Questions tagged [unidata]

UniData is an extended relational database and integrated development environment. It is part of the MultiValue Database family. It features its own query language called UniQuery and programming language called UniBasic.

UniData is an extended relational database and integrated development environment. It is part of the MultiValue Database family. It features its own query language called UniQuery and programming language called UniBasic.

UniData was originally developed by the Unidata Corporation for embedding in vertical software applications, but after several acquisitions, including by IBM, it is now owned and developed by Rocket Software.

References

UniData V7.3.x Manuals
U2 Developer Zone
Code examples on github
U2 Users Group

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How to create the NLS.LC.CTYPE

How do one create the NLS.LC.CTYPE file on Universe on Unix AIX? I searched the BasicRef and BasicExt but don't see any documentation on this.
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Why the OCONV() with the 'MCT' code change the original string?

I've a string with some Spanish characters and when I use the U2's OCONV() function with the code 'MCT', it changes the Spanish Character to something else. Does anyone know? STRING: T r L=16 `CITáN, MOR 32000' TEST.MCT: 5: STR2 =…
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ASP.NET handle external server sessions - clean-up

Are we "doing it wrong"? A colleague and I are messing around with an ASP.NET page to act as a "portal" to view the results from a diagnostic program on a UniData server. Although we do the odd-job of ASP/ASP.NET at work, it is not our primary…
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UniVerse records containing special characters skewing output

I'm reading data from a file in UniVerse, and some of the records contain special character(s) that are causing line breaks. Is there a way to strip these out? Some are ASCII 255 but there are some others as well. I'm pretty new to UniVerse. I'm…
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UniTransaction throwing NullReferenceException

I'm trying to begin a transaction however on calling the .Begin() method throws a NullReferenceException and the stacktrace shows that it is coming from IBMU2.UODOTNET.UniTransaction.ServerTransaction(Int32 aKey). Has anyone successfully used…
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U2 Toolkit Insert function creating blank multi-values

I'm seeing some odd behavior in the Insert function. First, the code segment: AFEMItem.Insert((int)XXX_amcs.ConvData,iPos,sTemp); By the time this is executed, AFEMItem has several attributes defined. (int)XXX_amcs.ConvData resolves to 26; iPos is…
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UniObjects for Java: How to get response String when error occurred in UniCommand.exec()

I would like to be able to determine the exact reason that a UniCommand could not complete using UniObjects for Java in order to tell the user. I have the following code that behaves as expected under ideal conditions, but if command is not a valid…
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Unidata query in Java

I am totally new to Unidata. I am trying to write a Java application that can query records from Unidata. I downloaded U2 Clients package and installed UniDK. I followed this example. I was able to get a single record by key/ID from the file in…
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Javadocs for Uniobjects for Java

I just started working with Rocket UniObjects and am looking for some Javadocs. Currently I am using the Rocket Documentation, but I'm not a fan. I've looked, but had no luck. Has any one seen any?
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How to secure UniData session using UniObjects for .net

How do you secure a UniData session using UniObjects for .net? The documentation is severely lacking. The UniObjects for Java documentation has a whole chapter on SSL. EDIT The UniObjects .net documentation says this about the…
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Looking for U2.NET Toolkit equivalent for FMT function

In UniBasic, I can use the FMT function with a format spec like '30T', to insert Text Marks at appropriate places in a long string (think Remarks/Comments). I don't see the equivalent in the U2.NET Toolkit. I know I could create a UniBasic…
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Maximum virtual attribute size in Unidata

I am receiving the following error when trying to retrieve data using a largish virtual attribute: Virtual Attribute Error: Virtual field too big. I have been unable to locate the maximum size allowed for a virtual attribute in the Unidata manuals.…
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UniCommand differences for UniData

I'm new to the world of UniObjects as I've been in .NET land since it debuted. After building a simple app to return the select list of a UniCommand statement I noticed that there are some major differences in how UniData and how UniObjects parses…
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Using the U2 toolkit for .Net / UniObjects in Windows Powershell?

I'm a developer at a university in Chicago supporting Ellucian/Datatal Colleague on Unidata 7.2. We recently converted from Unidata on Unix to Windows Server and had a number of extract cron jobs that had to be converted to the new OS. During that…
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U2 Toolkit for .NET - Entity Framework Sample "EntityFramework_CodeFirst" not working

When we try to run "EntityFramework_CodeFirst" and "EntityFramework_CodeFirst2" samples, we get the following error: Unable to determine the provider name for connection of type 'U2.Data.Client.U2Connection'
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