For questions that are specific to the OpenVMS (AKA VAX/VMS) operating system. If your question has nothing to do with OpenVMS APIs or OpenVMS-specific behavior then do not use this tag. This tag is appropriate for any software running on OpenVMS.
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OTL - how can I control the type of numerical values from SELECT
In a C++ / Oracle OTL application I have
SELECT MYINT FROM MYTABLE
This is the basis for otl_stream selstream
On this line I get an conversion exception on an obscure platform (works well on other plafrom)
selstream >> myint;
The exception…

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Binary Search Excercise
I'm doing an exercise in C, but I don't know why as first result I have always -1 (that is impossible).
I have -1 only after the swap to ordinate the array.
#include
#include
#include
main(){
int vet[100],…

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Develop in Assembly on OpenVMS?
Someone can explain me how to develop in assembly on OpenVMS, I already develop in C on OpenVMS and I've just start with assembly in Windows and Linux. How can I compile, link and run an .asm program?

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Developing with C++ on OpenVMS
I am looking at a C++ project on OpenVMS.
How different is it from NIX development?
Is it a bit like a peculiar UNIX version or LINUX distro?
Any peculiarities when it comes to memory management or threading etc?
(I know FILE I/O is a bit…

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What are options of connecting to RMS files on Openvms using BizTalk or SSIS?
Are there any interfaces provided by OpenVMS?
ODBC? WebService?
Attunity adapters are ruled out due to Cost.
Any pointers would be useful..
Thanks
paritosh
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is there any opensource .com file for the purpose of auto-complete in command line?
In Linux, we have tab to do autocomplete for either command autocomplete or filename autocomplete. I know there are some freeware for this purpose, but what I can search online are binary files, is there any open source .com file for this purpose? I…

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Convert Bash Script to OpenVMS Syntax
I need to convert my bash script to OpenVMS, does any one know of an automatic converter or could help me manually ?
#!/bin/bash
#
# Convert input to .CNF
inputfile=$1
rm outfile;
for line in $(cat $inputfile | awk '{ print $1 }' | tr '\*' ' ' |…

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Is there a working distribution of sqlite available for OpenVMS?
I am looking for a working distribution of SQLite for OpenVMS. I tried building SQLite 3.7.9 from the amalgamation file, using patches I found in a mailing list, but it does not quite work.
I am using HP C V7.1-015 on OpenVMS Alpha 7.3-2.
Since I…

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How do I set up NET-SNMP with OpenVMS?
I'm having trouble getting started off with installing net-snmp.
So far I've installed the binary for net-snmp version 5.6.1.1 on my Windows XP machine and I'm trying to install net-snmp on OpenVMS machine to make is as my client and the Windows…

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How can I migrate an application written in DEC Ada to Windows?
I have a batch application written in Ada in the OpenVMS DEC ADA ENVIRONMENT which I need to port to Windows.
How should I approach this?

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C++ development on OpenVMS and mainframe
What are particularities of developing C++ on OpenVMS and Mainframe?
I thought OpenVMS were more POSIX than most UNIXes, and most stuff are available, but it seems not.

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Creating an index file organization and relative file organization in OpenVMS
How can I change the file organization attribute in OpenVMS?
I have a file kishore.txt.
The following details are the full description of the file
$ dir/full kishore.txt
KISHORE.TXT;1 File ID: (38660,48,0)
Size: 2/16 …
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How to run script in OpenVMS?
Good Day, I have a problem executing Java Application on OpenVMS.
I have this app.exe (for Windows) and app.sh (for Linux).
Can you help me how to run this on OpenVMS Terminal?

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