colon and pattern matching

[Deskin, Bob]

I'll be checking the colon and pattern-matching when I get into the office.
But as to the rest:

1) The manuals are available on paper for the cost of printing. Putting the
manuals on CD with a proper search was a majority request by our customers.
The vast majority that I have heard from are happy with what we've done.

2) We are fully aware that PH version 8 does not have all of the OpenVMS
specific features available in 7.10. We have explained why that happened.
Whether any of us agree with the decisions or not is moot - it's a done
deal. Looking forward, we plan to put the OpenVMS specific features back in.
We are well aware that our customers can't move to the series 8 level until
that's done as well as ensuring a smooth upgrade path.

3) We can debate the pricing of PH Web until the cows come home. This is
something for you and your local office. However, I don't understand why an
evaluation version was not available. I will be checking into this.

Bob Deskin              
PowerHouse Web Product Manager and Senior Product Advisor
Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
bob.deskin@cognos.com
(613) 738-1338 ext 4205  FAX: (613) 228-3149
3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Sharman [mailto:Chris.Sharman@ccagroup.co.uk]
Sent: March 1, 2000 4:42 AM
To: murray.scholz@abri.une.edu.au
Cc: Chris.Sharman@ccagroup.co.uk; powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
Subject: Re: colon and pattern matching



Murray Scholz wrote:
>In VMS environment (powerhouse 710G1) , the colon appears to match
>itself.
>------------------------------------
>>define a1 char*1 = "Y" if matchpattern("ABC:DEF","^^^:^^^") &
>>       else "N"
>> rep a1
>> go
>  A1
>
>  Y

Mine too: Alpha VMS 7.1, PH 7.10.G3.

>My little Handbook manual, says that the colon(:) "matches any single
>Kanji or 16 bit character" !!
>Perhaps there are platform differences in how it is handled ??

My VMS PH manuals also say it's a metacharacter for Kanji.
They would appear to be wrong.

But lo! Cognos have a fix for that.
I just got a letter telling me there won't be any more printed manuals (V8
onwards): just PDF.

Our paper manuals get well-thumbed: it's vital to have a reference,
particularly for all those niggling syntactical differences between Quiz,
Quick, QTP. And there isn't a supported Acrobat reader for VMS - am I
supposed
to get a Billware box just to look at documentation ?

Cognos seem to be aiming at legacy status these days: V8 seems to be a huge
retrograde step for VMS users, and still no promise of when or whether the
missing features will be put back. No paper documentation. The web product
(when I finally kicked hard enough to get some info) is hideously priced and
not available for evaluation.

If I do get a PC, it will be to do ODBC & web serving with some sensibly
priced
product, not to read Powerhouse docs.

Chris
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CCA Stationery Ltd, Eastway, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 9WS.
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