INFO-VAX Fri, 25 Apr 2008 Volume 2008 : Issue 230 Contents: can a rms string index be non-case sensitive Re: can a rms string index be non-case sensitive Re: Intel Itanium RAS Comparison with X86 Re: Intel Itanium RAS Comparison with X86 OT - good restaurants (was:Re: Intel Itanium RAS Comparison with X86) Tomorrow's the day ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:48:45 -0700 (PDT) From: kczwei Subject: can a rms string index be non-case sensitive Message-ID: Is there a combo of RMS record options that will cause an index of string type to be non case sensitive? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:42:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Hein RMS van den Heuvel Subject: Re: can a rms string index be non-case sensitive Message-ID: <9b616839-cb48-4d09-be63-8363940b6937@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com> On Apr 24, 11:48=A0pm, kczwei wrote: > Is there a combo of RMS record options that will cause an index of > string type to be non case sensitive? YES, but you would have to set up a collating sequence key. I don't think I've seen anyone actually do that in the past 15 year. In the XABKEY (or FDL) you would use DTP =3D COL or DTP =3D DCOL http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/731FINAL/4506/4506pro_006.html#apps_collating_= keys_ex http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/731FINAL/4493/4493pro_contents_003.html#toc_ch= apter_16 http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/731FINAL/4493/4493pro_051.html#ncs_util_routin= es The NCS manual has explicit manuals hot to fold uppercase and lowercase as well as diacriticals Search for: MY_CONVERSION =3D MCS_NODIACRITICALS * MCS_LOWER; in: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/73final/documentation/pdf/OVMS_NCS_UTIL.pd= f Normally RMS is entirely blind to the characters it treats each as a simple 8-bit unsigned char. What problem are you really trying to solve. NCS is a somewhat big hammer. Maybe it is easier to solve at the application level, storing a (copy of) a key field in uppercase or lowercase. hth, Hein. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:12:24 -0600 From: Mark Berryman Subject: Re: Intel Itanium RAS Comparison with X86 Message-ID: <48109549$1@mvb.saic.com> Bill Gunshannon wrote: > In article , > koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes: >> In article <6718lhF2m4eapU2@mid.individual.net>, billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes: >>> Somebody tell me again how DOD is one of VMS's biggest customers! >> I'm, sorry, we were unable to ascertain need to know. > > This red herring is getting as tired as Kerry's "5-20 patches" mantra. > How many times do I have to tell you, I am on the inside. I am an > Information Systems Technician Warrant Officer. I and my peers are > "the subject matter experts" when it comes to information systems. My > unit is part of DISA who approves and certifies all AIS's in DOD. > All that being said, I have yet to run into any of my peers who has > ever seen a DOD VMS system. (Yes, I do ask them!) I deal with people > at the top of the AIS policy ladder and have specifically offered my > services if they had need for someone with VMS experience. To this > point I have not been called upon for even one case of needed VMS > assistance. I know there are still VMS systems in existance. But they > appear to be the very best examples of legacy systems. They run one > or two fixed programs. They see no new development and very limited > maintenance (probably due to a fear that anything done may result in > breaking the running application.) If this describes "VMS's biggest > customer" then things are a lot worse off than people here realize. I am personally aware of more than 100 VMS systems within the DoD. They have their own staff taking care of them. It is unlikely that you will ever hear of them. The DoD is very large and everyone does NOT talk to everyone else. Mark Berryman ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:30:52 -0700 From: "Tom Linden" Subject: Re: Intel Itanium RAS Comparison with X86 Message-ID: On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:02:36 -0700, FredK wrote: > > "John Reagan" wrote in message > news:fukt68$jic$1@usenet01.boi.hp.com... >> Bill Gunshannon wrote: >> >> >>> A few years ago is right. Fielded in 1991, approved for production in >>> 1996, >>> last system delivered in 2005. A total of 8 systems. There is much >>> more >>> information about the airframe than anything else and >>> no mention of VMS at all. I wonder if it has been ported to Windows >>> yet? >>> >>> >> >> A NG employee gave a keynote address at last year's OpenVMS Technical >> Bootcamp on JSTARS. The non-disclosure prevents me from giving details >> from the talk (which itself was very high level) plus I'd probably >> remember incorrectly anyway. >> > > JSTARS has been running on VMS since 1991 and the prototype plane was > called > into service during Gulf War I - if you remember the prop behind Gen > Swartzcropf in the "mother of all retreats" - that was from JSTARS. > > Originally on VAX and ruggedized DEC3000 (Flamingo) systems, it migrated > to > modified AlphaServer ES40s (form factor modification and power supply). > Each aircraft (Boeing 707s) contains 20 ES40s. There are 17 production > aircraft plus backups and test. Plus training and ground stations. > > http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/jstars/ > > Provides a high level overview of the E8. As will a Google search on > "Northrop Grumman JSTARS" > > JSTARS remains an active and evolving program. > > All of the above can be gleaned from public materials. > > Fred, do you what language they used for their code? One would, absent any other data, assume Ada, but Northrup Grumman was a PL/I user. -- PL/I for OpenVMS www.kednos.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:17:31 -0400 From: bradhamilton Subject: OT - good restaurants (was:Re: Intel Itanium RAS Comparison with X86) Message-ID: <4811150B.8020200@comcast.net> Bob Koehler wrote: > In article <679r0hF2nr54pU1@mid.individual.net>, billg999@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes: >> The location sounds like Lovejoy's in Laramie, WY. > > I don't recall the name of the resaurant, but order the Boston pecan > pie next time your in Laramie. OK - what makes it a "Boston" pecan pie? 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