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afternoon all, we have a tiny db (about 3mb) that is comprised of 3 tables. daily we delete the records out of 2 of the tables and reload new data. when this is done the bi file grows quite large (as in more than 2 times the size of the db):confused: previously the tables were in another db and...

afternoon all, does anyone have a program that calculates if it is dst or not? or an example of calculating if it is the 2nd sunday of a month? thanks in advance. regards, longhair

morning all, hpux 11i progress 9.1c i have a single user db with 2 tables that are wiped and repopulated everyday. for the wipe i do: def var i as int no-undo. outer_loop: do for db.table while true transaction: for each db.table exclusive-lock: delete db.table. i = i + 1. if i modulo...

afternoonall, progress 9.1c hpux 11i i have a db with 3 tables. 2 of which get wiped and repopulated at least once a day. db size is about 3mb. whenever i delete the data from the table and create the new records bi file size grows to 6mb. any suggestions on the below code, or db settings that...

afternoon all, quick question, for a db in single user mode is it normal to have a physical redo phase for each session recorded in the .lg file? thanks in advance. regards, longhair

good morning all, quick question. hpux 11.i progress 9.1c. have a single user db with 3 tables. db size is about 3mb. everyday i delete the records in 2 of the tables and add in a new set of records. basically like this: for each db.table: delete db.table. end. input from /files/filename.txt...

I think this is just a Progress quirk - but want to see if anyone has any suggestions. I'm receiving this error message on a program that only pulls data from a file, updates or creates some records in a table and writes out log messages to another file. ** IMPORT requires a data source other...

afternoon all, have a small issue that i don't understand. would think that the below code would work fine but it is not. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. code snippet below. def z1 as int. def button btn-exit label " Exit ". def button btn-both label "...

does progress have anything akin to the 'now' function in vb / vba?:confused: 'now' will display date & time (dd/mm/ccyy hh:mm AM) for example. anything native to progress or do we just need to string the date and time together (x = string(today) + " " + string(time,"hh:mm"). thanks in advance...

afternoon all, syteline 6.01 progress 9.1c trying to print cycle count sheets (on a newly rebuilt pc). we print out to letter size paper, on hp laserjets - landscape orientation. we are using the hp 2300 5pcl e driver at a 90% ratio. in the past this has worked (but it might have been a...

afternoonall, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. progress 9.1c hpux 11 attempting to generate a file with the proper headings to accept font / formatting commands that word pad will understand but the following code is producing errors: put...

morning all, progress 9.1c hpux 11 is there a command within progress to get an external file's date and time stamp or do i need to use os-command? thanks in advance. regards, longhair

morning all, hopefully, one of the gurus can point me in the correct direction. i'm writing what i thought would be a simple script - read in from a print file and based upon information on a line output to one of 2 different files. the issue is that i never see the var 'y' increment - but...