Bill, We developed a program, TAPE.DUMP, to T-DUMP any list of, or all of the files and/or MD items in an account to tape, including the file characteristics of each file (in the label of the dump).
We developed a companion program, TAPE.LOAD, to create each file that did not exist and then T-LOAD the dumped files to another database. We have used it successfully for moving all the files in an accounts from A/P, R91 and mvBase to Universe in two steps and have not run into the rewind problems that you described on Unidata. It almost feels like Universe is finding only one file dumped on the tape from D3 and is rewinding because it found and EOT marker. One of the associate consultants that works with us is a Unidata guy and I'll be glad to ask him if he has run into this on Unidata. The other observation I'd like to make is that several knowledgeable Unidata people have suggested to me that Unidata is decidedly not a Pick-like database, and that converting software from D3 to Unidata will be a long and expensive process, and will leave you with two versions of your software that will be distinctly different from each. We also looked at Unidata several years ago and we chose to convert our software to Universe instead of Unidata partly because Universe offers the "Pick" flavor that allows us to run essentially the same code on all generic Pick platforms, with occasional platform-specific flags that can be searched on and reset as we move the software from one platform to the other. Also, because Universe does not support the generic Pick spooler commands (:STARTSPOOLER, STARTPTR, SP-ASSIGN, LISTPTR, LISTPEQS, etc.), and because we didn't want to rewrite all the print program in our software to SETPTR commands, we developed a generic Pick spooler for Universe, called UvSpoolerPlus. Using these two tools, you could migrate your software from D3 to Universe with a minimal amount of modification compared with the major effort you are facing migrating D3 code to Unidata. If you'd like to explore this further, please give me a call. Rgds, Dave Dave Taylor President Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (O) 310-544-1974 (C) 310-561-5200 (P) 800-339-1497 (F) 310-377-3550 Your Source for Integrated EDI Translation and DataSync Integration www.sysmarkinfo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Haskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 2:21 PM Subject: [U2] [UD] T-LOAD > I'm able to take a T-DUMP from D3 (T-DUMP FileName (AHI) and move the file > to UD server (via XCOPY only!) then: > > SETTAPE 9... > T.LOAD FileName MU 09 PICK > > and it works fine. Now the problem is when I create a new T-DUMP from D3 > for multiple files by doing: > > T-DUMP FileA (AHI > T-DUMP FileB (AHI > . > . > > then move it to UniData and try: > > SETTAPE 9... > T.LOAD FileA MU 09 OVERWRITING PICK > T.LOAD FileB MU 09 OVERWRITING PICK > > the tape seems to rewind after each T.LOAD and only FileA's T-DUMP data is > continually T.LOAD'd into each file on UniData. > > I was checking out the SETTAPE with the "no_rewind_driver" option but that > doesn't seem to be what I'm looking for. Can anyone tell me how to T.LOAD > multiple files on UniData, or is there some issue with D3 T-DUMPs that is > causing the problem? > > Thanks, > > Bill Haskett > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
