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My customer, UniVerse 13.5, is running on Nashville Metro Government's internal cloud.  The network security is so restrictive that it is difficult to get work done for the customer.  I have requested information from the "mypickcloud" website but have received no response.  Does anyone know if that cloud still exists and if so how to contact them.  If they do not exist does anyone have recomendations on other clouds where UniVerse could reside?  I have looked at AWS website and am buffaloed by the complexity of their options.  I would simply want to move my customer's system and data to a cloud server for day-to-day operations. Dale

The Rocket® MV team is pleased to announce the availability of UniObjects for Python (UOPY) v1.4.0 on January 22nd,  2025. UniObjects for Python offers a wide range of benefits including: An open and extensible UniObjects client Remote access to MV servers in Python, great for developers who aren't familiar with BASIC Full stack development in Python: from web server (UOPY) to database backend (U2py) Ability to leverage the Python ecosystem including many 3rd party libraries Rapid application development UOPY v 1.4.0 enhancements and bug fixes: Enhancements Certification of UOPY on Python odd version numbers (3.9, 3.11 and 3.13) and paper certified UOPY on Python even version numbers (3.10, 3.12). Introduction of the ClearPool functionality in UOPY to facilitate the termination of all open pool connections. This functionality uses the closeAllCPSessions() method, to close down all open sessions in the UV server spawned by UOPY. Bug Fixes  Support for MVIS Connection Using UniOb

The python 'dict' object is ubiquitous when interacting with python modules, functions and classes. The process to create a python DICT object using the U2 BASIC Python API is, well, interesting: Create a LIST containing just the 'name' and 'value' for the DICT entry Create a TUPLE from the list Append the TUPLE to another LIST that will be used to create the DICT When the LIST of TUPLE objects is completed, create a DICT using the LIST of TUPLES This all works ok for strings and numbers, but I cannot get a boolean True or False value to use in the tuple. I either get an integer value of 1, or 'None'. This is the code I have tested so far, trying to get a python True object/value: ** Attempting to create a python True object using the PyBASIC API pmo.BUILTINS = PyImport("builtins")if len(@PYEXCEPTIONTYPE) then gosub PY.BADNESS * Using CallMethod to run the "bool(x)" commandtest1 = PyCallMethod( pmo.BUILTINS, "bool", (-1))rslt = PyCallMethod( pmo.BUILTINS, "print", 'test1', test1) *

Hi Expert, I am new to U2 and the EDA Schema Manager tool. I am trying to import data from U2 files into a SQL table using EDA. I have successfully created an ODBC DSN connection and installed the EDA. Additionally, I connected to the U2 server and can see the schema files. However, I am encountering issues with the EDA Source connection.  I correctly created the connection, but when I validated it, I received different error messages each time. Here are the error details: 1. EDA license not authorized.2. Map Schema __CURRENT_MAP_SCHEMA__ failed on lex check.3. Could not write the data source (Connection Name) on Server (U2Server). Could you please advise on the reasons for these errors? Is it a license issue, and if so, how do I obtain a license? Or could it be a configuration issue? I would appreciate your help. Thank you! ------------------------------Marimuthu kalyanasundaramMRRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

After being unsuccessful installing the server side of AccuTerm 8 either from my Cisco VPN connection or from a local to the network workstation, Metro's IT department suggested that I install the AccuTerm client onto the server and try the "install server" step from there.  The results have been pretty much identical.  I have copied some screenshots below.  The process has completed only the establishment of the FTBP directory and the installation of FTPBPINST into that directory.  This leaves me with three questions:  Has anyone been successful in installing the server side of AccuTerm on a windows, (2022) server?  Is the windows server just not possible?  Is there a manual step by step process that I can follow to make this installation?  I sure would appreciate some help. Dale Thanks

We are excited to announce the release of U2 Toolkit for .NET v2.2.3 on Thursday, December 16th. U2 Toolkit for .NET version 2.2.3 is a Provider release which provides a comprehensive ADO.NET provider, LINQ to Entity provider, and the native UniObjects for .NET API for the U2 databases. U2 Toolkit for .NET is optimized for connection performance to UniData or UniVerse. The U2 Toolkit for .NET Provider is a suite of data-access technologies that are included in the .NET Framework class libraries.U2Toolkit for .NET v2.2.3 enhancements include: Support for .NET Standard 2.0 making the U2 Toolkit for .NET Provider compatible with .NET Framework 4.8, .NET Core 3.0, and .NET 5 Support for Visual Studio 2019 providing support with for .NET Framework 4.6.1 and later Additionally, v2.2.3 includes 19 bug fixes as well as 3 other enhancements.U2 Toolkit for .NET is a free tool now available through Rocket Business Connect (RBC).  ------------------------------Christine RizzaMV Product ManagerR

After I converted to Windows 11, FT.IMPORT now hangs after the message "Converting spreadsheet.xlsx from Excel format for upload...".  I use this program constantly.  I'm also having some freezing issues when I use subroutines that show a GUI window.  I found the thread "Accuterm GUI lockup on windows 11" which strongly suggests upgrading to at least 8.0.1123 or 8.0.1127 as those versions have fixed some Windows 11 problems.  I currently have version 8.0.1023.  Is it likely that upgrading would solve the FTIMPORT problem too?------------------------------Steve HenkelDirector of ISRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

I posted something similar to this in this thread: Rocket U2 | UniVerse & UniData Rocketsoftware remove preview Rocket U2 | UniVerse & UniData Hi allI have some problems when connecting to servers using uopy, as the PATH variable is wrong.From the terminal console:>SH -c "echo $PATH"/usr/local/bin:/usr View this on Rocketsoftware > I have a variable defined in /etc/environment: [hcortiguera@catalogo20 ~]$ cat /etc/environmentOPENAI_API_KEY=MY_API_KEY I can read it from command-line Python: [hcortiguera@catalogo20 ~]$ /u2/uv/python/bin/python3Python 3.9.2 (default, Jun 15 2021, 01:30:50)[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36)] on linuxType "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> import os>>> os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']'MY_API_KEY' But I can't read it when I call Python from BASIC NOMBRE.VAR.ENTORNO='OPENAI_API_KEY' NOMBRE.SCRIPT='consultaVariableEntorno'NOMBRE.FUNCION='get_var_entorno' RESPUEST

We're looking to upgrade to jBASE 6.2.1.1 but ran into a problem with printed output.  I believe I can solve this problem using SP-TRANSLATE.  Is there documentation more specific than what I could find on the website?  I would like details how to create the translation table and where it should be stored.  Thanks. Jim Edwards------------------------------Jim EdwardsIT ManagerPlimpton & HillsMeriden CT US------------------------------

Hi, Does Unidata 8.3.1 or greater support TLS 1.3 protocol, I understand it support TLS 1.2. Thanks ------------------------------[Darren] [Johnson] [Australia][Snr Dev Engineer]------------------------------

While developing an app using OpenInsight for MV (in this case Universe) from Revelation Software Bob Carten at Revelation suggested using commuter modules to manage I Descriptors that use the SUBR call.  (Note that this approach can be used without Revelation - it just happens to be my first use-case).  To establish a convention, each MV table that uses a commuter has a subroutine in the program file that starts with "I_" for I Descriptor.  That way you can see all of these commuters grouped together when listing them.  In this example, the MV Table in Universe is called "BOOKABLE", so the commuter subroutine is named "I_BOOKABLE" and in this example we will be using the dictionary entry "DESCRIPTION" and these are the first 5 lines of that DICT: >ED DICT BOOKABLE DESCRIPTIONThis is a Type "I" Descriptor last compi20 lines long. ----: L50001: I0002: SUBR("I_BOOKABLE","DESCRIPTION")0003:0004:0005: 20L And this is the subroutine I_BOOKABLE SUBROUTINE I_BOOKABLE(RESULT,DICT_ID)*******

Looking for a solution/trick/etc... for the following scenario: We're running a UniVerse 10.1.22 application on AIX 5.3.0. But want to offload a certain module for real-time processing to a new Centos Stream server on a VMware platform running UniVerse 14.1.1. The plan is to have the "core " files needed  NFS mounted and exported to the other server. So that they are viewed as local files to UniVerse and the rest of the application. To move the data, I've been using rsync and planned  to continue using it to keep the Centos server data current, for my purposes it was very efficient. The problem is each time the data is synced, I have to perform a "fnuxi" on the data to perform the byte-swap. Any alternatives to doing this fnuxi each time data is synced ? Is there a certain File type I can use (Type 1 or 19) to avoid this ? Regards, Algis Zyle ------------------------------Al ZyleSenior PICK Developer/ConsultantRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

We are running UV11.3.1 ( Pick Format ) on AIX 7200-05-08-2420  Yesterday, we started getting reports from the call centers about user's sessions freezing up. Normally, our first thought when this happens is a record lock of some kind.  If we tried to log into the application, we got to the login prompt and were able to authenticate. But once we successfully entered our userid/password to get into the application the session would hang.  We create thousands of uniobjects connections to the DB throughout the day from our web sites and IVR, and these were timing out. Unable to read data from the transport connection: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.[IBM U2][UODOTNET - UNIRPC][ErrorCode=81009] The RPC failed UniVerse itself was running fine. I could start new sessions and as long as I stayed on the UV account ( bypassing the application log

We are aware of problems with the jBASE 5.8, 5.9, and 6.1 documentation libraries that prevent some topics from being displayed. We are working with the portal vendor and our team to correct the issues as soon as possible. The work around is to use the documentation in the restructured jBASE 6.2 publications, which do not have the same problem as the older versions.  We added an announcement banner about this at the top of the documentation portal as well. We apologize for the inconvenience and will work to resolve the issues as soon as possible.  Thanks for your patience. ------------------------------Kevin KUHNSDirector, Information DevelopmentRocket Internal - All BrandsWest Lafayette IN US------------------------------

I have a customer who is attempting to setup a Fedex machine, connecting it to Unidata to transfer data.  The same ODBC driver works perfectly on another system.  On this system, we get odd errors and I have zero clue how to research them. For example: DataSource.Error: ODBC: ERROR [SICOO] [Rocket U2][U2ODBC][1801668]Error ID:33 Severity: ERROR Facility: DBCAPERR - The UV/ODBC server or the underlyingdatabase do not provide the requested feature.Details:DataSourceKind=OdbcDataSourcePath=dsn=upsodbc This happened when attempting to retrieve data through the 32-bit ODBC connector using a 32-bit Excel.  It was able to authenticate and return a list of table names, but when attempting to view the fields inside of the tables, this was the error.

Universe 11.3.1 running on AIX We use a sequentil file (0 bytes) "FLAG FILE" to indicate when a remote system has completed the build of a data file on the primary system.  A program on the primary  system trys to open the file, and loops until it is found (and can then start processing). Since this 'FLAG FILE" is not in the VOC, I can OPENSEQ it just fine.  But, I have not successfully found a good way to delete it. Of couse, I can execute a Unix script that will "rm" it, but I would rather do it within the UniVerse Basic program if possible.  (A DELETESEQ would be a good command, but it does not exist.)  Suggestions?------------------------------Nelson SchrothpresidentC3CompleteShop LLCHarrison OH US------------------------------

Hi, I'm Chase. I'm a Technical Recruiter for a company called The Guitar Center. You may have heard of us, been to one of our stores, bought some awesome gear from us, etc.  We're hiring for a Senior Retail Applications Engineer on a full-time, W2 basis (salaried + full benefits). I'm including the link to the job description here.  If you're interested in exploring this, let's talk! Some of the must haves for the role are hands on experience with (Rocket D3, UniData, UniVerse, QM) and Pick Basic/UniBasic) programming. In sum, we're looking for engineers who have experience working with Multivalue technologies in both development and maintenance contexts.  Interested? Shoot me an email to chase.tenen@guitarcenter.com. I'm not a robot, here's my LinkedIn.------------------------------Chase TenenSenior Corporate Recruiter, Technology - The Guitar CenterRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

Hi, I'm Chase. I'm a Technical Recruiter for a company called The Guitar Center. You may have heard of us, been to one of our stores, bought some awesome gear from us, etc.  We're hiring for a Senior Retail Applications Engineer on a full-time, W2 basis (salaried + full benefits). I'm including the link to the job description here.  If you're interested in exploring this, let's talk! Some of the must haves for the role are hands on experience with (Rocket D3, UniData, UniVerse, QM) and Pick Basic/UniBasic) programming. In sum, we're looking for engineers who have experience working with Multivalue technologies in both development and maintenance contexts.  Interested? Shoot me an email to chase.tenen@guitarcenter.com. I'm not a robot, here's my LinkedIn.------------------------------Chase TenenSenior Corporate Recruiter, Technology - The Guitar CenterRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

Hi, I'm Chase. I'm a Technical Recruiter for a company called The Guitar Center. You may have heard of us, been to one of our stores, bought some awesome gear from us, etc.  We're hiring for a Senior Retail Applications Engineer on a full-time, W2 basis (salaried + full benefits). I'm including the link to the job description here.  If you're interested in exploring this, let's talk! Some of the must haves for the role are hands on experience with (Rocket D3, UniData, UniVerse, QM) and Pick Basic/UniBasic) programming. In sum, we're looking for engineers who have experience working with Multivalue technologies in both development and maintenance contexts.  Interested? Shoot me an email to chase.tenen@guitarcenter.com. I'm not a robot, here's my LinkedIn.------------------------------Chase TenenSenior Corporate Recruiter, Technology - The Guitar CenterRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

Hi, one of the fun things to do with source code these days is to put it into version control. VS Code makes that easy. One of the biggest version control repositories is GitHub. However, MV basic languages languish in there as unidentified soup. eg the Rocket multivalue-lab home tab language break-down mentions not a jot of MV basic of any flavour. Linguist is the community project which supplies language syntax and ID for GitHub. Its grammar is very close to VS Code's (and the syntax part of the definitions can be controlled by Rocket corporate). Could it be possible Rocket will, one day soon, provide the Linguist definition for some or all of the MV basic flavours? Cheers.

I have a problem with control characters in records. Particularly LF, CR and TAB. Is there a way to find records that contain them? LF messes with any statements I have tried in UniVerse SQL and TCL.------------------------------Greg ClitheroeRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

I'm attempting to use UCI with a CALL() statement to write a record in Universe, but my passed argument gets an "Invalid data type" during subroutine execution: ./sql -c 1 "CALL INTERCALL.LOG.COMMENT ('S2734042','1','MTAWEB','This is a test')"PRINT RESULTS:Program "OE.ADD.COMMENT": Line 81, Improper data type. The indicated line in the subroutine is simply a READV call with the second argument to the passed value:READV LED12 FROM LEDFILE,OID,12 ELSE LED12 = '' My called subroutine simply calls OE.ADD.COMMENT, reorienting the arguments.  After getting this error, I thought that perhaps calling ICONV or OCONV on the passed argument might help to convert it to an acceptable data type, but to no avail.  I also checked the values with PRINT and verified that the values are indeed getting passed (so another error didn't cause them to be NULL). The only thing I can think of at this point is that the arguments are tainted, and the use is restricted.------------------------------Tilghman Lesher

Hi, We are exploring the option of outsourcing our Unidata support and are looking for recommendations for reliable companies that specialize in this service. If you know of any companies with a strong track record in providing Unidata support, we'd greatly appreciate it if you could share their details. Thanks in advance for your help! MT------------------------------Minh TranRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

Is there a document somewhere that lists Unidata limitations?  i.e. longest TCL command line, maximum number of indexes, maximum memory per process, that sort of thing?

Looking for other users of Print Wizard to discuss options going forward as Print Wizard future is uncertain.  We use print wizard in most all of our end user installations and depend on it for several of its features.------------------------------Keith GrillPresidentDBMS IncShreveport LA USkeith@dbmsinc.com------------------------------