On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 09:31:48 -0400, Johnson, Tracy
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Bradmark and VESoft are on Texas and California time
>so I thought I'd ask the list first:
>
>I recently tried using the DBGENALT command of MPEX
>and after it attempts to modify the first dataset the
>terminal or job hangs.
>
>I've been through at least one upgrade of MPEX,
>DBGeneral, and MPE, since I last used DBGENALT.
>
>Has anyone else encountered this, and is the problem
>with MPEX, DBGeneral, or am I missing some config
>variable?
>
>The end of my DBGENALT command ends with a "QUIT"
>parameter.  Either DBGeneral or MPEX doesn't
>understand this and the session or job hangs.
>
>[yada ... yada ... yada ... successful operations snipped]
>
>Number of secondaries processed  : 1
> Wall time: 0:00:00  CPU time: 0:00:00.021
>
>Total number of entries processed: 5
>Overall statistics:  Wall time: 0:00:00  CPU time: 0:00:00.132
>
>
>
>Dataset change successfully completed
>
>
>        DATASET: QUIT
>
>ERROR !  Set name unknown
>         Enter set name or number, '?' for help, '//' to exit
>
>
>        DATASET:
>ERROR !  Premature EOF detected on STDIN
>
>DBGENERAL terminated, error detected  ------------  Thu, Jul 19, 2001,
2:24
>pm
>
>
>Tracy Johnson
>MSI Schaevitz Sensors
>
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Hi, The problem is DBGENALT in MPEX. This command file is now supported via
Bradmark and you should have a DBGENALT.MPEX.BRADMARK. Simply copy this,
replacing DBGENALT.CMD22.VESOFT

regards,

Adrian Partridge
VESoft Support
Gainsborough Software Ltd

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