Hi Richard,

We have both a Relational Data Access Server and a "Direct" Data Access Server 
that are written in fairly generic PICK/BASIC but with specific subroutines to 
do platform-specific stuff.  We run on pretty well all MV platforms including 
Unidata, Universe, PI/Open and even some very old Universe versions, both on 
Windows and *nix (Unidata on Dec Vax, even.)  We do this with a single code 
base for all platforms.

Until you decide that you want to know a specific process number, work with 
pipes and O/S files and other things like that, the BASIC code is not only 
interoperable, but if the version is even remotely close, you don't normally 
have to even compile.  That said, I'd compile just to be safe.

Check your code for any place where you run a command shell program or call an 
O/S specific function.  Also check for any pattern in a string that contains 
forward slashes.

Your peripherals are a different matter altogether...

Good luck!

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Conway
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 3:15 PM
To: 'U2 Users List'
Subject: Re: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows

Thanks for that, I hadn't actually downloaded it at that point and I didn't see 
it elsewhere on their web site.

My main concern is how the existing data and programs written in Unibasic 
actually handle the move from a Unix environment to a Windows one. I know there 
is at least one call to a Unix function that will fail, but I'm not sure about 
generally how interoperable the two environments are.

Has anyone tried anything like this? If so, what are the most likely/obvious 
pitfalls?

Richard

----- Original Message -----
From: Glorfield, Gordon <[email protected]>
To:   "'U2 Users List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday Monday 08 November 2010 19:23:21
Subject: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows

"Along with being limited to two users, the UniData and UniVerse Personal 
Editions also have an eight-process limit and a limitation of modulo 10007 
assigned to a file. Also, the following add-ons do not function: Connection 
Pooling, EDA, NFA, RFS, UV/Net."

Right off of Rocket's U2 downloads page.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 2:08 PM
To: Richard Conway; U2 Users List
Subject: Re: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows

I think the size limit is something like a modulo of 10009 or there abouts, if 
memory serves me right.  It's been a long time.  You should be able to get the 
limitations from Rocket.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Conway
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 10:30 AM
To: U2 Users List
Subject: Re: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows

What are the file size restrictions with PE? Is there a comprehensive list of 
the restrictions present in PE anywhere that I can read/download?

Richard

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Woodward <[email protected]>
To:   "Richard Conway" <[email protected]>, "U2 Users List"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday Monday 08 November 2010 18:20:24
Subject: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows

I think, at the very least, you're probably going to have an issue with the PE 
version limiting your file sizes.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Conway
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 5:00 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows

I am about to try to upgrade an old Unidata server running Unidata 3.x on SGI 
Irix, to another machine running Windows Server 2003. I am going to set up the 
Windows box with Unidata 7.2.7 PE initially.

Has anyone tried such a drastic move? What is the best upgrade path to try? 
Unidata 3.x on Irix to Unidata 7 on Linux, then on to Unidata 7 on Windows? Or 
would a single jump upgrade actually work, with the help of vocupgrade and 
PATHSUB?

Richard

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