World: r3wp

Oh, +s seems to fix it as well.  Better.

Little bit more playing around, to see if +s was taking ... doesn't 
seem so.
rebol []
probe system/script
change-dir %..
list-dir
ask "waiting"

c:\tools\rebol\appdata\rebview +s testing.r

...
    words: none
]
waiting

** Script Error: list-dir expected dir argument of type: file url 
unset
** Near: list-dir
ask "waiting"
>>

The ask is evaluated before the list-dir error     And if  list-dir 
%.  is used, it lists the dir, without a security box.

That's natural. list-dir expects an argument.

just the same as:
	1 + print "hello"

There seems to be a difference in CALL/SHELL (at least under Windows). 
Earlier versions open a shell window, the latest doesn't. I can see 
it, when I run my OpenGL stuff.

It's been discussed before in this thread, I see.

Try the /show refinement.

Thanks!

Did the r2-beta world go down? I can't reach it.

nor I from yesteday

it's been going down every day. i have restarted it twice, but there 
seems to be something wrong with it, so i'll be waiting for carl 
to be back and have a look at it (since i have no idea how altserve 
works :)

down again

disk full?

why would it only affect one world?

not a disk problem, this is on www.rebol.net.

i really think Carl should look into it. i don't like the idea of 
just restarting it without knowing what's wrong with it.

Has anyone tried Cyphre's my-http.r on REBOL/View 2.7.6?

I get an error here:

>> read http://www.rebol.net
** Script Error: querying has no value
** Where: halt-view
** Near: http-command: either querying ["HEAD"] ["GET"]

Rebolers, again I reach out to you for some info and advice. I'm 
creating a DB in Access 2003 for a company (This is what they use 
so I'm stuck here) and I'd rather create a set of tools (for some 
work but not all, the majority of the tasks will be strictly access) 
that has Rebol talking to it rather than having to doing it in VB. 
I was under the impression that 2.7 had odbc built in, but alas it 
doesn't seem to. Am I stuck with having to get  /Command?

Not sure it was freed. Maybe we talked about it, but I don't remember 
Carl's opinion on that. What was freed though was DLL wrapper interface, 
but I am not sure there is an ODBC wrapper via DLL for REBOL ...

Thanks Pekr. All that wrapper stuff is beyond me. It sound like VB 
school for James_Nak. : (

DocKimbel was working on one, but I think it's old and unfinished.

Thanks. That must also mean it is pretty hard to do.

In the old days of  pre-Command  or  View/beta I wrote an ODBC-Wrapper.

Can I try it?

you need R/command.

That's what it is looking like.

At the moment I have no access to that old pc and script. I takes 
a few days, but then you can get it.

At least someone was even using it on Linux, as Command does not 
provide ODBC access there.

Thanks in advance then. I'm really trying hard to not have to learn 
VB : ) Which may not be a good thing in the long run. Thanks.

If you can get them to upgrade to 2007 (the runtime is free), then 
you won't have to do as much VB for UI stuff.

You should also consider having them use SQL Server 2008 Express 
instead of Access for the database portion, though you still have 
to be careful about datatype translation if you are still using Access 
as a front-end, even 2007.

sqlab, how did your odbc wrapper work?

Thanks Brian. I forgot about Express. If I can convince them to let 
me do a complete Rebol app I would do that. : )

Express 2008 came out last month, even the advanced versions. I have 
used the client-side tools and they are nice, and have read good 
things about the server-side improvements. The new report generation 
tool is purported to have its UI based on the Access 2007 style, 
though I haven't played with it yet.

I can say without hesitation that the Access 2007 user interface 
is drastically better (though its engine needs replacing).

Thanks and this project is pretty basic. It's more along the lines 
of a task management system. Right now they do it with some fairly 
bulky spreadsheets. Thanks for the tip.

Graham, you use the wrapper like this

do %odbc-lib.r
db: sql/open "DSN" "user" "pass"
sql/exec db "select * from your_table"
while [not empty? row:  sql/fetch db] [probe row]
sql/close   db


I used my own routines of calling the odbc.dll, because of some glitches 
with RT's implementation and some databases.

Interesting.  And this works on Linux as well?

I never tried it, but I sent it to someone and he wrote, that it 
was working. Of course you have to load .so instead of .dll.

Accessing ODBC data sources with Core and View

http://anton.wildit.net.au/rebol/doc/translated/AccessODBC/odbcsockserv_english.html

I have linked the Article in R2 Wiki but the link to Gavin F.McKenzie 
parse http://www3.sympatico.ca/gavinis not working.

I think you'll find it here http://www.rebol.org/view-script.r?script=xml-parse.r&sid=ij461ww

The original article should be fixed and the link changed.

sqlab  - any luck finding your odbc-lib.r ?

I sent it already to James_Nak two weeks ago. 
Since then it did not hear anything

Would you send me a copy too?

I've been using WINE to get ODBC working on Linux .. not very satisfactory 
due to WINE bugs.

It's on the way to you.
But there are some years gone, since I used it the last time.

Thanks

Yes, sqlab and Graham, I haven't had the chance to start my testing. 
I have to wait for weekends and the last two have been swamped.

Sqlab, OK, I gave your odbc-lib a shot. So far so good. Thanks. I'll 
be doing some more testing over the weekend. If you know of any quirks, 
please let me know. I'm pretty much an "insert" and "Select" SQL 
guy so it should be fine. Thanks again.