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Universe 11.3.1,  AIX 7200-05-11-2546We noticed when comparing very large numbers they don’t correctly evaluate to not equal. Specifically, if two variables are over 17 characters in length and they don’t match correctly. See the below sample program and its output. The (X NE Y) does not evaluate to true until the length of the strings are 17 characters even though the variables are never equal. Does anyone know what is causing this to happen?  X = '0587634906513946593645'Y = '0587634906513946593646' FOR Z = 1 TO 8  CRT X, Y, (X NE Y),LEN(X)  STRLN = LEN(X)  X = RIGHT(X,STRLN-1)  Y = RIGHT(Y,STRLN-1)NEXT ZOutput:0587634906513946593645        0587634906513946593646        0         22        587634906513946593645         587634906513946593646         0         21        87634906513946593645          87634906513946593646          0         20        7634906513946593645 7634906513946593646 0         19                            634906513946593645  634906513946593646  0         18        

A recent client asked how we produce different type documents within in the Universe/Unidata database. There is no Rocket Software product that does that I am aware of. Using a Eclipse open-source product called BIRT with a Universe/Unidata ODA interface you can produce all of those types and more. So, am I right about no Rocket Software product that creates reports in different formats?

I can’t remember the initiation command to use instead of “uv” to enable multiple concurrent sessions.  Can someone help me?Thanks, Dale

Greetings, Rocketeers!How can I accomplish moving BASIC source code from a production environment to a development environment?…THX!~Doc

Is anyone using Python within UniVerse to format data (.xlsx) that will be used as an email attachment?

We are validating our software package will run on UV version 14.2.1 and noticed the TCL UNLOCK command has been changed since version 11.3.1. UNLOCK ALL is no longer valid and the command will not unlock some record locks. For example: UNLOCK PID 9312 FILE D:\IBM\ACCOUNTS\BRIDGETON\SFH.CONTROL RECORD SFH@BRIDGETON Does not release the lock: 06 LIST.READU DETAILSActive Locks:Device.... Inode.... FileName. UsrNo Pid.... LoginId ItemId... M LockTime.......1680857659 562949953428398 D:\IBM\ACCOUNTS\DDICLOUD\SFH.CONTROL -26 7636 ddiadmin SFH.CLEANUP@DDICLOUD X Wed Jun 17 23:18:54 20261680857659 562949953433153 D:\IBM\ACCOUNTS\BRIDGETON\SFH.CONTROL -24 9312 ddiadmin SFH@BRIDGETON X Thu Jun 18 14:14:34 2026 Any insights on:How to release all locks? Why the SFH@BRIDGETON lock is not released? Any other UNLOCK gotchas in version 14.2.1 v 11.3.1?Thanks in advance.

In MvBase, there was a TCL command called “FIND”. This was a great utility. It allowed you locate a string in every record in the specific file.It would then give the user the chance to save the found record ID’s to a select list Is there are equivalent function or add-on in UniVerse?

I am looking to move our clients over to UniVerse, but I am curious to know if UniVerse is fully multicore/multithreaded? 

I’m trying to use CONVERT.SQL on an a very old Unidata system on HPUX. I’m getting this error message. Can someone tell me what may have been removed from the VOC years ago?  Other SQL commands seem to be OK, for now.  :CONVERT.SQL PETERdefault name length 30 is used'__V__VIEW' does not exist in VOC file.Open view file error

We run GUIDEs every night around 1:00 AM.  On Sunday, one of our files, SODEL, suddenly had thousands of errors on an indexed field (SCHED.DT).  I doubt there were any changes to the file since Friday and we had no errors before.  I pulled up several of the noted records in the editor, went into up-arrow mode, but did not see any errors, control characters, etc. in the data.In a copy of our LIVE account, called MIDNIGHT (a copy of LIVE created ad midnight), and typecat GUIDE_XERROR.LIS | morewe see this:This goes on and on, possibly for all 500K records.  The GUIDE_XERROR.LIS file is huge, over 22 megs.From within UniData, if I type “SSELECT SODEL BY F4”, I get:I get this for a bunch of records (maybe every record).  If I edit the SODELs, none have any escape characters, so what is this error trying to tell me?This is followed by: The keys to the SODEL all look correct.I build a new file called SODEL.JRI and from the command line, copied all the records to this new file.  It has the sa

Hi,Using VS Code and extension Rocket MV BASIC 2.7.0 is connecting 100% to my UniData account version 8.3. But as soon as I go to any version higher then Rocket MV BASIC 2.7.0 I get a error Account Not Found from MV BASIC. The config files have not change between the versions. Is there anything I need to do with the UniData Account to support a higher version of Rocket MV BASIC?

Greetings all!Looking for anyone who can weigh in on their experience with Rocket’s Aldon LM?  Currently on Universe 11, needing source control and just learning of LM’s existence.Many THX!~Doc 

We are in the process of upgrading from Unidata 8.2.4 to 8.3.2.  While the OpenSSL bundled with Unidata has upgraded from v1 to v3 as part of this upgrade, the OpenSSL 3 is still showing vulnerabilities as part  of our vulnerability scanningOur security team are asking if its possible for Unidata to use the version of OpenSSL thats installed as part of the Red Hat Linux and kept up to date via patching.Is this possible?  Is it a god/bad idea?  Is there a clear process for doing this?

I’m attempting to load Universe 10.2 (yeah, I know it’s old) on a Windows 11 Pro platform.  I’m getting a load error: “Could not load UniVerse DLL D:\IBM\UV\BIN\universe.dll”.  Has anyone had any success in loading this releases on Windows 11, or have found a work around for it? (beside upgrading..lol)Thank you all in advance..Mark Warner

i will have to upgrade a universe server and a unidata server in the coming year. i thought why are we running both. when i upgrade the unidata server should i convert it to universe. is it more work than doing the upgrade itself. if so how much more work.

Are there any TCL/command line tools for updating Unidata ODBC configuration ala VSG?  

Well, don’t know how it happened but somehow the ODBC configuration for one of customer accounts has been damaged and they want to restore it to what it was yesterday.  What files need to be restored to get this repaired?

It used to be the VSG, then the MDM, and I can’t find the MDM anywhere these days. What do y’all use for mapping Unidata tables to ODBC?

We are a rather large implementation of Universe 11.3.1 (originally created in the mid-80s as a PI install and migrated to PI Open to Universe over the years).   We have 3 application developers but do not have a traditional UV admin (we don’t modify the uvconfig parameters at all).  The system just seems to run itself.  I have read through Tech Specs & Release Notes but have not found alot of detail on how to or what to look out for.Does anyone have experience in going from 11 to 14?  Any advice or detailed check list?Thank you!

in Basic.  I have a program which calls a RESTApi and returns results and puts it into a txt file.   When I read the test file with another basic program, an INDEX funtion that I need to perform doesn't appear to work (returns zero).  When I put the file contents into a basic variable, the INDEX function works correctly.   I’ve looked at the file for special or non-printable characters which might cause the INDEX function not to work, and the file itself is clean.  What if anything else can I try  (and I’ve tried a bunch)..

HiI’ve come across SYSTEM(49) in a program that I’ve been asked to update.It’s returning a ‘0’ but I don’t know what it is and the documentation I’ve seen does not say anything about SYSTEM(49).Can anyone help with this?Thanks. 

Does anyone have an accurate handle on how and when AUTOLOGOUT triggers?   The manual says….Use AUTOLOGOUT to enable or disable automatic logout. With AUTOLOGOUT enabled, UniVerse logs you out automatically if you have not pressed a key within a specified time.But I don’t believe that is accurate.   We’ve had some confusing results in testing.   A process on a loop with periodic TIMEDATE() displays (output only) does not trigger.  Similarly a loop process with no screen output but just a SLEEP X also does not trigger even in between loops before it goes back to sleep.So, we are trying to understand the actual nuts and bolts of how/when it triggers.   Thanks for any help.Steve DouglasVP Systems AdminMBMS, LLC

I’m told that universe support says: . ... they receive very few support cases related to NLS…There are a couple of possible reasons for this, one being that no-one actually uses it. We have code that supports some high-range ascii characters that would otherwise cause problems with the item storage but are looking to test a proper unicode solution. I really don’t want to be the first down this path ;-) Mike

I have a program that creates a Wintegrate pop-up window. Within this window, among other things, I place a picture in a specific location. Currently, the x/y coordinates used to place the picture are based solely on the window it’s self.Problem: the picture seems to move around if I resize and/or move the window. Or worse, if I move the program to a different computer.The solution that I am looking for, is a way to determine exactly what are the x/y coordinates of the upper/left corner of the window as compared to the full monitor screen. This would allow me to calculate exactly where I want to place the picture, within the window, no matter the size or location of said window on the monitor.

Hi all,I’ve been looking looking into what is involved in updating UD and UV systems.  The Universe 14.2.1 installation guide has a link for  the  “U2 Product Availability Matrix” -->  https://rbc.rocketsoftware.com/buildmatrix.asp  Unfortunately, this takes me to a dead-end with “This rbc.rocketsoftware.com page can’t be found”.  Where can I find this document?Thank you,Jonathan WellsAptron Corporation