[Download-List] Inserting a Line Feed in Vertical orienttion Download File

[Katie Morgan]

Instead of doing an EVAL for that, have you tried using EOR.CHAR ^10   ?

Katie

Katie Morgan
Datatel Programmer/Analyst
Linfield College
900 SE Baker St
McMinnville OR 97128
503.883.2714

kmorgan at linfield.edu<mailto:kmorgan at linfield.edu>

From: download-list-bounces at cedarville.edu [mailto:download-list-bounces at cedarville.edu] On Behalf Of Kenneth B. Nies
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 11:54 AM
To: download-list at cedarville.edu
Subject: [Download-List] Inserting a Line Feed in Vertical orienttion Download File

Good afternoon,

This is my first post.

Below is some Code from a Datatel (Unix based) Paragraph which is calling the Download functionality:

 GET.LIST BHCC50079.CHEL.SP.STU

DOWNLOAD STUDENTS LITERAL '0013' \
   LITERAL '1-' \
   LITERAL '2-' \
   LITERAL '3254' \
   LITERAL '4bhc' \
   LITERAL '5' \
   LITERAL '6' \
   EVAL "'705-31-':(<<Enter Desired Academic Year (FORMAT 2009):>> - 1999)"  \
   EVAL "'8':STU.ACTIVE.PROGRAMS" \
   EVAL "'n':STU.LAST.20:', ':STU.FIRST.20" \
   EVAL "'a':X.B88.PREFERRED:'$':X.STU.PREF.CSZ" \
   EVAL "'rCHESP':(<<Enter Desired Academic Year (FORMAT 2009):>> - 1999)" \
   EVAL "'t':X.STU.PHONE.10" \
   EVAL "'u':@ID" \
   EVAL "^10"
   QUOTE.CHAR "" \
   RECORD.ORIENTATION VERTICAL \
   FILE _HOLD_ BHCC50079_LIBRARY.DAT OVERWRITING

This format is required by a Library System we have on campus to allow students to borrow books from other libraries and read periodicals subscribed to by other libraries across our state.

The basic purpose of this file is to update the expiration date of the Student's library usage.

The Last EVAL statement places a line feed between each record of fields vertically displayed.

We were having problems when we ran this script against approximately 12,000 records in that it would output a couple of hundred records with no problem, but then all field rows with an EVAL: statement were left blank.

An email to David Rotman concerning this issue resulted in a suggestion to Place a COMPILE.EVAL statement set to true on our Unix Server, which we did, but did not fix the problem.  David also suggested removing the last EVAL: statement and replacing it with a LITERAL.

This, however creates a field row with the text "^10" rather than a line feed.

I have tried "LITERAL '^10'" resulting in the text "^10" rather than a line feed.

and "LITERAL ^10" resulting in an error message in Datatel stating it cannot recognize "^10".

It would appear that Removing this last EVAL: statement will allow all the records to be populated correctly, but without the line feed.

Any ideas would be welcomed.  Been on this for 2 weeks.

Thanks

Kenneth B. Nies, B.S.C.E., M. Arch.
Systems Analyst
Bunker Hill Community College
250 New Rutherford Avenue
Charlestown, MA 02129-2925
617-228-2353
kbnies at bhcc.mass.edu<mailto:kbnies at bhcc.mass.edu>

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