For number one, you could also open the file in BASIC and do a VAR=FILEINFO(<FILE.VAR>,#) where number is any number between 1 and about 15. File type is returned with a var of 4 in our system.
On 2/6/08, john reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. we use ANALYZE.FILE <FILE.NAME> .. it gives the scoop on anything > not a directory and a little bit on dynamic files. > 2. That's an indication of some type of memory leak or stack overflow > I think. I'm pretty sure its an abnormal condition. You could > probably duplicate it in a sub calling itself until it gets either too > deep or too big maybe. The 'printer segment removed' I think is a > symptom of the abnormal condition. > > 3. If you dont require specific key characteristics, you can use > 'SAMPLED'. SELECT <FILE.NAME> SAMPLED 2000 , will take every 2000th > record as they occur in the file I believe. > john > > On 2/6/08, Doug Chanco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I am back to "re tooling" my mind from jBASE to Universe (although > > one question is not vendor specific) > > > > > > > > 1. In universe how can I tell what type of pick file I am looking > > at (type 2,3,4,5,6, etc ....) > > 2. I am getting a few (very few) "PRINTER MEMORY SEGMENT REMOVED" > > errors in root's emails but the few I am getting (roughly 3 a day) I > > cannot seem to figure out what's causing them. All our root cron jobs > > are either using uvcron or PHANTOM to start the universe program. > > 3. does anyone have a suggestion on RANDOMLY (or as random as > > possible) a way to SELECT a file? I am trying to get @ 500 RANDOM > > records from a file with 850,000 items. I have some ideas such as > > selecting the entire file and then every "x" records do some math > > operation and if even use this record but since I am a "pup" compared to > > some of you "I have been doing pick forever vets" out there I thought I > > would throw this out and see what comes back. > > > > > > > > The keys look like > > > > > > > > 51037517 > > > > 51037516 > > > > 15312939 > > > > 51037518 > > > > 15312936 > > > > 51037519 > > > > 51037512 > > > > 51037513 > > > > 51037515 > > > > 14137791 > > > > 51037514 > > > > 51037510 > > > > > > > > Thanks everyone! > > > > > > > > dougc > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > > > > -- > john > -- john ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
