Suprtool 5.5 for HP e3000: Change Notice
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1. and b wp If a lt gt b and b e c KSAM and If command For the last two production versions Suprtool was slowed down for reading of NM KSAM files if an IF command was specified due to a bug in MPE Suprtool now reads NM KSAM files in MR NOBUF mode again in all cases Suprtool 5 5 for HP e3000 Change Notice 11 Bugs Fixed Bugs Fixed In Suprtool 5 5 Ksam64 files Ksam64 files were not assumed to be Self describing like CM KSAM and KSAMXL files when it was the input file and had labels edit function The Sedit function did not work well with alpha based edit masks and if the target was greater than 32 characters Table File Data Load A warning will print if a non regular SD file is loaded into a Table with the data option The data is not loaded into the table Table File Data Lookup An error will print if an extract command attempts to reference data when loaded from table that in turn was loaded when using a non regular SD file such as KSAM XL KSAM64 and CM KSAM BTrees and Chain Due to an issue with Btrees Suprtool would incorrectly select records when doing an update or delete and if using chain with a btree index on a master dataset Bugs Fixed In Suprtool 5 4 01 Output Else Suprtool would not print a warning when output else was specified during a sort operation GET Command The Get command would get too many records if the dataset was a single chunk jumbo dataset Only Dbgeneral and dbschema2. Change Notice Enhancements in Previous Versions Introduction Suprtool is constantly being updated with new features ZonedFix STExport now has Set ZonedFix On this setting can be used to zero out any zoned fields that were unable to be converted from zoned to byte and typically have a in the result This is often caused by hidden characters or bad data stddate days a Suprtool now allows for the days function to be nested in the stddate function ext a Sstddate Sdays a 1 list xeq gt IN TEST GROUP ACCOUNT 0 gt OUT SNULL 0 A 20080319 TPI keys Suprtool now supports stand alone Zoned decimal TPI keys for Omnidex and Superdex Previously Suprtool only supported byte type keys Suprtool now supports stand alone Z type keys Suprtool s form command will show the keys that it can support via the chain command The length of a key is returned by dbinfo 833 and Suprtool will report in the form command the length of a stand alone key SI PRODUCT NO is the path that is now supported Superdex has a variable that impacts the length that is returned for a given key and that is SICOGNOS Suprtool will account for the length difference on the chain command but will show the unadjusted length Normally Superdexs dbinfo 833 would show a length of 12 for a Zoned decimal tpi key with a length of 8 if SICOGNOS is set to 1 then Superdex will return 8 Suprtool 5 5 for HP e3000 Change Notice 9 form d in
3. Suprtool 5 5 for HP e3000 Change Notice by Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Program and manual copyright O 1981 2012 Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Permission is granted to reprint this document but not for profit provided that copyright notice is given Qedit and Suprtool are trademarks of Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Oracle is a trademark of Oracle Corporation Redwood City California USA Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners can robelle solutions technology Robelle Solutions Technology Inc Suite 372 7360 137 Street Surrey BC Canada V3W 1A3 Phone 604 501 2001 Fax 604 501 2003 E mail sales robelle com E mail support robelle com Web www robelle com Contents Table of Contents Introducing Suprtool Version 5 5 Inn I E E i Highlights in Suprtool 5 5 essent nennen nennen Highlights in Suprtool 5 4 nennen nennen Known Problems nete terere er eR ertet ERR Te eee S eee Eee S i Compatibility eterne En e RE Herencia CPU Serial Number and CPU Name HPSUSAN amp HPCPUNAME Documentatlon 2 reet e e ERR UNE E e eI E e Ere Pe e ET Installation OVGIVIeW 5 ever ee E E E oe AAR Installation Instructions ccccccecccececececececececececececececececececsesesceeecseseseseseseseseseeess Installation ASSIStance eee terret petty entree eret eee duberdev
4. ed the logic in making sure the calculation is done for this case earlier Adager does not create these single chunk jumbo datasets There is an un documented control directive in dbschema called forcejumbo which will produce one of these single chunk jumbos so we are supporting it in Suprtool 5 3 11 Output Command 8 e Enhancements in Suprtool The Output command has been enhanced to accept the new verb else which when invoked it will write out the records that do not qualify and write them to an external file Consider the following task base mydb get customers if custno gt 50A out mycusts link else xeq Suprtool will create two files one called mycusts and another called else which will be a temporary file This works for flat files Image via get and chain and KSAM files The temporary ELSE file will NOT prompt if there is a duplicate It will simply purge the file prior to creating the new temporary file You can of course use file equations to re direct the output to another named temporary file but the user is responsible for insuring that the file equated filename doesn t exist so that the write operation will work You cannot combine output else with the num or key options In this case Suprtool will tell you it is ignoring the else operation You cannot combine output else with any of the dup or nodup options or the duplicate command Suprtool will generate an error in this case Suprtool 5 5 for HP e3000
5. ent requests so that we can include them every year when we release an updated version of Suprtool Highlights in Suprtool 5 5 Set XLTRIM On now tells Suprtool to close a file and release the disc space between EOF and the Flimit STExport s Escape command has been re engineered to fix some corner cases that didn t work previously Due to an issue with Btrees Suprtool would incorrectly select records when doing an update or delete and if using chain with a btree index on a master dataset The edit function did not work properly with alpha based edit masks and if the target was greater than 32 characters Suprtool now treats KSAM64 files with labels as SD files in the same manner as KSAMXL files are A warning will print if a non regular SD file is loaded into a Table with the data option The data is not loaded into the table An error will print if an extract command attempts to reference data when loaded from table that in turn was loaded when using a non regular SD file such as KSAM XL KSAM64 and CM KSAM Highlights in Suprtool 5 4 4 e Enhancements in Suprtool Bradmark s DBGeneral can produce Jumbo datasets that are a single chunk Suprtool did not handle these single chunk master jumbo datasets properly as the last block calculation was done only after opening the last chunk itself We have adjusted the logic in making sure the calculation is done for this case earlier Adager does not create these single chunk jumbo da
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7. eturn the data value from the table to compare against another field or literal 10 Enhancements in Suprtool Suprtool 5 5 for HP e3000 Change Notice In filelsd Table mytable char field data tabfile data id field If Slookup mytable char field id field int field So what Suprtool will do in this case is read a record lookup the record in the table and retrieve the data item in the table If Suprtool does NOT find an entry in the table a zero will be returned if the data type is numeric and spaces will be returned if it is a byte type So using the case above if no entry is found in the table zero is returned and if int field is equal to zero then the record will qualify If you don t want to have any values returned from the table lookup you just preface the if with a standard lookup gt get ord details gt table cust table cust no file custlist data state code if 1ookup cust table cust no and amp Slookup cust table cust no state code state code gt output orders gt xeq When using lookup to return data the lookup must always be on then left side of the expression If not Suprtool will stop with an error gt if id field Slookup mytable char field id field Error S lookup in this context data comparison must be on left side Multiple literal comparison Suprtool can now do multiple literal comparisons previously Suprtool was only able to compare two sets of literals 1f a a
8. oblems please call us Technical support is available on weekdays from 8 a m to 4 p m Pacific time at 800 453 8970 or you can e mail your question to support robelle com 6 Enhancements in Suprtool Suprtool 5 5 for HP e3000 Change Notice Enhancements in Version 5 5 Introduction Suprtool is constantly being updated with new features The following section describes the new enhancements to Suprtool since Suprtool 5 4 Set XLTRIM Suprtool now has the command Set xltrim on which tells Suprtool to close the output file in a manner in which it releases the disc space between EOF and the Flimit but the Flimit remains the same This trim will only occur of set squeeze is not set or if set squeeze is off Input Command Suprtool now treats KSAM64 files the same as KSAMXL files when they have labels and are properly recognized as self describing files Escape Command STExports Escape command has been revised to be faster and a couple of corner cases Suprtool 5 5 for HP e3000 Change Notice Enhancements in Version 5 4 Introduction Get Command Suprtool is constantly being updated with new features The following section describes the new enhancements to Suprtool since Suprtool 5 3 Bradmark s Adager can produce Jumbo datasets that are a single chunk Suprtool did not handle these single chunk master jumbo datasets properly as the last block calculation was done only after opening the last chunk itself We have adjust
9. s forcejumbo can make these single chunk datasets Table Command Suprtool did not properly clear the data field information from a table at the end of a task Extract from Table Suprtool did not properly zero out a packed field target when an table entry was not found when extracting data from a table and the Packed field was P12 or higher 12 e Enhancements in Suprtool Suprtool 5 5 for HP e3000 Change Notice
10. t an invalid HPCPUNAME or invalid HPSUSAN error message contact Robelle for assistance Documentation The user manual contains the full description of all the Suprtool suite of products including Dbedit Suprlink STExport and Suprtool2 as well as usage tips and commands for each The manuals are up to date with all the latest changes To see only the changes in the latest version see the What s New section of the manual or see the change notice You can download our manuals and change notices in various formats and you can order printed hardcopy manuals from our web site at http www robelle com library manuals Suprtool 5 5 for HP e3000 Change Notice 5 Installation Overview We have two types of Installations Tape and Download We provide links to the Installation instructions on our web site for each type of Install Installation Instructions If you received a production release tape from Robelle then you can install using the instructions on this web page http www robelle com support install tape stprod html If you downloaded the Suprtool production release from our web site then the instructions can be found here for the ftp download method http www robelle com downloads install stprod ftp html and here for the WRQ download method http www robelle com downloads install stprod wrq html Installation Assistance If you have any questions about the upgrade process or run into any pr
11. tasets There is an un documented control directive in dbschema called forcejumbo which will produce one of these single chunk jumbos so we are supporting it in Suprtool 5 3 11 The Output command has been enhanced to accept the new verb else which when invoked it will write out the records that do not qualify and write them to an external file Suprtool 5 5 for HP e3000 Change Notice e Suprtool did not properly clear the data field information from a table at the end of a task e Suprtool did not properly zero out a packed field target when an table entry was not found when extracting data from a table Known Problems Set Itemlock does not work in one particular case Compatibility Suprtool iX is compatible with MPE V MPE XL and MPE ix including MPEAX 6 5 7 0 and MPE ix 7 5 Suprtools default prefetch value has been changed from 2 to zero A warning will print if a non regular SD file is loaded into a Table with the data option The data is not loaded into the table An error will print if an extract command attempts to reference data when loaded from table that in turn was loaded when using a non regular SD file such as KSAM XL KSAM64 and CM KSAM CPU Serial Number and CPU Name HPSUSAN amp HPCPUNAME Suprtool and its associated products run only on CPUs whose serial numbers have been encoded showvar hpsusan on MPE iX They also may be encoded with your HPCPUNAME values If it fails to run and you ge
12. ventory Database STORE SUPRTPIS GREEN TPI SUPERDEX 010566 D INVENTORY Detail Set 4 Entry BIN NO J1 LAST SHIP DATE J2 ON HAND QTY J2 PRODUCT NO Z8 M PRODUCT lt lt TPI gt gt SUPPLIER NO Z8 M SUPPLIER UNIT COST P8 27 ITEM DESCI X20 3 lt lt TPI gt gt ITEM DESC2 X20 5 ITEM DESC3 X20 7 ITEM DESC4 X20 9 Capacity 464 8 Entries 13 Highwater 13 Bytes 110 Additional Third Party Indexes SI PRODUCT NO Z8 SI ITEM DESC1 X20 SI ITEM DESC1234 X80 SHAD X10 VarsubDebug Suprtool STExport and Suprlink now have a setting called Set VarsubDebug on which will print out the line after the variable substitution has occurred This setting only works if Set Varsub is on and Set VarsubDebug is on setvar outfile amp GREEN SUPRTEST filename901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123 45678901 run suprtool pub robelle SUPRTOOL iX Copyright Robelle Solutions Technology Inc 1981 2007 Version 5 0 11 Internal TUE OCT 30 2007 2 58 PM Type H for he gt set varsub on gt set varsubdebug on gt in filelsd suprtest vd in filelsd suprtest output outfile link temp vd output GREEN SUPRTEST filename90123456789012345678901234567890123 vd 2345678901 link temp The output is formatted into 74 byte chunks and printed with a preceding vd so the substituted line is clear If lookup Suprtool s IF command is now able to use the data loaded into a Table The lookup function will r
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