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Hi All, Most likely obvious, but I recently removed millions of records from some UNIDATA files, and I want to reclaim the disk space. In days of old, I would make a new version of the file that is empty, then copy the records into it -- then replace the old file with the new one. Is there a better way to do this now? I have a vauge memory of doing the copy from the ECL prompt, but I may have used Unibasic. I have a few files over 50GB that it would be nice to get the space back.  In reviewing the manuels, (HORRERS) it seems that REBUILD.FILE would basically do that. But I see no example of syntax. :FILE.STAT HISTORYFILE File name (Dynamic File)              = HISTORYFILENumber of groups in file (modulo)     = 36534Dynamic hashing, hash type            = 0Split/Merge type                      = KEYONLYBlock size                            = 16384File has 35382 groups in level one overflow.Number of

Working on a routine to take HTML input and convert HTML entities like < and &gt to their character equivalent.  However, HTML entities are case insensitive, so the input string might be <, <, &lT; or ≪.  Is there a clean way to search for < in the string without case sensitivity so the value can be replaced with "<"?

I have this phantom program that runs for a bit and then just stops functioning.  The program continues to run, but doesn't do what it's supposed to do and does not respond to any control inputs other than a Linux kill.  Seems to be caught in some kind of a dead loop.  There are no READU locks preventing the program from running, it just ... doesn't do anything after it's been running for a while. Is there any way to connect the Unidata debugger to the phantom to evaluate variables or step through the program?

hello, I try to call a method which is into a module which is into a package.  on py I do : from package.subpackage import {*|module}  Is there a syntax to do it with PyCallFunction('package.subpackage.module',mth,xx) or PyImport('package.subpacakge.module') ??  thanks for any help------------------------------Manu Fernandes------------------------------

I have installed BDT 4.5.0 on my Windows 10 laptop. I'm connecting to UV 11.3.4 on RHEL 8.8. I get errors trying to connect. So the question is: Do I have to give the unirpc process access to write to my VOC file? We just installed 11.3.4 on our server. What updates are needed? What sequential file failed to open (guessing it was a log file of some sort). If anyone can point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated.

hi, when I use PyCallMethod or PyCallFunction, the result is typed by python. uvPythons doc talk about PYOBJECT. so, how can we define if pyCall return a PYOBJECT or a string/number usable in basic ?  Actually, I perform a pyCallMethod(builtins,'str',myvariable)  Is there a better method ?  manythanks. ------------------------------Manu Fernandes------------------------------

hi u2python's guru, I run a problem to adress 4 different python on the same machine.  1/ from bash /usr/bin/python (2.6.6)  sys.prefix='/usr' sys.path=['', '/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/'........., '/usr/lib64/python2.6', '.....] 2/ from bash /usr/local/bin/python3 (3.6.4) sys.prefix = '/usr/local' sys.path=['', '/usr/local/lib/python36.zip', '/usr/local/lib/python3.6', '/usr/local/lib/python3.6/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages'] 3/ from bash /data/uvdb/uv/python/bin/python3 (3.4.5) sys.prefix='/usr' sys.path = ['', '/usr/lib64/python34.zip', '/usr/lib64/python3.4', '/usr/lib64/python3.4/plat-linux', '/usr/lib64/python3.4/lib-dynload', '/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages', '/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages'] 4/ from uvshell /data/uvdb/uv/bin/uv > python&

Hey, wondering if anyone is successfully connecting to Uniobjects on a Linux server (a recent Redhat release), using AD authentication?  I'm working with a customer that does not want to use any local accounts at all to connect to Unidata (i.e. the accounts should not be in /etc/passwd or added locally with useradd, they must be AD accounts).  I'm not sure if uniobjects uses PAM and can do that kind of auth. If you are using AD auth with Uniobjects, is the account you're using allowed to login to the server via ssh?  That's the second requirement - they don't want someone with a service account password using it to login.  I know on windows, Uniobjects requires the account to have the "log on locally" privilege. Grateful to hear of anyone's experiences with this (especially if it's a positive "yes it works!") or pointers to docs I may have missed :-)------------------------------Ian McGowanPrincipal ConsultantRocket Forum Shared Accoun

Hello to all, I hope I find you all well.  Before I open a ticket or something ..... We have (a bunch) of U2 installs in AWS EC2 , and once in a while (that is a lot since there are a lot of servers) ,  U2 decides the lic. is no longer valid .... this happens no matter the linux flavor....  we have to re-enter lic detalis and re-activate .....  no instace type change is required to happen , to suffer this fate  any ideas or insights ?  regards, David. ------------------------------David Ricardo Lopez BonaecheaDirector of Software StrategyQuiter Servicios Informaticos SLSantander ES------------------------------

I'm pleased to announce the release of MultiValue Integration Server (MVIS)  1.3.3.0. MVIS 1.3.3 is the third maintenance release in the last 18 months. Some of the key highlights in 1.3.3 are: Java 11 support - MVIS now supports Java 11 in addition to Java 8. Support for user defined topic prefixes on Azure service bus - This enhancement provides a way to support multiple mvis/admin pairs on a containerized installation of MVIS, reducing the cost of deployment on Azure (since it removes the requirement for one service bus per MVIS instance). Su

One of my customers has declared end-of-life on their Windows 2012 server upon which we have run 11.3.1 for 10 years or so.?? The new server will be Windows 2022.?? 11.3.1 is not listed as certified for 2022 server.?? Can I have the IT department move our 11.3.1 system to the 2022 server and then install the 11.3.5 to which we are upgrading while we continue to operate on the old server??? Will programs have to be recompiled and recataloged on the new server or will the map still be valid??? Has an upgraded python been included with the UniVerse download and will it be added or replace the current python?Thanks,Dale

hi folks, I hope someone can help me.  First, I want to add pypi.org packages /modules and have it available to import on script.py executed from RUNPY or BASIC py function. How to do it fom within  Universe ?  Second, I want to distribute our own modules with my basic application. (It's a type19 file (directory) with .py files, each one is a 'module'.) how to deploy it into u2python ?  many thanks------------------------------Manu Fernandes------------------------------

Hi, I am trying to build a JSON object using UDO functions. How do I format numeric values to display 2 decimal values, by default the output is either an integer or 6 decimals. Below is a snippet of test code and the output generated:          name = "capitalBalance"      value = 672.500      OBJNAME = udoHeaderData      GOSUB BUILD_JSON_OBJECT            name = "amountAvailable"      value = "617.00"      OBJNAME = udoHeaderData      GOSUB BUILD_JSON_OBJECT            name = "arrears"

in my phantom log  I saw the msg  cp: failed to close (specific file name), I looked at the file checked permissions and  everything looked good. In the program it processed all of the previous files with no errors. the last for file showed these errors. the programs are running on 15 different server and none of the other servers have this issue. comments? help? Thanks, Theo

Hi All -  I just found on our system that exiting a program does not clear an active select list. Im unsure if this is universe specific as I did not have to clear select buffers in Unidata, but this has shown to be an issue here. There is a basic CLEARSELECT statement just as there is at TCL. Is that a standard for anyone running Universe? To use CLEARSELECT in your programs? Do you use it generically when entering or exiting a program?  And now that I've seen this - what other pieces should I be on the lookout for that are saved between programs by user? Obviously named commons and passed variables but...any like this savedlist that might not be obvious? Lastly, is there an alternative to changing the code? Like an option I could set at tcl or in code that clears the buffers when exiting a program? Thanks!------------------------------Kathleen HambrickProgrammer at Colwell------------------------------

Hi everyone, Does anyone know how to make the "Universe Telnet Service" that runs on our IBS Application server, to only use 128bitblock Ciphers, and disable the other lower 64bit block ciphers? The service listens on port 992. The problem is that our Qualys VUN scanning tool is picking up that port 992 is a security risk againstBirthday attacks against TLS ciphers with 64bit block size vulnerability (Sweet32) and goes on to say"Disable and stop using DES, 3DES, IDEA or RC2 ciphers.  We believe that the "Universe Telnet Service" uses OpenSSL that offers out these lower level ciphers, but we have no idea how to to best address this sothat the only ciphers used are 128-bit or higher ciphers. We are waiting on our third party support to get back to us as they have opened a ticket today. Current version of OpenSSL is OpenSSL 1.0.2m-fips  2 Nov 2017, though "Programs and Features" is saying OpenSSL 1.1.1k (64-bit) was installed on March 2021.

All, I use chatGPT+. I asked it to write a multivalue basic program to calculate a loan payment. This is the result. 0001: PROGRAM LoanPayment0002: PRINT "Enter the loan amount: ";0003: INPUT LoanAmount0004: PRINT "Enter the annual interest rate (as a percentage): ";0005: INPUT AnnualInterestRate0006: PRINT "Enter the loan term in years: ";0007: INPUT LoanTerm0008:0009: MonthlyInterestRate = (AnnualInterestRate / 100) / 120010: NumberOfPayments = LoanTerm * 120011:0012: IF MonthlyInterestRate = 0 THEN0013:    MonthlyPayment = LoanAmount / NumberOfPayments0014: ELSE0015:    MonthlyPayment = LoanAmount * MonthlyInterestRate * (1 + MonthlyInterestRate) ^ NumberOfPayments / ((1 + MonthlyInterestRate) ^ NumberOfPayments - 1)0016: END0017:0018: PRINT "Monthly payment: ", MonthlyPayment 'R2'0019: END It took a bit of cajoling but within three corrections this was

hello,  when we define a function like  def funcname(a,b,c); return (a * b + c) Can we use keyword argument syntax when calling a method/function ?  like PyCallFunction("module","funcname",a=1,c=2,b=3)   or is it mandatory to use positional argument ? PyCallFunction("module","funcname",1, 3, 2) ?  many thanks------------------------------Manu Fernandes------------------------------

    Key Takeaways:Do not use dimensioned redimensionable-array elements for EXECUTE variable targets for CAPTURING, RTNLIST and SETTING and variable sources for PASSLIST.The areas of concern:1. Information style redimensionable arrays may change size in the executed program.2. Arrays of either flavor compute to a temporary in a PASSLIST that gets overwritten by constructing the command string in a concatenation. This UniVerse bug results in the command string passed to the command as the select list.  Environment:UniVerse 11.3.1.6022Fedora Linux UniVerse supports two kinds of array.  Pick sytle arrays have fixed dimensions at compile time. Each element of the array takes one VARTAB (variable table) slot. VARTAB uses an unsigned short for an index which limits the total number of slots in a compilation unit, program or subroutine, to 64K elements. (This limits an array to a maximum of 64K elements.) Information sty

I get a lot of survey's everyday. I have received several from Rocket Software on what I would like to see as Enhancements to UniVerse in particular, but multivalue in general. I thought I would toss this our for discussion with the forum members. Any thoughts?Multivalue Enhancements Better overall performance Multithread using data reader/data writer Compile into IL that can be optimized on a given architecture (ECMA 335) Improve connection to alternate database types SQL No-SQL OS Independent OpenQM data type validation, better data cleansing Improve database mirroring Improve Transaction processing Improve Publisher/Subscriber performance Better use of improved system resources Configuration Expert System, Machine Learning Better development environment Visual Code

I have a Python script that uploads a program and tries to compile it. But every time it compile my program errors because we use Pick.  Can we set up some options so the command executes using Pick flavor?  I already tried setting the TCLTYPE before running the command, but it doesn't work. Connection establisheddone readingfile uploaded Compiling Unibasic: TESTPROGRAM in mode 'u'.main program: syntax error at or before<line 2578>       READSELECT NH ELSE HN.RECS = ""            -----------------------^Expecting: =,:,+,-,*,/,[,< Any suggestions?  Thanks in advance

Last year, having switched back from Unidata to Universe, you all helped me with simple triggers - which on universe are made as file indexes. Now I am trying to apply that to a NEXT.ID but it's stored in a DICT, not uncommon for PICK. Trying to make an index on a dict, however, didn't work. >CREATE.INDEX DICT KHTEST TRIGGER   Only records of type A, D, I or S allowed! I know this trigger works as I had applied it to the data portion originally. Ideas, suggestions, thoughts? Thanks------------------------------Kathleen HambrickProgrammer at Colwell------------------------------

Hello to all !!!!  THere is always a first time ..... what the heck is this ???  RESIZE: FL_GRPRESIZ bit was set on group 0.  Not resizing file. Thanks to all in advance  ------------------------------David Ricardo Lopez BonaecheaDirector of Software StrategyQuiter Servicios Informaticos SLSantander ES------------------------------

There are two truths I live by - Never start a land war in Africa and PICK (English, retrieve) is HORRIBLE at creating reports! Having moved into a position at a company using Universe, they somehow didn't know that they need a report writer package and have been coding Excel reports through FTD. This is very time consuming and not particularly good at reports. In the past I have used Crystal reports, PHP, ODBC, etc.  Can I get you alls opinion what is the most straightforward, most robust report writer out of Universe (PICK)? Ideally one not overly expensive ;) Thanks! Kathleen------------------------------Kathleen HambrickProgrammer at Colwell------------------------------

I've overcome most of the issues discussed earlier in the following two threads.  The background there may help in addressing this question.Rocket U2 | UniVerse & UniData Rocketsoftware remove preview