearly hacking contest, where boxes are setup and then people are invited to hack them. Mac OS X did indeed succumb most quickly there in the last few years. In addition there has been reports of one infection in the wild that uses java, and is able to run on mac os as

Re: Stress-testing SQLite

2010-10-31 Thread Pierre Sahores
Hi Lynn, I'm not sure at all that PostgreSQL would be slower than Oracle 11g, on both the OpenSuse 11 and OSX SL platforms and it would be interesting to know how Valentina performs for its own against both PostgreSQL and Oracle (would it be faster, as it's presented to to be on the

Re: Stack dimension for mobile application

2010-10-31 Thread Terry Judd
You need to reduce the size by 20 pixels to allow for the status bar for the iPhone 3 and iPad so I guess this means a 40 pixel reduction for the iPhone 4. Terry... On 31/10/10 10:41 PM, paolo mazza mazzapaoloit...@gmail.com wrote: As far as I know, the resolution of the screen of

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Richmond
On 10/31/2010 07:57 PM, stephen barncard wrote: Peter, where do you get these 'facts' about the security and vulnerability of MacOS today? Your statement just doesn't match up with my experience with the OS. Dead Duck? Well Idon't know; my ducks have been alive and quacking for years with

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Richmond
On 10/31/2010 08:12 PM, Björnke von Gierke wrote: It's probably about a yearly hacking contest, where boxes are setup and then people are invited to hack them. Mac OS X did indeed succumb most quickly there in the last few years. In addition there has been reports of one infection in the wild

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Peter Alcibiades
Yes, it was the annual hackfests. I only know two people with OSX, and neither one has been compromised. Whether the Unix underpinnings make OSX more secure? I think the hacks, but maybe others recall better, were due to applications and privilege escalation. I am really not sure what to

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Pierre Sahores
Le 31 oct. 2010 à 19:00, J. Landman Gay a écrit : On 10/31/10 4:22 AM, Peter Alcibiades wrote: Those hack fests they have every so often suggest that OSX is a dead duck almost right away, Windows not long after, and Linux holds out longest. Is that true? I'd always heard that OS X ranks

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Roger . E . Eller
Richmond wrote: The first thing I do when I install Mac OS X on a machine is enable the ROOT account; that is dead easy; especially as the Mac OS HELP system tells you how to do it. Set up the FIREWALL, SHARING and so on. Windows, on the other hand, starts telling you to fork out extra

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
Roger.E.Eller wrote: It is in many cases the virus makers themselves who infect Windows, and then use FAKE anti-virus messages that offer to cleanse your machine for a fee. URL? I'm sometimes prone to notions that seem conspiratorial myself, but while this meme has been floating around for

Re: Escape key doesn't work with fullScreen?

2010-10-31 Thread Richard Gaskin
Richmond wrote: On 10/31/2010 12:17 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: While testing a presentation stack I noticed that the escapeKey message doesn't seem to be sent while the stack is in fullscreen mode, though it works as expected otherwise. Is this a known feature/issue? Or am I doing something

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Roger . E . Eller
Roger.E.Eller wrote: It is in many cases the virus makers themselves who infect Windows, and then use FAKE anti-virus messages that offer to cleanse your machine for a fee. Richard Gaskin replied: URL? I'm sometimes prone to notions that seem conspiratorial myself, but while this meme

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Richard Gaskin wrote: It is in many cases the virus makers themselves who infect Windows, and then use FAKE anti-virus messages that offer to cleanse your machine for a fee. URL? I'm sometimes prone to notions that seem conspiratorial myself, but while this meme has been

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Scott Rossi
Guess I should clarify, it's not put out by an antivirus company, it is software that's been rewritten to rip off people whose machines it infects. Recently, I wrote: Recently, Richard Gaskin wrote: It is in many cases the virus makers themselves who infect Windows, and then use FAKE

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Richmond
On 10/31/2010 09:34 PM, roger.e.el...@sealedair.com wrote: Richmond wrote: The first thing I do when I install Mac OS X on a machine is enable the ROOT account; that is dead easy; especially as the Mac OS HELP system tells you how to do it. Set up the FIREWALL, SHARING and so on. Windows, on

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Mike Bonner
Microsoft security essentials is the target of another spoof alert attack, though I'm sure you got the real microsoft security essentials from the microsoft site, I've had to fix this one for a friend, recently in fact.

Re: Escape key doesn't work with fullScreen?

2010-10-31 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 10/31/10 3:03 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: This cognition bug is not fixable by RunRev, and has been marked as a duplicate of several related reports. ;) LOL! You're talking about some of my reports, right? :) -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive

Re: Escape key doesn't work with fullScreen?

2010-10-31 Thread Mike Bonner
I have that problem crop up quite often. My brother tells me its a problem between the keyboard and chair. I've never been quite sure what he meant by that.. On 10/31/10, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: On 10/31/10 3:03 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: This cognition bug is not

Re: [OT] Browsing the internet... It is safer from Linux?

2010-10-31 Thread Chipp Walters
Sounds like you have users with unsafe browsing habits, who end up falling for many of the social attacks out there. I have the same problem in my household, but I've cured all but my Dad, who insists on downloading and installing every exe he runs across which claims to make his system run

Re: Swapping scrolling text for regular text

2010-10-31 Thread Mark Smith
Thanks Terry. (I did stumble on it as well, and was embarrassed I posted but you never know with these things). I have another question to post tonight, hopefully not quite as silly. Terry Judd wrote: Mark - all you need to do is select the field and enable its vScrollbar property in the

Refreshing a card

2010-10-31 Thread Mark Smith
Hello all, by now most of you are probably familiar with my silly questions (born of, I am afraid, too many years engrossed in procedural programming languages). Here we go. I have a menu option called Toggle Date Stamp and it toggles on/off the display of a date stamp on the card. When you

Re: Refreshing a card

2010-10-31 Thread Terry Judd
Mark - if you want to do a general refresh the card then just call openCard in your handler. If all you want to do is refresh the date stamp object then add something like... Set the visible of grp/fld/whatever dateStamp to the showDateStamp of this stack ...to your case statement HTH,

Re: Refreshing a card

2010-10-31 Thread Monte Goulding
Hi Mark What do you mean by moving off the card and back on? Go to a different card of that stack or suspend and resume stack / application? Also you may need to provide your setprop handler for this property because there's nothing wrong with your menu code. Cheers Monte On 01/11/2010, at