Aside from the historical rambling, your question on LOCATE can be easily answered tenfold by the persons on this forum.
Mark Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 2:38 PM Subject: RE: [U2] 1 - 4 Years > I resemble that comment (Pick Aware 2003). > > As a side note: Early in our test/evaluation, our software vendor > salesperson had said that the database system used by the application was > "Informix". > > "Oh Yeah, that sounds familiar. I took some sailing classes in the San > Francisco Bay with a gal that worked at Informix." > > So needless to say that I spent about 3 months on the IIUG.org list-serv. I > even hired a "Informix" consultant to help get our Web application hooked up > to our new application software's database via ODBC. > > After about 3 hours of mucking about on our system, the consultant reported > back that: > "In an attempt to assess the Informix installation I looked around > on the machine for the location of the normal Informix tools and > configurations. I found none of them. I called Mr. Smith and he ran me > though some of his standard commands and locations that he uses with the > application. This was when I found a Universe system, which has an Informix > copyright but I was unfamiliar with the product. I made several phone calls > and did some investigations and got understand the basis of the product. > > Universe is a tool acquired when Informix obtained (I believe) > DataStage from a third party. Universe is its own database system based > upon the Pick Database system. Universe is a flat file pseudo relational > database system but allows multi-values within fields. Universe does allow > ODBC and JDBC connections but certain field types require some translation > to be correctly transferred. Universe does not follow any of the standard > Informix conventions and does not use the same configuration files and > Charles McMurray should seek out a Universe Consultant to help with their > ODBC problem. IBM did acquire all the rights to Universe with the purchase > of Informix and does state that it supports Universe." > > So I say to myself what the heck is Universe? So what is a newbie to do? > But, Google it - which leads to some guy Cliff Olivier and sites in > Australia. > I get in touch with Janet Oswald and some of her group. And finally I found > this fledging users group u2ug.org that was just getting going and the rest > is history. About one month later I got hooked up with a group out of Los > Angeles [AdvancedWare] that saved the day, in getting us technical > training(Unix, MV, Universe, DICT, I-desc...., getting the ODBC hooked up, > etc..). > > About a year later after numerous pleadings, demands, etc .., we got > technical training on our Eclipse Enterpise Software application. Those > Intuit-Eclipse software developers think they are guarding the Crown Jewels > (or are southern border patrol .. I got in anyway .. Amigos). They are more > of an impedment than help. It is a great system they wrote and works really > well. But, since it was originally written by some hackers in a garage, I > guess they do not have any documentation on the system (dig.. Dig... prove > my wrong Denver Dudes). > > Ok so now I have about 4 years on U2 and still trying to get to know the > difference in LOCATE x in MV vs LOCATE x in MV<1,1> returns what? > I think I have figured out how to read an product item that is on backorder > from the convoluted MV design on the order entry system. > > -------- Probably this is the same path followed by many U2 newbies. -- I > hope not ---- > > Garry L. Smith > Dir Info Systems > Charles McMurray Company > V# 559-292-5782 F# 559-346-6169 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] On Behalf Of Charles Barouch > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [U2] [AD] UniVerse Programmer needed in New Jersey > > Ron, > Actually, I train new programmers. The problem is that most new people > don;t know there's a community, so we don't meet them. There's actually a > lot of new blood. We just have to find them and invite them inside. > > - Chuck > > Ron Hutchings wrote: > > Has anyone actually run across someone with only 1-5 years experience? > ------- > 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/
