Walter, There is a real gap in information for newcomers at the moment, but it is something this user group is trying hard to repair. We have a number of projects going on to make this level of information (design, best practice, howto-type information) available to the public.
I know this doesn't help you now, but please be sure that you can always post questions here and get a response. You're among friends... First step - download the personal edition from the IBM web site. Get the version for Windows - it's easier to set up. You can also download all of the UniVerse docs from the IBM website: they're all written with experienced developers in mind :-( but the system description guide gives a flavor of what is involved, though bear in mind that it was written a long time ago and has a very primitive outlook on what the technology can do. I would then go straight to the UniObjects manual to see how to use UniVerse in a client/server environment: that's much more fun AND the API used provides a nice abstraction of the database that is more approachable and quite helpful for newbies to learn. Brian > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Walter Vaughan >Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:34 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [U2] Newbies need love too > >We are looking extremely hard at moving our company to an MRP/DM >vertical >solution written to run on the UniVerse platform. Our internal staff has >dozens >of years experience with filePro, mySQL, PHP, perl... yet we have no >experience >among the four of us working with UniVerse or any MultiValued/Pick DBMS. > >The whole concept doesn't scare us since it appears to be a mashing >together of >a lot of concepts that we already are familiar with. > >HOWEVER. > >What about the newbies? Don't we get any love? I have went through every >google >term I could think of to come up with a simple "This is how you get >started with >a UniVerse". I have installed the personal editions and have the server >running, >but I have no clue as to really creating a database, defining a table, >inserting >data into a record, retrieving data from a record, and applying business >logic >to fields. > >Is there not a "UniVerse for Dummies" website? Our sales rep asked his >programmer and he said, "I learned it 20 years ago, I don't know how you >would >learn it today." > >I have 23 and 28 year old programers that will have to live with this >solution >for the next 20 years. They're bright, but in order to get them excited >about >this platform I need to let them experiment. > >Any website pointers will be appreciated. > >Thanks, > >Walter Vaughan >Vice President >Steele Rubber Products, Inc. >------- >u2-users mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >------- >u2-users mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
