| Title: | *OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference |
| Notice: | Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1 |
| Moderator: | IOSG::PYE |
| Created: | Thu Jan 30 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 23 1996 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 4343 |
| Total number of notes: | 18308 |
Hi,
I have some questions on ALL-IN-1 temporary symbols that I need to be able to
answer in order to advise a customer how to migrate an application to ALL-IN-1.
Any help would be graetfully appreciated
1) Is there a limit to the length of the name of a temporary ALL-IN-1 symbol,
and if so, what is it ?
2) Is there a limit to the length of the string a temporary ALL-IN-1 symbol can
be set to, and if so, what is it ?
The application already sets up record structures of data fields which it
passes to it's own WP system for merging into a document. When we are using
WPS+, there would appear to be 2 options:
a) We pass the record structure to ALL-IN-1 in a single symbol, make known
it's layout to ALL-IN-1 and let a script split it into individual temporary
symbols for separate data fields for a MERGE command with a template, or
b) Change the application to create many individual temporary ALL-IN-1
symbols, before invoking a MERGE command.
Some of these record structures may contain upwards of 1000 bytes - does
anyone foresee any problems if we choose option a) ?
Regards,
John
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| 146.1 | Length of symbols/strings | SIOG::T_REDMOND | Thoughts of an Idle Mind | Mon Mar 02 1992 08:29 | 10 |
1. Limit to the length of a symbol name - 30, just like any other
ALL-IN-1 symbol (I think).
2. Limit to the length of a string contained in a temporary symbol -
4096 (for ALL-IN-1 V3.0), 225 (earlier versions).
I don't see a problem with option a) providing that some intelligence
is applied to the split (uppercase key fields etc.).
Tony
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| 146.2 | ( 2000 <#symbol < 2096 ) on V2.4... | HYTIDE::CREAMER | Keep a low profile | Mon Mar 02 1992 14:14 | 9 |
I think that in V2.4, the length of a temporary symbol can be greater
than 255. On our V2.4 system, a couple of tests indicate that it's
more like 2052 characters (I accvio when I load character 2053.)
HTH,
Jack
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| 146.3 | Your limit can vary (with 2.4) | SHALOT::DUNCAN | Joe - CIS/EIC Doc. Mgmt. Solution Set Consultant | Mon Mar 02 1992 14:33 | 8 |
Jack,
Be aware that there are a variety of things that can arbitrarily
truncate a symbol to the shorter lengths (OA$STR_FAO, for instance).
In SRA, we had to add a special buffer for building extra long SQL
statements (longer than normal symbol processing would allow).
Joe Duncan @ OPA
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