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Conference evms::y2k

Title:OpenVMS Year 2000
Moderator:EVMS::MARIONN
Created:Mon Aug 26 1996
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:82
Total number of notes:427

9.0. "Questionnaire hints" by EVMS::MARION (So many fish ...) Thu Apr 24 1997 10:42

    This note will contain tips, hints and examples of how to fill out the
    investigation questionnaire.  The parser isn't nearly as smart as a
    human reader, and we have WAY too many reports to scan all of them by
    hand.  We're finding that there are a few common mistakes made, and
    I'll try to clarify them here.
    
    Karen.
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9.1Some Common MistakesEVMS::MARIONSo many fish ...Thu Apr 24 1997 10:5858
    Here are a few of the most commonly seen errors ...
    
    1) Missing status.  There must be a status on EACH line, including
       lines that just have interfaces contained in previous modules.
    
    incorrect:
    
    LIB             SYSMAR.MAR              PASS    BUSYWAIT         I
                                                    TIMEDWAIT        I
                                                    TIMEWAIT         I
    
    correct:
    
    LIB             SYSMAR.MAR              PASS    BUSYWAIT         I
                                            PASS    TIMEDWAIT        I
                                            PASS    TIMEWAIT         I
    
    
    2) Bogus facility names.  The Facility column must contain a facility
       name only.  Please don't append "-VAX", "/ALPHA" or any other such
       to a facility name, or the parser won't be able to find the correct
       place to report status in the database.
    
    incorrect:
    
    UETP-VAX        APPEND.PIP              Retired
    UETP-VAX        DEVTESTEM.MAR           Retired
    
    correct:
    
    UETP            APPEND.PIP              Retired
    UETP	    DEVTESTEM.MAR           Retired
    
    
    3) Platform name in facility column.  Please put the platform (VAX,
       VEST or Alpha) as part of the Product name under question 4.  If 
       code is not common between the platforms, the best thing to do is
       to file a separate report for each platform.  We've seen instances
       of the platform name in a variety of formats added to the facility
       name, or put as a separate row.  The parser simply has no easy means
       to deal with this.
    
    incorrect:
    
    Facility                                        Routine, or
      Name          Module Name             Status  Global Cell     I/R/G  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    Alpha Sources
    
    correct:
    
    4. Product (including architecture) and version: OpenVMS Alpha V7.1
    
    If code is common, this will work:
    
    4. Product (including architecture) and version: OpenVMS Alpha V7.1 and
    OpenVMS VAX V7.1
9.2interface namesMILORD::BISHOPThe punishment that brought us peace was upon HimThu Apr 24 1997 12:382
    If your interface is a DCL command, you need to put an underscore in
    place of a space or "/".
9.3no file extensionEVMS::MARIONSo many fish ...Tue Apr 29 1997 14:2515
    We ran into an odd one today.  File names without an extension.  The
    parser can't distinguish the difference between a legitimate file name
    without an extension and someone who simply forgot the .mar or
    whatever.  So, in those rare cases where there really is no filename
    extension, just use an "_".  It's a hack, but it works.
    
    example:
    
    	FILENAME.	
    
    should be input as:
    
    	FILENAME._
    
    Karen.
9.4Product nameEVMS::MARIONSo many fish ...Wed May 07 1997 11:2223
    Product name!!!
    
    We're finding a bunch of reports that don't put down the product name.
    Please, if you're filing for a VMS component, make sure that VMS or
    OpenVMS or some varient thereof is listed as part of the product name.
    Please also specify platform (alpha or vax).  Please make this all on
    the same line.
    
    Remember that we have lots of other OSSG products to report on, and if
    we can't find VMS in the product name we don't know that it gets
    reported against our inventory.  For reports which have already been
    submitted, I'm fixing these up.
    
    incorrect:
    
        Partial (alpha) bootdrivers
    
    correct:
    
    	OpenVMS alpha V7.1
    
    Thanks,
    Karen.