powerh-l -- confirmation of subscription -- request 808402

[Edis, Robert]

Ramaro

If I understand you correctly you:

A) generated the PDL from the POW utility on the VMS machine then copied the
resulting PDL to the HP-UX machine and compiled this into a PDC file without
making any changes to the PDL script (or did you manually recreate the PDL?)
and

B) copied the sequential files from VMS to HP-UX using FTP without any
conversion (VMS-UNIX CR/LF changes)

If so then can you read the sequential files correctly using VI or other
HP-UX tool?
I suspect that the file organisation is screwed up and the dictionary
doesn't map correctly to the "fields" in the sequential file on the HP-UX
side.  If the CR and/or LF characters have been included in the records as
explicit chars then each subsequent record would be out of sync with the
previous records and with the PHD definitions.

Regards,
Blue


Ramaro wrote:

[We are in fact migrating from VMS to HP-UX.]

>>How did you create the PowerHouse dictionary on the HP-UX box?  Did you
>>generate/copy the PDL from the VAX side and copy it to the HP9000(?) for
>>compilation?  
>>What changes did you make to the PDL script?

[We have created the pdl's from the VAX dictionary definitions.]

>>Is this happening in ALL PowerHouse programs that you have recompiled or
in
>>select ones?

[Yes, happening for all PH programs]

>>Where did you create the sequential file, on the VAX or on the HP9000?
>>(under what OS's?)
>>How did you transfer data from one machine to the other?
>>Are you using ISAM files permanently on the new machine and was the
>>application using only RMS files on the VAX (assuming VMS here)?  I.e. is
>>there a RDBMS involved at all?

[We have converted RMS files - binary/indexed to sequential on VMS and ftp'd
to HP box in ASCII mode, and reconverted back to  their respective file
modes]

Warm Regards,
ramarao

From: Edis, Robert [mailto:Robert.Edis@blistex.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:14 PM
To: Powerh-L (E-mail)
Subject: RE: powerh-l -- confirmation of subscription -- request 808402

Dear Ramaro

"VAX" is not an operating system.  Are you migrating from VMS or UNIX?
What experience/training do you have with PowerHouse?
How did you create the PowerHouse dictionary on the HP-UX box?  Did you
generate/copy the PDL from the VAX side and copy it to the HP9000(?) for
compilation?  
What changes did you make to the PDL script?
Can you share with us the element/item/record relevant details from the PDL
script?
Is this happening in ALL PowerHouse programs that you have recompiled or in
select ones?
Where did you create the sequential file, on the VAX or on the HP9000?
(under what OS's?)
How did you transfer data from one machine to the other?
Are you using ISAM files permanently on the new machine and was the
application using only RMS files on the VAX (assuming VMS here)?  I.e. is
there a RDBMS involved at all?

Regards,
Blue

-----Original Message-----
From: Ramarao, YM [mailto:ym.ramarao@digital.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 10:27 AM
To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
Subject: FW: powerh-l -- confirmation of subscription -- request 808402



Hi,

We are migrating VAX PH to HP-UX PH.
We are facing the following problems.

Can somebody help us out.

1. Whether the item and element names need to be unique, not just within a
record file, but across all the record files in HP-UX, as it is found that
no duplicates are allowed.  
Is there any generic way of solving the following, without making changes to
the individual PH programs?
2. Date/time could not display correctly on screen, all becomes "######". 
3. Account  number that is defined as numeric is displayed as
'xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx'. 
4. Line sequential file generated by PH could not be read properly by PH
itself.

Thanking you in advance ...

Awaiting your, valuable inputs ..

Regards,
Ramaro