[OT] Auditors: Billions squandered in Iraq
http://tinyurl.com/yuruoo Auditors: Billions squandered in Iraq " WASHINGTON - About $10 billion has been squandered by the U.S. government on Iraq reconstruction aid because of contractor overcharges and unsupported expenses, and federal investigators warned Thursday that significantly more taxpayer money is at risk. (...)" ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: call a function in a program
Dan Olsson wrote:
> At 2007-02-17 18:47, you wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to do
>> =newfunction('hi',mynum) in temp.prg
>>
>
> Do newfunction IN temp.prg WITH 'hi',mynum
>
A caveat however:
By default, the *WITH* clause in the *DO* command passes variables and
arrays to procedures by reference. By default, Visual FoxPro passes
arguments by value to user-defined functions.
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Re: [NF] More VM questions
On 2/17/07, John Weller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could you give me a pointer as to where I could find that. I have looked > but rapidly got lost :-) > http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/ -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [OT] Pelosi for President 2007
HAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHA .com> wrote: > > > Why wait until 2008? Get rid of Bush and Cheney > now, > > and Pelosi becomes our first woman President! > > > http://www.buzzflash.com/store/items/518 > > > Let the knee-jerking begin! > > > I'll trust the first politician who says the neocon > leaders need to be > tried for war crimes - and the rest of them kicked > out of Washington - > including every single one who voted to give Bush > the power to launch > that invasion. > > > > Bill > > > > > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > ___ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: [OT] Pelosi for President 2007
If Pelosi becomes president, Hillary has her killed by the same people who killed Vince Foster. --- Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 17 February 2007 8:57 am, Ed Leafe > wrote: > > Why wait until 2008? Get rid of Bush and Cheney > now, and Pelosi > > becomes our first woman President! > > > > http://www.buzzflash.com/store/items/518 > > > > Let the knee-jerking begin! > > Hi Ed! > > What? You guys aren't going to stiff Hillary, are > you? She earned it by > putting up with C-man! > > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://www.pete-theisen.com/ > > > ___ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] More VM questions
> > > 2. Is it possible to convert an existing workstation/server setup to a > > VM? In other words could I create an empty VM and then import the > > existing workstation's setup? > > VMWare offers a free converter on their web site. > > Could you give me a pointer as to where I could find that. I have looked but rapidly got lost :-) Another question. I have downloaded a copy of VMWare and the Ubuntu VM. I keep the VM in a folder on the D drive. If I update the installation will the updates be saved? If I then copy the contents of the Ubuntu folder to another machine will it retain the updates? John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: [NF] More VM questions
Ted, >> possible to convert an existing workstation/server setup >> to a VM? > VMWare offers a free converter on their web site. > >> Pre-configured Linux VM's? > http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/cat/45 Thank you very much! Malcolm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: call a function in a program
Drop the parenths. OTOH, put newfunction in a prg by itself & drop the
function/procedure line.
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Thanks Dan
I had tried
Do newfunction() IN temp.prg WITH 'hi',mynum but that had given 'Invalid
subscript reference'
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Dan Olsson wrote:
> At 2007-02-17 18:47, you wrote:
>> I'm trying to do
>> =newfunction('hi',mynum) in temp.prg
>
> Do newfunction IN temp.prg WITH 'hi',mynum
>
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RE: Dual-core issue?
Are you sure? What about api calls? The run command... Does ODBC run in & is it controlled by VFP rt? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john harvey Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 12:36 PM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: Dual-core issue? I don't think VFP can do multiple threads. Having said that, I could be wrong. There is the MTDLL. You might want to look at using wmi code to expose that. Craig Boyd has some on his blog and a link to some others. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lew Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:06 AM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: Dual-core issue? Is there some way to monitor the task manager? That'll show you if the process is running as 1 thread or two. I'm thinking that the SQL and VFP may run async at times. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Bradley Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:24 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Dual-core issue? I've a problem I THINK might be a dual-core issue. I've read the "buffer overrun" threads. Environment: A new dual-core 2 gig machine at a client site. Runs Win2K SP4, and VFP9 SP1. I converted an application from VFP tables to mySQL, and have a VFP utility that loads the mySQL tables from the VFP tables to get things started. Uses SQL passthough. Uses the mySQL ODBC 3.51 driver. I have no problems at all on my development machine; there are no problems if I run the upload on another machine on the network at the client site. However, on the dual-core machine, the SQL INSERTs that I use to load the tables fail sometimes with SQL SYNTAX errors. mySQL complains about there being an error in the SQL statement, and the error message it sends back shows a corrupted INSERT statement. It does not happen on the same record each time - it is random. And if I simply re-issue the INSERT, it works. I modified the program to do retries, and I can upload the tables this way. On a 15000 record table, I might get 30 errors that work when retried. I did some other tests - I created a remote view, and then updated the table this way - no problems - perhaps VFP is doing retries. I am limiting memory via SYS(3050) to around 24 meg, just as a test. On ONE occasion I got the dreaded "Buffer overrun" message from the C library. I also got this message once on my home machine. However, both machines are running SP1, which supposedly fixes this error. Any thoughts? Is it possible to disable part of a dual-core machine via the BIOS? (This is an ACER machine, which I think uses an AMD chip set). That would be the proof. Thoughts, anyone? I have no idea on how to solve this one. Many thanks Larry Bradley Orleans (Ottawa), Ontario, CANADA [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: [NF] More VM questions
On 2/17/07, Malcolm Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2. Is it possible to convert an existing workstation/server setup to a > VM? In other words could I create an empty VM and then import the > existing workstation's setup? VMWare offers a free converter on their web site. > 4. Are there pre-configured Linux VM's that one can install and run > under Windows? Dozens, if not hundreds. Check out: http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/cat/45 -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: call a function in a program
Thanks Dan
I had tried
Do newfunction() IN temp.prg WITH 'hi',mynum
but that had given 'Invalid subscript reference'
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Dan Olsson wrote:
> At 2007-02-17 18:47, you wrote:
>> I'm trying to do
>> =newfunction('hi',mynum) in temp.prg
>
> Do newfunction IN temp.prg WITH 'hi',mynum
>
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> * Dan Olsson
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Re: call a function in a program
At 2007-02-17 18:47, you wrote:
>I'm trying to do
>=newfunction('hi',mynum) in temp.prg
Do newfunction IN temp.prg WITH 'hi',mynum
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call a function in a program
Hi
I'm trying to do
=newfunction('hi',mynum) in temp.prg
I realise I could 'set procedure to temp additive' but I do not want to
do this.
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RE: Dual-core issue?
> Thanks, Bill - I'll take a look. > Unfortunately, no-one asked me about the new machine. Actually I'm going to faced with the same problem - customer just bought a dual core HP machine, so in a few weeks I suppose I'll be dealing with this as well. They never ask us first! I would have resisted on that particular option, just on gut feeling. > Yes, I'm well aware of multi-processor issues. I spent most > of my career in the large IBM mainframe environment as a systems programmer - > early on we ran a dual-processor IBM 360-67. The code involved in making > sure things worked properly was horrendous. We used to joke about our > famous "four o'clock lock" - fairly often at around 4 in the afternoon, > the system would hang with a lock set. Not nice. As you know then, not every application can even make use of dual-core - only those that are amenable and organized for it. I never looked into compilers used for gaming, but I suppose that genre has some good candidates, and those apps are probably the driving force. I'm less sure about VFP in particular. My guess is that VFP apps are bound to a single processor and that MySQL/ODBC is what's getting tripped up in your equation. Very hopefully you'll find a fix or at least a control that lets you dynamically force processor affinity for your app at startup. Back in those days, I remember diving into the books and learning everything there was to know about the 360/370, now 390. It was a fascinating trip. I wouldn't even think about looking into Windows internals though, as I'd expect it to be "organized chaos" by comparison. I'm very thankful that VFP apps work, but don't have much confidence in MS OS's as a whole. When IBM (or China, who knows?) fits Linux into an SMP-like paradigm, if they do, then I'd say that's the industry's future for sure. True, that may bring back the role of the systems programmer, but it's arguable that's been MS's missing piece all along :) Bill ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: Dual-core issue?
I don't think VFP can do multiple threads. Having said that, I could be wrong. There is the MTDLL. You might want to look at using wmi code to expose that. Craig Boyd has some on his blog and a link to some others. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lew Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:06 AM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: Dual-core issue? Is there some way to monitor the task manager? That'll show you if the process is running as 1 thread or two. I'm thinking that the SQL and VFP may run async at times. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Bradley Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:24 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Dual-core issue? I've a problem I THINK might be a dual-core issue. I've read the "buffer overrun" threads. Environment: A new dual-core 2 gig machine at a client site. Runs Win2K SP4, and VFP9 SP1. I converted an application from VFP tables to mySQL, and have a VFP utility that loads the mySQL tables from the VFP tables to get things started. Uses SQL passthough. Uses the mySQL ODBC 3.51 driver. I have no problems at all on my development machine; there are no problems if I run the upload on another machine on the network at the client site. However, on the dual-core machine, the SQL INSERTs that I use to load the tables fail sometimes with SQL SYNTAX errors. mySQL complains about there being an error in the SQL statement, and the error message it sends back shows a corrupted INSERT statement. It does not happen on the same record each time - it is random. And if I simply re-issue the INSERT, it works. I modified the program to do retries, and I can upload the tables this way. On a 15000 record table, I might get 30 errors that work when retried. I did some other tests - I created a remote view, and then updated the table this way - no problems - perhaps VFP is doing retries. I am limiting memory via SYS(3050) to around 24 meg, just as a test. On ONE occasion I got the dreaded "Buffer overrun" message from the C library. I also got this message once on my home machine. However, both machines are running SP1, which supposedly fixes this error. Any thoughts? Is it possible to disable part of a dual-core machine via the BIOS? (This is an ACER machine, which I think uses an AMD chip set). That would be the proof. Thoughts, anyone? I have no idea on how to solve this one. Many thanks Larry Bradley Orleans (Ottawa), Ontario, CANADA [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: Dual-core issue?
Two things: mySQL is running on a LINUX machine on the network, so that's not an issue. I just was able to connect to the machine remotely, and using task manager, set the CPU affinity to just ONE CPU. I STILL get the problem. Damn! At 12:06 PM 2/17/2007 -0500, you wrote: >Is there some way to monitor the task manager? That'll show you if the >process is running as 1 thread or two. >I'm thinking that the SQL and VFP may run async at times. > Larry Bradley Orleans (Ottawa), Ontario, CANADA --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: Refox file names
Thanks again, Peter and others -- we were able to diagnose the versioning issues without decompiling. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: Dual-core issue?
Is there some way to monitor the task manager? That'll show you if the process is running as 1 thread or two. I'm thinking that the SQL and VFP may run async at times. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Bradley Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:24 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Dual-core issue? I've a problem I THINK might be a dual-core issue. I've read the "buffer overrun" threads. Environment: A new dual-core 2 gig machine at a client site. Runs Win2K SP4, and VFP9 SP1. I converted an application from VFP tables to mySQL, and have a VFP utility that loads the mySQL tables from the VFP tables to get things started. Uses SQL passthough. Uses the mySQL ODBC 3.51 driver. I have no problems at all on my development machine; there are no problems if I run the upload on another machine on the network at the client site. However, on the dual-core machine, the SQL INSERTs that I use to load the tables fail sometimes with SQL SYNTAX errors. mySQL complains about there being an error in the SQL statement, and the error message it sends back shows a corrupted INSERT statement. It does not happen on the same record each time - it is random. And if I simply re-issue the INSERT, it works. I modified the program to do retries, and I can upload the tables this way. On a 15000 record table, I might get 30 errors that work when retried. I did some other tests - I created a remote view, and then updated the table this way - no problems - perhaps VFP is doing retries. I am limiting memory via SYS(3050) to around 24 meg, just as a test. On ONE occasion I got the dreaded "Buffer overrun" message from the C library. I also got this message once on my home machine. However, both machines are running SP1, which supposedly fixes this error. Any thoughts? Is it possible to disable part of a dual-core machine via the BIOS? (This is an ACER machine, which I think uses an AMD chip set). That would be the proof. Thoughts, anyone? I have no idea on how to solve this one. Many thanks Larry Bradley Orleans (Ottawa), Ontario, CANADA [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: Dual-core issue?
Sounds like a win 2K issue I can only hope that windows vista has better control over processor/memory handling We shall see! Jim Arnold wrote: Search "disable dual core" for a lot of stuff on the subject. Seems you're not the only one to run into problems. Frankly, dual-core is one advance that I'd stay a mile away from until I'm convinced it's been proven over time. I worked with it mainframe land, and recall fixing a bug that required clearing the processor's instruction cache. Not that we as app developers should every have to worry about such things, but the whole thing involves really tricky timing considerations that I would have thought impossible for Windows to deal with (message-driven vs interrupt-driven). Obviously they've got it to work - most of the time - but I really wonder if it can be made to work reliably ALL of the time. Bill I've a problem I THINK might be a dual-core issue. I've read the "buffer overrun" threads. Environment: A new dual-core 2 gig machine at a client site. Runs Win2K SP4, and VFP9 SP1. I converted an application from VFP tables to mySQL, and have a VFP utility that loads the mySQL tables from the VFP tables to get things started. Uses SQL passthough. Uses the mySQL ODBC 3.51 driver. I have no problems at all on my development machine; there are no problems if I run the upload on another machine on the network at the client site. However, on the dual-core machine, the SQL INSERTs that I use to load the tables fail sometimes with SQL SYNTAX errors. mySQL complains about there being an error in the SQL statement, and the error message it sends back shows a corrupted INSERT statement. It does not happen on the same record each time - it is random. And if I simply re-issue the INSERT, it works. I modified the program to do retries, and I can upload the tables this way. On a 15000 record table, I might get 30 errors that work when retried. I did some other tests - I created a remote view, and then updated the table this way - no problems - perhaps VFP is doing retries. I am limiting memory via SYS(3050) to around 24 meg, just as a test. On ONE occasion I got the dreaded "Buffer overrun" message from the C library. I also got this message once on my home machine. However, both machines are running SP1, which supposedly fixes this error. Any thoughts? Is it possible to disable part of a dual-core machine via the BIOS? (This is an ACER machine, which I think uses an AMD chip set). That would be the proof. Thoughts, anyone? I have no idea on how to solve this one. Many thanks Larry Bradley Orleans (Ottawa), Ontario, CANADA [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: Dual-core issue?
Thanks, Bill - I'll take a look. Unfortunately, no-one asked me about the new machine. Yes, I'm well aware of multi-processor issues. I spent most of my career in the large IBM mainframe environment as a systems programmer - early on we ran a dual-processor IBM 360-67. The code involved in making sure things worked properly was horrendous. We used to joke about our famous "four o'clock lock" - fairly often at around 4 in the afternoon, the system would hang with a lock set. Not nice. At 11:15 AM 2/17/2007 -0500, you wrote: >Search "disable dual core" for a lot of stuff on the subject. Seems >you're not the only one to run into problems. Frankly, dual-core is one >advance that I'd stay a mile away from until I'm convinced it's been >proven over time. I worked with it mainframe land, and recall fixing a >bug that required clearing the processor's instruction cache. Not that >we as app developers should every have to worry about such things, but >the whole thing involves really tricky timing considerations that I >would have thought impossible for Windows to deal with (message-driven >vs interrupt-driven). Obviously they've got it to work - most of the >time - but I really wonder if it can be made to work reliably ALL of the >time. > > >Bill > Larry Bradley Orleans (Ottawa), Ontario, CANADA --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [OT] Pelosi for President 2007
> Why wait until 2008? Get rid of Bush and Cheney now, > and Pelosi becomes our first woman President! > http://www.buzzflash.com/store/items/518 > Let the knee-jerking begin! I'll trust the first politician who says the neocon leaders need to be tried for war crimes - and the rest of them kicked out of Washington - including every single one who voted to give Bush the power to launch that invasion. Bill -- Ed Leafe ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: Dual-core issue?
Search "disable dual core" for a lot of stuff on the subject. Seems you're not the only one to run into problems. Frankly, dual-core is one advance that I'd stay a mile away from until I'm convinced it's been proven over time. I worked with it mainframe land, and recall fixing a bug that required clearing the processor's instruction cache. Not that we as app developers should every have to worry about such things, but the whole thing involves really tricky timing considerations that I would have thought impossible for Windows to deal with (message-driven vs interrupt-driven). Obviously they've got it to work - most of the time - but I really wonder if it can be made to work reliably ALL of the time. Bill > I've a problem I THINK might be a dual-core issue. I've read > the "buffer > overrun" threads. > > Environment: A new dual-core 2 gig machine at a client site. > Runs Win2K > SP4, and VFP9 SP1. > > I converted an application from VFP tables to mySQL, and have > a VFP utility > that loads the mySQL tables from the VFP tables to get things > started. Uses > SQL passthough. Uses the mySQL ODBC 3.51 driver. > > I have no problems at all on my development machine; there > are no problems > if I run the upload on another machine on the network at the > client site. > > However, on the dual-core machine, the SQL INSERTs that I use > to load the > tables fail sometimes with SQL SYNTAX errors. mySQL complains > about there > being an error in the SQL statement, and the error message it > sends back > shows a corrupted INSERT statement. It does not happen on the > same record > each time - it is random. And if I simply re-issue the > INSERT, it works. I > modified the program to do retries, and I can upload the > tables this way. > On a 15000 record table, I might get 30 errors that work when retried. > > I did some other tests - I created a remote view, and then > updated the > table this way - no problems - perhaps VFP is doing retries. > > I am limiting memory via SYS(3050) to around 24 meg, just as a test. > > On ONE occasion I got the dreaded "Buffer overrun" message from the C > library. I also got this message once on my home machine. > However, both > machines are running SP1, which supposedly fixes this error. > > Any thoughts? Is it possible to disable part of a dual-core > machine via the > BIOS? (This is an ACER machine, which I think uses an AMD > chip set). That > would be the proof. > > Thoughts, anyone? I have no idea on how to solve this one. > > Many thanks > > Larry Bradley > Orleans (Ottawa), Ontario, CANADA > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: [OT] Pelosi for President 2007
On Saturday 17 February 2007 8:57 am, Ed Leafe wrote: > Why wait until 2008? Get rid of Bush and Cheney now, and Pelosi > becomes our first woman President! > > http://www.buzzflash.com/store/items/518 > > Let the knee-jerking begin! Hi Ed! What? You guys aren't going to stiff Hillary, are you? She earned it by putting up with C-man! -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Dual-core issue?
I've a problem I THINK might be a dual-core issue. I've read the "buffer overrun" threads. Environment: A new dual-core 2 gig machine at a client site. Runs Win2K SP4, and VFP9 SP1. I converted an application from VFP tables to mySQL, and have a VFP utility that loads the mySQL tables from the VFP tables to get things started. Uses SQL passthough. Uses the mySQL ODBC 3.51 driver. I have no problems at all on my development machine; there are no problems if I run the upload on another machine on the network at the client site. However, on the dual-core machine, the SQL INSERTs that I use to load the tables fail sometimes with SQL SYNTAX errors. mySQL complains about there being an error in the SQL statement, and the error message it sends back shows a corrupted INSERT statement. It does not happen on the same record each time - it is random. And if I simply re-issue the INSERT, it works. I modified the program to do retries, and I can upload the tables this way. On a 15000 record table, I might get 30 errors that work when retried. I did some other tests - I created a remote view, and then updated the table this way - no problems - perhaps VFP is doing retries. I am limiting memory via SYS(3050) to around 24 meg, just as a test. On ONE occasion I got the dreaded "Buffer overrun" message from the C library. I also got this message once on my home machine. However, both machines are running SP1, which supposedly fixes this error. Any thoughts? Is it possible to disable part of a dual-core machine via the BIOS? (This is an ACER machine, which I think uses an AMD chip set). That would be the proof. Thoughts, anyone? I have no idea on how to solve this one. Many thanks Larry Bradley Orleans (Ottawa), Ontario, CANADA ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: [NF] PyCon attendance record!
On Feb 17, 2007, at 10:14 AM, MB Software Solutions wrote: > Are you presenting at this event again? Yep - guess what it'll be about? ;-) http://us.pycon.org/apps07/schedule/ - look at Friday noon. -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Damn M$ automatic update---didn't respect my wishes!
MB Software Solutions <> wrote: > Last night, I left my VFP development window open, and a few other > windows, iirc. I know earlier that day I had the yellow shield icon > telling me that there were 10 critical updates to apply, but I kept > putting it off, not applying them. This morning, I see that my > laptop has rebooted. That's not the first time that this has > happened. > > Why did it disregard my wishes and decide that it was going to go > ahead and apply the updates anyway and reboot, basically screwing > with the environment I was in? > > Not cool, M$. I should be the only one to say "reboot now." Mine is still there? Did you get IE7 as well? Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "A good way to judge people is by observing how they treat those who can do them absolutely no good." ---Unknown http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.1/690 - Release Date: 2/16/2007 2:25 PM ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Damn M$ automatic update---didn't respect my wishes!
Michael, There are four settings for Automatic Updates: Automatic: Updates are downloaded automatically, and installed at the specified time (default is 3AM) Download: Updates are downloaded, but not installed until you say OK Notify: You are notified that updates are available, but you must download and install them. Turn Off: No automatic updates. You must use Windows Update to check for updates. Microsoft Update (the update to Windows Update, which I guess we could call Windows Update Update) requires Automatic Updates be turned ON. If Automatic Updates are on, and your computer is running at the time of day for installs to occur, the installs will occur. I don't know of any setting that allows you to *ignore* reboots, except for the manual update method, which allows you to Restart Now or Restart Later. Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [NF] Damn M$ automatic update---didn't respect my wishes! Last night, I left my VFP development window open, and a few other windows, iirc. I know earlier that day I had the yellow shield icon telling me that there were 10 critical updates to apply, but I kept putting it off, not applying them. This morning, I see that my laptop has rebooted. That's not the first time that this has happened. Why did it disregard my wishes and decide that it was going to go ahead and apply the updates anyway and reboot, basically screwing with the environment I was in? Not cool, M$. I should be the only one to say "reboot now." -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: [NF] PyCon attendance record!
Ed Leafe wrote: > Online registration for the US PyCon closed today. There are 567 > people registered, a 38% increase from last year's number of 410 > attendees. > > Gonna be a great time! > Are you presenting at this event again? -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
[NF] PyCon attendance record!
Online registration for the US PyCon closed today. There are 567 people registered, a 38% increase from last year's number of 410 attendees. Gonna be a great time! -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: [NF] Damn M$ automatic update---didn't respect my wishes!
On Feb 17, 2007, at 9:58 AM, MB Software Solutions wrote: > Not cool, M$. I should be the only one to say "reboot now." Ah, grasshopper. You are young. With time you will come to realize that there are powers with more wisdom than you can ever hope to attain. Trust them. -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
[NF] Damn M$ automatic update---didn't respect my wishes!
Last night, I left my VFP development window open, and a few other windows, iirc. I know earlier that day I had the yellow shield icon telling me that there were 10 critical updates to apply, but I kept putting it off, not applying them. This morning, I see that my laptop has rebooted. That's not the first time that this has happened. Why did it disregard my wishes and decide that it was going to go ahead and apply the updates anyway and reboot, basically screwing with the environment I was in? Not cool, M$. I should be the only one to say "reboot now." -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
[NF] More VM questions
First of all, thanks for everyone's feedback on their VM experience. 1. How does one manage licensed software when using VM's? If I want to use a VM as a master setup and copy it to other workstations/servers, how does one go about re-licensing the copied VM's software with new license keys? (I'm thinking of Windows OS software and Office) 2. Is it possible to convert an existing workstation/server setup to a VM? In other words could I create an empty VM and then import the existing workstation's setup? 3. Is it possible to export a VM to a non-VM setup? In other words, reconfigure a new workstation to match a VM's config? 4. Are there pre-configured Linux VM's that one can install and run under Windows? Thanks, Malcolm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: Still want to use SourceSafe?
On 2/17/07, Paul Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Something that really annoys me about SourceSafe: > Lots of things annoy me about SourceSafe. That's why I wrote the book, did a dozen presentations, and wrote several white papers. > I made a small EXE for comparing 2 DBFs. All it does is opens the 2 > files, LISTs them to 2 text files and runs Windiff. It's not clear to me what this has to do with SourceSafe. Are you talking about Windiff the commercial product or the diffing functions of SourceSafe? > Works great. I > can view the history of a DBF and quickly see what has changed between > versions. So, you're checking in text versions of DBFs into SourceSafe? That's the technique the FoxPro integration uses for versioning SCX, VCX, MNX, etc files. > However this works for *.DBF but not *.dbf! (or vice-versa, depending > what I put in the config). I can't create 2 file associations because > the config won't allow duplicates. I'm not sure what you're doing with file associations? Which config file? Sounds like a problem with case-sensitive processing on a case-insensitive OS, a real Windows bugaboo. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
[OT] Pelosi for President 2007
Why wait until 2008? Get rid of Bush and Cheney now, and Pelosi becomes our first woman President! http://www.buzzflash.com/store/items/518 Let the knee-jerking begin! -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: Still want to use SourceSafe?
On 2/16/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/16/07, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.highprogrammer.com/alan/windev/sourcesafe.html > > -- > > Old post. I understand "Team Studio" has *finally* addressed some of > these issues, and that MSFT is forcing their internal developers to > eat their own dog food, unlike the mistreatment they gave SourceSafe. > VSS was a decent little system, (low resource demands, UNIX/Mac/DOS) > with some darn clever design, but never fostered at MS they way they > did with VFP. Something that really annoys me about SourceSafe: I made a small EXE for comparing 2 DBFs. All it does is opens the 2 files, LISTs them to 2 text files and runs Windiff. Works great. I can view the history of a DBF and quickly see what has changed between versions. However this works for *.DBF but not *.dbf! (or vice-versa, depending what I put in the config). I can't create 2 file associations because the config won't allow duplicates. Arrgh! -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
Re: [NF] Entire SysInternals suite in one download.
On 2/16/07, Derek Kalweit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Used File Monitor yesterday to find our why one of our web services > > was accessing the floppy drive every 5 seconds! > > Let me guess-- your SET PATH setting? It was checking volume serial numbers against the license key on every web page access - including the floppy drive! Not my code BTW! -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: Problem in IDE with builds after testing
Could it be a read not cleared ? Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions VFP9SP1 I get this error many times after I'm debugging my EXE: Object file c:\dev\mbss.exe is in use and cannot be removed from memory. I have to issue a CLEAR RESOURCES command before it will let me rebuild. What's causing this? Never had this happen before (at least not in recent memory). -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 966 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.1/690 - Release Date: 16/02/2007 14:25 ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
