Before I run off half-cocked, can anyone confirm this:

All Pick-like systems (running Pick ike mode) neither require nor
object to the ending parentheses on the tcl option string, ie:

COPY MD MD (T === COPY MD MD (T)

QM objects to version 2 above and I think that's wrong (holding back
here.). We've had to work around this as the "full" form was in many
EXECUTE statements. Anyone else had the problem? I cannot see why
allowing the closing ) can ever be wrong.

Chandru writ:
Surely all your TCL statements are processed by one
common subroutine, so you can insert a line of code,
surrounded by pseudo-code for the QM case, to remove
the trailing paren there... right?

--
frosty

On 4 June, 15:42, chandru <cmur... (AT) seeinggreen (DOT) net> wrote:
Strictly, QM doesn't support "parenthetical options" but uses keywords
instead as is widely the case in "Information style" multivalue
systems. UV supports them via a trick in the VOC. As far as I know,
Unidata doesn't support them at all.

QM has a couple of commands contributed by Pick users that do have
support for parenthetical options and we will take a look to see if it
would be easy to ignore the closing bracket.


Martin Phillips, Ladybridge Systems

On 4 June, 16:33, Martin Phillips <MartinPhill... (AT) ladybridge (DOT) com>
wrote:
Well, that was easy! This change will be in release 2.10-4 and a patch
can be provided for release 2.10-3 for anyone who needs it sooner.


Martin Phillips, Ladybridge Systems

UniData handles it correctly, with or without the ")".

I would imagine/hope/pray that it is easy!

--
frosty

Martin:

Thanks for the prompt reply! I'm not used to quick responses on issues
like this....unlike other (unnamed) vendors!

Interestingly my fellow worker says that originally the ) was forced
and Micd was one of the last to not force it.

chandru

frosty:
chandru
On Jun 4, 8:56*am, "frosty" <fros... (AT) bogus (DOT) tld> wrote:

On 4 June, 16:56, "frosty" <fros... (AT) bogus (DOT) tld> wrote:
I stand corrected.


Martin Phillips, Ladybridge Systems

"frosty" <frostyj (AT) bogus (DOT) tld> wrote

Dont you mean "imagine(hope)pray?"

Ed

On Jun 5, 1:29*am, "frosty" <fros... (AT) bogus (DOT) tld> wrote:
C'mon! Don't be so trivial. Recognising that the options may vary from
platform to platform I'm sure that they have been parameterised, along
with the verbs themselves, so I'm sure Chandru is just pulling your
chain!

On 2010-06-04 11:40:17 -0400, Martin Phillips
<MartinPhillips (AT) ladybridge (DOT) com> said:

This is what I really like about working with QM and Ladybridge. A
vendor that listens, responds, considers, and acts.

--
Kevin Powick