Contents
Introducing
Suprtool Version 5.9.10 5
Overview............................................................................................................... 5
Highlights in Suprtool 5.9.10................................................................................... 5
Highlights in Suprtool 5.9....................................................................................... 5
Highlights in Suprtool 5.8....................................................................................... 6
Highlights in Suprtool 5.7....................................................................................... 6
Highlights in
Suprtool 5.6....................................................................................... 6
Known Problems.................................................................................................... 7
Itanium vs PA_RISC.............................................................................................. 7
Compatibility........................................................................................................ 9
Itanium
Compatibility........................................................................................... 11
CPU Serial Number (uname)................................................................................... 11
Documentation..................................................................................................... 11
Installation 12
Overview............................................................................................................. 12
Installation Instructions.......................................................................................... 12
Installation Assistance............................................................................................ 12
Enhancements in
Version 5.9.10 13
Introduction......................................................................................................... 13
$INRECNUM...................................................................................................... 13
$LEADZEROZ..................................................................................................... 13
$LEADZEROB.................................................................................................... 14
$JUSTIFYL......................................................................................................... 16
$JUSTIFYR......................................................................................................... 16
$RESPACE......................................................................................................... 16
Enhancements in
Version 5.9 18
Introduction......................................................................................................... 18
$Month............................................................................................................... 18
Excel Command................................................................................................... 18
Json Output......................................................................................................... 20
Multiple Json Commands........................................................................... 21
MySQL Access..................................................................................................... 21
Enhancements in
Version 5.8 22
Introduction......................................................................................................... 22
Input
($first/$last)................................................................................................. 22
Introduction......................................................................................................... 23
stexpmgr............................................................................................................. 23
linkmgr............................................................................................................... 23
$Proper............................................................................................................... 23
$Translate............................................................................................................ 24
Enhancements in
Version 5.6 27
Introduction......................................................................................................... 27
Extract Command................................................................................................. 27
Data Items Support................................................................................................ 28
$SubCount.......................................................................................................... 28
CCTL on Output.................................................................................................. 29
Defined Items
Support........................................................................................... 29
Bugs Fixed 30
Bugs Fixed In
Suprtool 5.9.................................................................................... 30
Bugs Fixed In
Suprtool 5.6.10................................................................................ 30
Bugs Fixed In
Suprtool 5.5.11................................................................................ 30
Bugs Fixed In
Suprtool 5.5.04................................................................................ 30
Bugs Fixed In
Suprtool 5.5.03................................................................................ 30
Bugs Fixed In
Suprtool 5.5.02................................................................................ 31
Bugs Fixed In
Suprtool 5.5.01................................................................................ 31
Bugs Fixed In
Suprtool 5.5.................................................................................... 31
Use Suprtool/AMXW to read, select, and sort data from
Oracle, Allbase and Eloquence databases and data
files with fixed-length records. Suprtool/AMXW is designed to be similar to
Suprtool for MPE while providing necessary HP-UX features. It is designed to
work with AMXW an MPE environment from Speedware that
runs on other platforms.
Suprlink/AMXW provides high-speed data-file linking based
on a sort key. Use STExport for AMXW to convert fields in a self-describing
input file into an output file that can be imported into different
applications.
·
STExport has a new
set command called Set Excel Leadzero On which tells the Excel command to add leading zeroes to
the fields specified in the Excel Preserve command.
·
Suprtool has a new
function available to the if/extract commands called $inrecnum,
which expects a double integer result.
·
Suprtool has a new
function called $leadzeroz, which will add leading
zeroes to a display field and will optionally justify the field.
·
Suprtool has a four
new string handling functions, specifically, $justifyl,
$justifyr, $leadzerob and
$respace.
·
Suprtool for AMXW
now has a limit of 512 fields.
·
A new $month
function in the if / extract option allows you to add or subtract a number of
months from a given date.
·
STExport has a new
command called Excel command which allows you to format a field in a format
that allows leading zeroes or spaces to be preserved.
·
A new option called JSON
will output SD data in Java Script Object Notation.
·
The Add command
would fail if a Table in an Oracle database accessible by a given username had
more than 2.1 billion entries on Oracle 11 and higher.
·
Suprtools new banner
would show the incorrect day and day of week in certain circumstances. This was cosmetic only.
·
Set CleanChar to a single character, after a Set CleanChar “<null>” would not come into effect due to
the special null flag not being reset. This was in both Suprtool and STExport.
·
The input command
now accepts the keywords($first/$last) when inputting a range of records.
· Suprlink now has it’s own “Suprmgr” file. Suprlink
will process all the commands in /opt/robelle/linkmgr on startup.
· STExport now has it’s own “Suprmgr” file. STExport
will process all the commands in /opt/robelle/stexpmgr on startup.
· Suprtool for AMXW would not stop / abort Suprtool
when using the list command and the target file filled up.
· Suprtool now has the $proper function which will
shift the first character in a string and any first character after a space or
ampersand.
· Suprtool now has the Translate command and a
$translate function to obfuscate test data or any byte field from being
readable.
· Suprtool output,else
with extract commands and sort in play would write bogus data to the Else file.
(non-MPE platforms)
· Suprtool for AMXW did not create a self-describing
file when output,link was
specified and the input source was a non-self describing flat file equated to a
dataset. (Fixed in Build 2)
· Suprtool for Itanium and Suprtool/Open incorrectly
reallocated if/extract code space on subsequent tasks, which would eventually
cause Suprtool to fail with the error, “Unable to allocate heap space.”. This
issue could also contribute to a Sort failure errors, in Suprtool for AMXW.
·
Suprtool for AMXW
had a conflict with the AMXW copy command when copying a C/ISAM or emulated
KSAM file.
·
Suprtool for AMXW
could not append to an empty KSAM file.
·
Suprtool, Suprlink
and STExport now handle 512 fields on HP-UX and Open platforms.
·
Suprtools' extract command
now has three special keywords to help with extract using a range, which is
designed to make your Suprtool scripts more easily maintained. Suprtool now has
$all, $first and $last which respectively means all fields, the first field or
the last field. Note that $first and $last may only be used in a range extract.
·
$subcount
has been added to keep a running count for a given sort break.
·
Suprtool for HP-UX and AMXW would potentially
incorrectly set the decimal or date attribute on a straight copy of an SD file.
This was introduced by the fix to copying SD files with duplicate fieldnames
and was in 5.5.04 pre-release and 5.5.11 and 5.6 Build 1. This is fixed in
Suprtool 5.6 Build 2 and Suprtool/Open Build 3.
·
Suprtool for AMXW would print an error message
when doing a straight get of a dataset to a flat file with no extract command.
(Fixed in Suprtool 5.6 Build 2)
·
Suprtool for AMXW would not show fieldnames on a
list of an SD file with no extract command. (Fixed in Suprtool 5.6 Build 2)
·
Suprtool for AMXW
will now detect if the output file has CCTL and will use the correct controlcode on the FWRITE to the Output file.
·
Suprtool for AMXW Itanium version now supports
more defined fields.
·
Suprtool would use
an incorrect field definition when copying a file where the input file had a
duplicate field name with different field definition, the second field would
utilize the first definition.
·
Suprtool would give
an incorrect result when doing an arithmetic expression with more than one set
of brackets and the data involved is Packed-Decimal. (Itanium only)
·
Suprtool and
STExport would incorrectly assume a positive sign for a packed-decimal field
that had an invalid sign value, when converting from Decimal to Ascii. (Itanium only)
·
Suprtool for AMXW
did not allocate enough space to support the same number of defined fields and
items as previous versions.
· Set Ifouroutput on
extracts would fail at xeq time with an "Unknown if execute phase" error in the PA_RISC version,
when an alignment
issue would occur in some
circumstances.
·
Suprtool for AMXW
would fail to open a "KSAM" file in AMXW when the implementation was
done via CISAM.
There are no known problems at this time. If you have any
questions or concerns or feedback, please feel free to e-mail me at: neil@robelle.com
There are two types of machines that HP has that run
HP-UX, the older machines are based on the PA_RISC chip and the new machines
that use the Itanium (and Itanium 2 chips). There are also program files that
are specific to each chip. PA_RISC programs can run on both PA_RISC and Itanium
machines, however, Itanium programs can only run on Itanium machines.
Any program that runs on Itanium must utilize libraries
that match its own program type. Therefore if a
PA_RISC program runs on Itanium and looks for a library, it must find/load the
PA_RISC version of the libraries that it needs and conversely an Itanium
program must load the libraries specific to its type.
How to Tell what Machine I am on?
There are many ways to tell what kind of machine you are
on, here are a couple:
uname -m
getconf
MACHINE_MODEL
In each case the Itanium machine will typically say ia64
somewhere in the result of the above two commands. PA_RISC machines typically
say "9000" somewhere in the string.
What is the Program
File Type?
Since there are two types of machines there are also at
least two types of program files. Suprtool is primarily either PA_RISC 1.1 or
ELF-32 / IA64 which is also known as Itanium. To determine the type of program
file you can use the file command:
Itanium
file suprtool
suprtool: ELF-32 executable object file - IA64
PA_RISC
file suprtool
suprtool: PA-RISC1.1 executable dynamically linked
-not stripped
The PA_RISC binary can run on both platforms but you need
to have PA_RISC libraries for Eloquence or Oracle if you are using the Oracle
module. An Itanium binary will not run on a PA_RISC machine and will fail with
"cannot execute".
Of
course we've made a provision to identify if you are running the ia version of Suprtool in the banner and verify command
with the ia after the UX :
SUPRTOOL/UXia/Copyright
Robelle Solutions Technology Inc. 1981-2009.
(Version 5.2 Internal) MON, JUN 8, 2009, 11:26 AM Type H for help.
PA_RISC Loading
Suprtool by default looks in the libraries in any of the
directories named in SHLIB_PATH. For
example to insure that Suprtool resolves the library loads you can set the SHLIB_PATH system
wide in your /etc/profile file in the following
manner:
export SHLIB_PATH=/opt/eloquence6/lib/pa11_32:/opt/oracle/lib
If you do not have the SHLIB_PATH variable set to a value
where the libraries can be found, Suprtool will then try to load from their
default names locations. For Eloquence
the default location is :/opt/eloquence6/lib/pa11_32.
The Oracle interface will first try to load libclntsh.so
and then attempt to load libclntsh.sl from $ORACLE_HOME/lib32/libclntsh.sl.
Itanium Loading
You can change Suprtool to pay attention to
LD_LIBRARY_PATH and use dlopen to load libraries, you
can set the environment variable:
export ROBELLE_DYN_LOAD =Y.
It is generally advisable to use DLOPEN or the
ROBELLE_DYN_LOAD option when using the Itanium version. The PA_RISC version of
Suprtool can use
either type of loading, the default or the dlopen
method invoked with ROBELLE_DYN_LOAD.
Running the PA_RISC
version on Itanium:
You can of course run the PA_RISC version of Suprtool,
however, given that the PA_RISC version requires SHLIB_PATH to point to PA_RISC
libraries may go against the configuration necessary for other programs that
may need SHLIB_PATH to point to Native Itanium libraries.
The solution to this is fairly simple, you can create a
command file (let's say /opt/robelle/cmd/suprtool) that runs suprtool for you, of course you need to insure your path
variable has /opt/robelle/cmd
before /opt/robelle/bin.
You can then have the following commands in the /opt/robelle/cmd/suprtool
command file:
export SAVED_SHLIB_PATH=$SHLIB_PATH
export SHLIB_PATH=/opt/oracle/pa_risc/lib:/opt/eloquence/lib/pa11_32
/opt/robelle/bin/suprtool $@
export SHLIB_PATH=$SAVED_SHLIB
Essentially all it does save the current SHLIB_PATH
setting, sets it to point to PA_RISC libraries, runs suprtool
and then resets the library back.
Suprtool for
Itanium
Now that you know all about PA_RISC and Itanium you do
need to be aware of what Suprtool for Itanium is in terms of new code and risk
for potential issues. Suprtool for Itanium is completely in C code. This does
not mean that it is all new C code however, the majority of the Suprtool code
is still based on SPL, but is converted to C, using Allegro's SPLASH compiler.
So while the C code is new it is based on the original SPLash code, however, given differences between C and SPLash not all code can be automatically converted in some
cases. We worked closely with Allegro to find ways to have the source code work
and address the various issues that came up. The entire time Allegro improved
the SPLash to C converter.
So while we are based on the original Suprtool we do have
new code paths in the Native Itanium version and other potential issues where
the C code might not work in exactly the same manner as the SPLash
code.
Having said that we have tested this against our test
suites, and improved and added a large number of tests to our HP-UX test
suites. We also began Alpha testing 24 months ago and have been beta testing
for the last year with our two best VAR customers.
Suprtool for AMXW would use the file size stored in the
SD label as opposed to the actual physical file size that AMXW uses.
::FILE FILE80;REC=-80,,F,ASCII
::supramxw
SUPRTOOL/AMXW/Copyright Robelle Solutions Technology Inc.1981-2007.
(Version 5.0) TUE, JAN 08, 2008, 2:42 PM Type H for help.
>I STFILE
>DEF ABCXYZ,1,11
>EXT ABCXYZ
>O FILE80,LINK
>X
IN=26, OUT=26. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.
>FO FILE80
File: FILE80 (SD Version B.00.00) No linefeeds
Entry:
Offset
ABCXYZ
X11 1
Limit: 1023 EOF: 26 Entry Length: 11 Blocking: 1
>E
::LISTF FILE80,2
ACCOUNT= AMXWQA
GROUP= FDE
FILENAME CODE
------------LOGICAL RECORD----------- ----SPACE----
SIZE TYP
EOF LIMIT R/B SECTORS #X MX
FILE80
1084 82B FA
26 1023
1 9 1 *
So what happens is if an output link file is created
with a file equation making the file bigger, any subsequent files that are
created from the resulting output file are actually made smaller as you can see
below.
::supramxw
SUPRTOOL/AMXW/Copyright Robelle Solutions Technology Inc.1981-2007.
(Version 5.0) TUE, JAN 08, 2008, 2:42 PM Type H for help.
>i FILE80
>O FILE80A
>X
Warning: Using Output FILE80A,Link
IN=26, OUT=26. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.
>E
::LISTF FILE80A,2
ACCOUNT= AMXWQA
GROUP= FDE
FILENAME CODE ------------LOGICAL
RECORD----------- ----SPACE----
SIZE TYP
EOF LIMIT R/B SECTORS #X MX
FILE80A 1084 11B FA
26 1023
1 2 1 *
Suprtool for AMXW now honours
the physical record size and the FILE80A file will now have a record size of
80.
The HP-UX and AMXW versions of AMXW no longer have Set varsubcompat on as the default. The default is now off and can be turned on
with the set command or the –cv option.
Previously, Suprtool would treat an “R” type field in an
Eloquence database as an R type while the data inside Eloquence is stored and treated
as IEEE therefore incorrect results would occur with coercions and arithmetic
operations. Suprtool now by default maps all Real and Long fields to their respective
IEEE fields. You can change Suprtool back to the previous behaviour with Set RealMap
Off.
A form command will still show the fields as being “R2” or
“R4”, but internally Suprtool will treat as IEEE, which is how Eloquence stores
and treats the numbers.
Consequently STExport will now
support items in SD files that are condidered R type,
however it correctly will map them to IEEE.
Suprtool/UX 5.0 is now compatible with all versions of
HP-UX 11.2x, as well as Oracle version 8 and higher.
Suprtool/UX version 4.8.02 and lower is compatible with
HP-UX 9.0 and higher and Oracle 7.
Fastread option is now set to On
for Suprtool for HP-UX the regular version. The Dynamic loading version of
Suprtool has a default
value of off to start.
Suprtool 5.2 is necessary for use with Oracle 11 and case
sensitive passwords.
There are a couple of differences in the Itanium version
of Suprtool, which you need to be aware of.
The DBEdit module is not available in the Itanium versions of
Suprtool. This module is invoked by the EDIT command.
The layout for the
Verify command is slightly different then the PA-RISC versions of Suprtool.
This program runs only on CPUs whose serial numbers have
been encoded (the "uname" on HP-UX). If it
fails to run and you get an "invalid HPSUSAN" error message, contact
Robelle for assistance, via support@robelle.com
or the support number at 1-800-453-8970.
The user
manual contains the full description of all the Suprtool suite of products
including Dbedit, Suprlink, STExport, and Suprtool2,
as well as usage tips and commands for each. The manuals are up-to-date with
all the latest changes. To see only the changes in the latest version, see the
"What's New" section of the manual.
You can
download our manuals and Change Notices in various formats and order printed
(hardcopy) manuals from our web site at:
http://www.robelle.com/library/manuals/.
The following instructions describe the installation
process of a new Suprtool release. The new version overwrites an existing
version of Suprtool on your HP-UX system.
There are typically two main types of installations. You
can find the Suprtool for AMXW regular install instructions here:
http://www.robelle.com/downloads/install-amxwprod.html
You can find the Suprtool for AMXW build on your system
instructions on the link below. You will need this install if you are going to
require the KSAM option, Dynamic Image loading or Omnidex
support, or intend to run on Itanium:
http://www.robelle.com/downloads/install-amxwbuildprod.html
If you have any questions or run into any problems, please
call us. Technical support is available on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Pacific time at 1.289.480.1060. Technical support can also be obtained via
e-mail at: support@robelle.com If your new version of software will not run,
you can page someone from technical support by calling the support number, or
you can typically easily run extend with the disaster option to tide you over
until business hours. Instructions for this are available at:
http://www.robelle.com/disaster/
Suprtool is constantly being
updated with new features. The following section describes the new enhancements
to Suprtool since Suprtool 5.9
The if / extract
commands can now utilize a new function called $INRECNUM, which allows you to
use the input record number in certain tasks. For example, the task below would
find record number 11.
In somefile
If $inrecnum=11
You can also,
utilize the $inrecnum function in the extract
command:
In somefile
Def recnum,1,4,double
Ext recnum=$inrecnum
The $inrecnum function was designed to find records especially
in the instance where duplicate records are in a particular
data source and cannot be isolated by any other means.
describes the new enhancements to
Suprtool since Suprtool 5.9
The if / extract
commands can now utilize a new function called $LEADZEROZ, which allows you to
add leading zeroes to a specific display field. This was designed specifically
for the extract command and fixing up data but can be used in the if command as
well.
$NUMBER is capable of fixing up numbers, but the new $LEADZEROZ
function is more lightweight and simply adds leading zeroes, and has an option
to justify right as shown below:
/PRINT
LEADZERO
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
12345
220
RUN
SUPRTOOL.PUB.ROBELLE
SUPRTOOL/Copyright
Robelle Solutions Technology Inc. 1981-2017.
(Version
5.9.10 Internal) Mon,
Feb 27, 2017, 3:48 PM Type H for help.
>IN
LEADZERO.SUPRTEST
>DEF
A,1,12,DISPLAY
>EXT
A
>OUT
*
>XEQ
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
12345
220
IN=13,
OUT=13. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.
>IN
LEADZERO.SUPRTEST
>DEF
A,1,12,DISPLAY
>EXT
A=$LEADZEROZ(A,J)
>out
*
>xeq
000000000001
000000000002
000000000003
000000000004
000000000005
000000000006
000000000007
000000000008
000000000009
000000000010
000000000012
000000012345
000000000220
IN=13,
OUT=13. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.
The $LEADZEROZ
function cannot fix issues like commas and decimal places in a display field,
this can be handled by the $number function.
The if / extract
commands can now utilize a new function called $LEADZEROB, which allows you to
add leading zeroes to a specific byte field. This was designed specifically for
the extract command and fixing up data but can be used in the if command as
well.
/PRINT
LEADZERO
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
12345
220
RUN
SUPRTOOL.PUB.ROBELLE
SUPRTOOL/Copyright
Robelle Solutions Technology Inc. 1981-2017.
(Version
5.9.10 Internal) Mon,
Feb 27, 2017, 3:48 PM Type H for help.
>IN
LEADZERO.SUPRTEST
>DEF
A,1,12,byte
>EXT
A
>OUT
*
>XEQ
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
12345
220
IN=13,
OUT=13. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.
>IN
LEADZERO.SUPRTEST
>DEF
A,1,12,byte
>EXT
A=$LEADZEROB(A,J)
>out
*
>xeq
000000000001
000000000002
000000000003
000000000004
000000000005
000000000006
000000000007
000000000008
000000000009
000000000010
000000000012
000000012345
000000000220
IN=13,
OUT=13. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.
The if / extract
commands can now utilize a new function called $JUSTIFYL, which allows you to left justify text to the left side of a field.
>in
leadzero
>def b,1,12,byte
>ext
b=$justifyl(b)
>out
*
>xeq
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
12345
220
IN=13,
OUT=13. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.
The if / extract
commands can now utilize a new function called $JUSTIFYR, which allows you to
right justify text to the right side of a field.
>in
leadzero.suprtest
>def a,1,12,byte
>ext
a=$justifyr(a)
>out
*
>xeq
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
12345
220
IN=13,
OUT=13. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.
The if / extract
commands can now utilize a new function called $RESPACE, which allows you to
fixup byte data that has multiple spaces in between text.
>in
respace.suprtest
>def text,1,40
>ext
text
>out
*
>xeq
this is a
test
this is a test
this is a
test
this
is a test
this
is a
test
this
is a test
please note this is
a test
this is a
test
this is a test
this
is a test
this is
a test
this is a test
this is a test
this
is a test
dummy
record
this
is a not
test
silly
record
IN=30,
OUT=30. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.
>in
respace.suprtest
>ext
text=$respace(text,J)
>out
*
>xeq
this
is a test
this
is a test
this
is a test
this
is a test
this
is a test
this
is a test
please
note this is a test
this
is a test
this
is a test
this
is a test
this
is a test
this
is a test
this
is a test
this
is a test
dummy
record
this
is a not test
silly
record
IN=30,
OUT=30. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.
Suprtool
is constantly being updated with new features. The following section describes
the new enhancements to Suprtool since Suprtool 5.8.10
The if / extract commands can now utilize a new function
called $Month, which will add a given number of months to a given date in the
format of ccyymmdd or yyyymmdd.
For Example:
In
somefile
Item
mydate,date,ccyymmdd
Def
targetdate,1,4,double
Ext
targetdate=$month(mydate,+4)
The above task will take the field mydate
and add four months to it. Suprtool will check if the date is valid and adjust
the date within reason. For example if the given month
for mydate has 31 days and the day is 31, and the
month mydate becomes when the date is added to has
only 30 days. The date will be adjusted to have the 30th for the
day.
The Excel command can be used to produce columns of data
that when imported will preserve spaces or leading zeroes.
EXCEL PRESERVE <fieldname>
Example
STExport can generate columns that are imported into Excel
in such a way that leading zeroes are preserved. While the format produced is
not traditional CSV, the format will produce a field in the form:
This form when imported into Excel will preserve the
leading zeroes. In order to invoke this format the
Excel command has very simple syntax:
$in filexcel
$col fixed
$quote double
$zero leading
$excel preserve newchar
int-field
$out *
$xeq
These simple commands will generate a file that will have
the usually formatted fields as well as some fields formatted specifically for
preserving spaces and leading zeroes in Excel.
The result of such an STExport task will look as follows:
="
11111 ",=" 01111",
0000011111,+00000011111
="
11111 ",=" 02222",
0000022222,+00000022222
The JSON command specifies STExport to generate
Json output. Use the JSON to produce Java Script
Object Notation documents for either Internet or Intranet applications.
JSON
OBJECT
"string"
ONEPERLINE
Example
STExport can generate JSON output with just a few
commands.
$input file1sd
$JSON
$output myJSON
$xeq
These four simple commands will generate a file that can
be read by various applications. The result of such an STExport task will look
as follows:
[{"CHAR-FIELD":"11111","INT-FIELD":1111,"ZONED-FIELD":11111}]
Object
The Object option allows the JSON data to be wrapped in a specific
Object description.
JSON Object "Json
object"
Looks like this:
{"Json
object":
[{\"CHAR-FIELD":\"11111",
\"INT-FIELD"\:1111,
\"DBL\-FIELD"\:11111,
\"PACKED\-FIELD"\:+1111,
\"PACKED\.-FIELD"\:+11111,
\"QUAD\-FIELD"\:11111,
\"ID\-FIELD"\:1,
\"LOGICAL\-FIELD"\:111,
\"DBLLOG\-FIELD"\:11111,
\"ZONED\-FIELD"\:11111
}]
}
Note that the example of the
Output has one field per line with data. Normally this would have to be
specified via the command line but the data is shown this way simply due to
space constraints.
OnePerLine
For files that have many fields
you may want to consider using the OneLine option of
the JSON command:
STExport will put each field and
data on one line with the appropriate beginning and end notation.
[{\"CHAR\-FIELD"\:"11111",
\"INT\-FIELD"\:1111,
\"DBL\-FIELD"\:11111,
\"PAC\KED\-FIELD"\:+11111,
\"PAC\KED\.-FIELD"\:+11111,
\"QUAD\-FIELD"\:11111,
\"ID\-FIELD"\:1,
\"LOG\ICAL\-FIELD"\:1111,
\"DBL\LOG\-FIELD"\:11111,
\"ZONED\-FIELD"\:11111
}]
You can enter multiple JSON
commands per task to set the JSON options you require.
$in file1sd
$JSON Object "Json
object"
$JSON OnePerLine
$out *
$xeq
An example of the output generated
by the above commands is as follows:
{"Json object":
[{"CHAR\-FIELD"\:"11111",
\"INT\-FIELD"\:1111,
\"DBL\-FIELD"\:11111,
\"PACKED\-FIELD"\:+11111,
\"PACKED\.-FIELD"\:+11111,
\"QUAD\-FIELD"\:11111,
\"ID\-FIELD"\:1,
\"LOGICAL\-FIELD"\:1111,
\"DBLLOG\-FIELD"\:11111,
\"ZONED\-FIELD"\:11111
}]
}
Suprtool/Open now has the ability to read MySQL databases
via the Open and Select commands. We are looking for alpha, beta testers and
feedback specifically on how to treat certain data items. Please e-mail Neil
Armstrong at neil@robelle.com to request
a trial of this software.
Suprtool
is constantly being updated with new features. The following section describes
the new enhancements to Suprtool since Suprtool 5.7.11
Suprtool now has $first and $last mnemonics, which can be
used on a range selection of records on the input command. It was designed to
handle a request to list the last N number of records in a file as in:
Input somefile($last-10/$last)
Suprtool will parse the Range selection and semantically
check if the record range entered is logical. For instance, $first-2 and
$last+10, which do not make logical sense would throw and error. Similarly if a record only has 5 records in it then $last-10
or $first+7, would also throw an error.
Enhancements in
Version 5.7
Suprtool
is constantly being updated with new features. The following section describes
the new enhancements to Suprtool since Suprtool 5.6.
STExport now has it’s own “suprmgr” file now, which will
be executed on startup of STExport. STExport will by default look for /opt/robelle/stexpmgr, or if $ROBELLE
variable is set it will execute $ROBELLE/stexpmgr.
Suprlink now has it’s own “suprmgr” file now, which will
be executed on startup of Suprlink. Suprlink will by default look for /opt/robelle/linkmgr, or if $ROBELLE
variable is set it will execute $ROBELLE/linkmgr.
Suprtool now has the $proper function which will shift to
upper case the first character of a byte type field and after any space or
ampersand. It will also shift to lower case any other characters in the
byte-field.
>in mprod
>list stan
>xeq
Apr 29, 2014 13:00 File: mprod Page 1
PRODUCT-DESC
skil 3/8"
variable speed drill
b&d router
skil var. sp.
auto-scroll saw
skil 8 1/2"
circular saw
b&d cordless
screwdriver
makita 8 1/4"
circular saw
b&d variable
speed jigsaw
makita 1/2"
router
makita 3/8"
var. speed drill
skil router
b&d 7 1/4"
circular saw
b&d 3/8"
variable speed drill
makita 1"
jigsaw
Considering the following data, you can fix all of the
product names with one simple task:
>in mprod
>ext product-desc=$proper(product-desc)
>list stan
>xeq
May 01, 2014 11:40 File: MPROD Page 1
PRODUCT-DESC
Skil 3/8"
Variable Speed Drill
B&D Router
Skil Var. Sp.
Auto-Scroll Saw
Skil 8 1/2"
Circular Saw
B&D Cordless Screwdriver
Makita 8 1/4" Circular Saw
B&D Variable Speed Jig Saw
Makita 1/2" Router
Makita 3/8" Var. Speed Drill
Skil Router
B&D 7 1/4" Circular Saw
B&D 3/8" Variable Speed Drill
Makita 1" Jig Saw
Note that any
character after a space, “&”, or “-“ is upshifted
for a proper name. Suprtool will also downshift those characters that do not
qualify as needing proper capitalization and it is a capital character, the
proper function will downshift those characters. See an example below:
>IN NAME
>LIST
>XEQ
>IN NAME.NEIL.GREEN (0)
>OUT $NULL (0)
NAME
= NEIL ARMSTRONG
>IN NAME
>EXT NAME=$PROPER(NAME)
>LIST
>XEQ
>IN NAME.NEIL.GREEN (0)
>OUT $NULL (0)
NAME
= Neil Armstrong
The $proper function only works on byte type fields.
(5.6.12)
Suprtool now has a $translate function which in
conjunction with the translate command allows you to build a translation table,
whereby you can translate from any byte character to any character. We have
also added a method to a supplied translate table which will allow you to
obscure the data such that it can’t be read.
>in
newprod
>list
>xeq
>IN
NEWPROD.NEIL.GREEN (0) >OUT $NULL (0)
PRODUCT-DESC = Skil 3/8"
Variable Speed Drill
>IN
NEWPROD.NEIL.GREEN (1) >OUT $NULL (1)
PRODUCT-DESC = B&D Router
>in
newprod
>translate
tounread
>ext
product-desc=$translate(product-desc)
>out
unread,link
>xeq
IN=13,
OUT=13. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.
>in
unread
>num 1
>list
>xeq
>IN
UNREAD.NEIL.GREEN (0) >OUT $NULL (0)
PRODUCT-DESC = Hzxo .2)? Epcxpqot Hatts Rcxoo
Warning: NUMRECS exceeded; some records not processed.
IN=2,
OUT=1. CPU-Sec=1. Wall-Sec=1.
>in
unread
>translate
toread
>ext
product-desc=$translate(product-desc)
>list
>xeq
>IN
UNREAD.NEIL.GREEN (0) >OUT $NULL (0)
PRODUCT-DESC = Skil 3/8"
Variable Speed Drill
>IN
UNREAD.NEIL.GREEN (1) >OUT $NULL (1)
PRODUCT-DESC = B&D Router
