Discussion:
Date entry field handling changes.
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Todd Roy
2013-09-19 18:23:35 UTC
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Hi all, on our old system, hp-ux 11.11 PA-RISC, engine 11.50.FC5
running 4gl version 7.50.FC1, when entering any date from the
input statement, one may omit the slashes (and even the century)
and the system will add the slashes and the century.

On our new system, hp-ux 11.31 running on itanium, 11.70,.FC7,
running 4gl version 7.50.FC6, trying the same thing just gives you
an "Error in field".

Does anybody have any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Todd
Art Kagel
2013-09-22 00:46:18 UTC
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Did you install the 4GL separately from the engine software (ie in a
different directory)? IB 11.50.FC4 or .FC5 was the last engine version
which was installation compatible with 4GL and ISQL.

Art


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On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Todd Roy <***@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all, on our old system, hp-ux 11.11 PA-RISC, engine 11.50.FC5
> running 4gl version 7.50.FC1, when entering any date from the
> input statement, one may omit the slashes (and even the century)
> and the system will add the slashes and the century.
>
> On our new system, hp-ux 11.31 running on itanium, 11.70,.FC7,
> running 4gl version 7.50.FC6, trying the same thing just gives you
> an "Error in field".
>
> Does anybody have any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Todd
>
>
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Todd Roy
2013-09-26 18:29:00 UTC
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Turns out that this *may* be a known defect with 7.50.FC6.
Somebody actually complained about this a year ago August on this
very list (but no resolution was posted).



From: ***@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 09:13:54 -0400
Subject: Re: Date entry field handling changes.
To: ***@hotmail.com

GLS is probably OK, but it can't hurt to call IBM support and ask...
Art
Art S. Kagel, Principal Consultant


Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)
Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/



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On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Todd Roy <***@hotmail.com> wrote:





What about the GLS of the engine? I'm reinstalling on our
development server now . I'll try it with the GLS but without
the CSDK.

Thanks,
Todd


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From: ***@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:49:46 -0400
Subject: Re: Date entry field handling changes.
To: ***@hotmail.com



OK, so, what they are saying is:
- You can install TOOLS (ie 4GL, & ISQL) in the same directory as a later version of the engine, as long as you install the version of the CSDK that was used to compile the TOOLS and do not install the CSDK that is installed by the engine's installer. You should install in the following order:




1) TOOLS2) CSDK 3) Engine without CSDK.
So, if your tools are the latest release they should have been compiles with CSDK v 3.70.xC4 and that is the CSDK you need to install. Your engine, v11.70.FC7 is OK if it is installed last, but the v3.70.FC7 of the CSDK you MUST not install for the tools to work correctly.




Now, if you do this, and you want the latest CSDK features in your ESQL/C applications (if you have any) then you will have to install the CSDK v3.70.FC7 in another directory and point your compile sessions for ESQL/C apps to that directory. Unless you compile those apps with -static you will also have to use the CSDK v370.FC7 directory as INFORMIXDIR at runtime for those ESQL/C apps.




Art
Art S. Kagel, Principal Consultant
Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)




Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/

Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.







On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Todd Roy <***@hotmail.com> wrote:







I did this: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21610322
but I have FC7....




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From: ***@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 20:46:18 -0400
Subject: Re: Date entry field handling changes.
To: ***@hotmail.com




CC: informix-***@iiug.org

Did you install the 4GL separately from the engine software (ie in a different directory)? IB 11.50.FC4 or .FC5 was the last engine version which was installation compatible with 4GL and ISQL.






Art
Art S. Kagel, Principal Consultant
Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)






Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/

Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.









On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Todd Roy <***@hotmail.com> wrote:









Hi all, on our old system, hp-ux 11.11 PA-RISC, engine 11.50.FC5
running 4gl version 7.50.FC1, when entering any date from the
input statement, one may omit the slashes (and even the century)






and the system will add the slashes and the century.

On our new system, hp-ux 11.31 running on itanium, 11.70,.FC7,
running 4gl version 7.50.FC6, trying the same thing just gives you
an "Error in field".







Does anybody have any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Todd



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Todd Roy
2013-09-27 22:22:08 UTC
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Tools version 7.50FC6X4 fixed us right.

-- todd --


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Subject: RE: Date entry field handling changes.
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:29:00 +0000




Turns out that this *may* be a known defect with 7.50.FC6.
Somebody actually complained about this a year ago August on this
very list (but no resolution was posted).



From: ***@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 09:13:54 -0400
Subject: Re: Date entry field handling changes.
To: ***@hotmail.com

GLS is probably OK, but it can't hurt to call IBM support and ask...
Art
Art S. Kagel, Principal Consultant


Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)
Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/



Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.





On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Todd Roy <***@hotmail.com> wrote:





What about the GLS of the engine? I'm reinstalling on our
development server now . I'll try it with the GLS but without
the CSDK.

Thanks,
Todd


Signature



From: ***@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:49:46 -0400
Subject: Re: Date entry field handling changes.
To: ***@hotmail.com



OK, so, what they are saying is:
- You can install TOOLS (ie 4GL, & ISQL) in the same directory as a later version of the engine, as long as you install the version of the CSDK that was used to compile the TOOLS and do not install the CSDK that is installed by the engine's installer. You should install in the following order:




1) TOOLS2) CSDK 3) Engine without CSDK.
So, if your tools are the latest release they should have been compiles with CSDK v 3.70.xC4 and that is the CSDK you need to install. Your engine, v11.70.FC7 is OK if it is installed last, but the v3.70.FC7 of the CSDK you MUST not install for the tools to work correctly.




Now, if you do this, and you want the latest CSDK features in your ESQL/C applications (if you have any) then you will have to install the CSDK v3.70.FC7 in another directory and point your compile sessions for ESQL/C apps to that directory. Unless you compile those apps with -static you will also have to use the CSDK v370.FC7 directory as INFORMIXDIR at runtime for those ESQL/C apps.




Art
Art S. Kagel, Principal Consultant
Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)




Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/

Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.







On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Todd Roy <***@hotmail.com> wrote:







I did this: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21610322
but I have FC7....




Signature

From: ***@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 20:46:18 -0400
Subject: Re: Date entry field handling changes.
To: ***@hotmail.com




CC: informix-***@iiug.org

Did you install the 4GL separately from the engine software (ie in a different directory)? IB 11.50.FC4 or .FC5 was the last engine version which was installation compatible with 4GL and ISQL.






Art
Art S. Kagel, Principal Consultant
Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)






Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/

Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.









On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Todd Roy <***@hotmail.com> wrote:









Hi all, on our old system, hp-ux 11.11 PA-RISC, engine 11.50.FC5
running 4gl version 7.50.FC1, when entering any date from the
input statement, one may omit the slashes (and even the century)






and the system will add the slashes and the century.

On our new system, hp-ux 11.31 running on itanium, 11.70,.FC7,
running 4gl version 7.50.FC6, trying the same thing just gives you
an "Error in field".







Does anybody have any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Todd



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Fernando Nunes
2013-09-27 23:05:07 UTC
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Almost certainly a bug.
Open a PMR. If it's what I'm thinking, there is a patch.
Possibly 7.50.FC5 will avoid that, but will get you into others. Should go
up, not down.
Regards



On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Todd Roy <***@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all, on our old system, hp-ux 11.11 PA-RISC, engine 11.50.FC5
> running 4gl version 7.50.FC1, when entering any date from the
> input statement, one may omit the slashes (and even the century)
> and the system will add the slashes and the century.
>
> On our new system, hp-ux 11.31 running on itanium, 11.70,.FC7,
> running 4gl version 7.50.FC6, trying the same thing just gives you
> an "Error in field".
>
> Does anybody have any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Todd
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Informix-list mailing list
> Informix-***@iiug.org
> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
>
>


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Fernando Nunes
2013-09-27 23:06:42 UTC
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I should have read the whole thread... :)
hmmm... x4? I thought it was x3... Need to check


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Todd Roy <***@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Tools version 7.50FC6X4 fixed us right.
>
> -- todd --
>
>
> Signature
>
> ------------------------------
> From: ***@hotmail.com
> To: ***@gmail.com; informix-***@iiug.org
> Subject: RE: Date entry field handling changes.
> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:29:00 +0000
>
>
> Turns out that this *may* be a known defect with 7.50.FC6.
> Somebody actually complained about this a year ago August on this
> very list (but no resolution was posted).
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: ***@gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 09:13:54 -0400
> Subject: Re: Date entry field handling changes.
> To: ***@hotmail.com
>
> GLS is probably OK, but it can't hurt to call IBM support and ask...
>
> Art
>
>
> Art S. Kagel, Principal Consultant
>
> Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)
> Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/
>
> Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions
> and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any
> other organization with which I am associated either explicitly,
> implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of
> other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor
> those of the entities themselves.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Todd Roy <***@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> What about the GLS of the engine? I'm reinstalling on our
> development server now . I'll try it with the GLS but without
> the CSDK.
>
> Thanks,
> Todd
>
>
> Signature
>
> ------------------------------
> From: ***@gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 23:49:46 -0400
> Subject: Re: Date entry field handling changes.
> To: ***@hotmail.com
>
> OK, so, what they are saying is:
> - You can install TOOLS (ie 4GL, & ISQL) in the same directory as a later
> version of the engine, as long as you install the version of the CSDK that
> was used to compile the TOOLS and do not install the CSDK that is installed
> by the engine's installer. You should install in the following order:
>
> 1) TOOLS
> 2) CSDK
> 3) Engine without CSDK.
>
> So, if your tools are the latest release they should have been compiles
> with CSDK v 3.70.xC4 and that is the CSDK you need to install. Your
> engine, v11.70.FC7 is OK if it is installed last, but the v3.70.FC7 of the
> CSDK you MUST not install for the tools to work correctly.
>
> Now, if you do this, and you want the latest CSDK features in your ESQL/C
> applications (if you have any) then you will have to install the CSDK
> v3.70.FC7 in another directory and point your compile sessions for ESQL/C
> apps to that directory. Unless you compile those apps with -static you
> will also have to use the CSDK v370.FC7 directory as INFORMIXDIR at runtime
> for those ESQL/C apps.
>
> Art
>
>
> Art S. Kagel, Principal Consultant
>
> Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)
> Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/
>
> Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions
> and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any
> other organization with which I am associated either explicitly,
> implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of
> other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor
> those of the entities themselves.
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Todd Roy <***@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I did this: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21610322
> but I have FC7....
>
>
>
> Signature
>
> ------------------------------
> From: ***@gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 20:46:18 -0400
> Subject: Re: Date entry field handling changes.
> To: ***@hotmail.com
> CC: informix-***@iiug.org
>
> Did you install the 4GL separately from the engine software (ie in a
> different directory)? IB 11.50.FC4 or .FC5 was the last engine version
> which was installation compatible with 4GL and ISQL.
>
> Art
>
>
> Art S. Kagel, Principal Consultant
>
> Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)
> Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/
>
> Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions
> and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any
> other organization with which I am associated either explicitly,
> implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of
> other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor
> those of the entities themselves.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Todd Roy <***@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all, on our old system, hp-ux 11.11 PA-RISC, engine 11.50.FC5
> running 4gl version 7.50.FC1, when entering any date from the
> input statement, one may omit the slashes (and even the century)
> and the system will add the slashes and the century.
>
> On our new system, hp-ux 11.31 running on itanium, 11.70,.FC7,
> running 4gl version 7.50.FC6, trying the same thing just gives you
> an "Error in field".
>
> Does anybody have any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Todd
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Informix-list mailing list
> Informix-***@iiug.org
> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
>
>
>
>
>
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>


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