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Comment on That’s Quite a View – INMast by Darren

Darren — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:18:23 +0000

Hummm, Thanks for the Replay David. I guess I am going to have to learn how to use SQL reporting Services with M2M. Can anyone point me towards some documentation?

Darren

Comment on That’s Quite a View – INMast by David

David — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:31:54 +0000

Thanks for checking that out Glenn. To be honest Darren, I have never created a M2M Report with a QPR file. If I’ve written the SQL I use another medium such as SQL Reporting Services, Crystal, or Excel.

Comment on That’s Quite a View – INMast by Darren

Darren — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:57:02 +0000

Thanks for the reply Glen.
I am using VFP 9.0 SP2. It is just a Query (.QPR)not a .PRG with it set to SQL on the RPMAKE screen. And YES, it runs fine directly in SQL. I must be doing something wrong, I just can’t put my finger on it!
I guess I will keep researching and trying.
Thanks Again

Darren

Comment on “What is your Biggest Weakness?” The Classic Interview Question. by My Greatest Weakness? « Microsoft Lessons from the Web

My Greatest Weakness? « Microsoft Lessons from the Web — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:59:47 +0000

[...] I was enjoying being an audience to the “greatest weakness” posts going around in the latest meme. This time it was started by David Stein who blogs (quite regularly) over at Made2Mentor.com in his post, “What is your biggest weakness? – The Classic Interview Question”. [...]

Comment on All the Little Ants are Marching… by David

David — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:45:27 +0000

@Scott, they are all exact copies, so why not have them sign one and then make 2 traditional copies?

It would still be cheaper than using that old 3-play with carbon type paper. No?

Comment on That’s Quite a View – INMast by Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:44:33 +0000

Daren,
I tried your code in SSMS (SQL Server Manangement Studio, Query Analyzer in SQL 2000) and VFP. It ran fine in both cases. In SSMS I had to remove the “m2mdata!” words and the “into cursor joqstk” words from the query. The existance of those words in your query leads me to belive your runing the query through the m2m wrapper (M2MSELECT()). The first thing to do to speed up any report that uses the M2MSELECT() function is to modify the code to run the SQLEXEC() function insead of the m2m wrapper. If you need help doing this, I can certainly guide you in the right direction. But that doesn’t seem to be the issure here. I put your code in the m2m wrapper and it ran just fine.

The issue may be the verson of VFP you are using. Which version of VFP are you using to compile the report’s .PRG? I’m running VFP 9.0.

Comment on All the Little Ants are Marching… by Mark

Mark — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:44:13 +0000

David I feel your pain as back in the day for (if memory serves) Sunbeam I made toast or opened cans until the tool failed or went up in flames. Good times, not!

I should note we use a legacy dot matrix once a year for physical inventory.

A-n-y-w-a-y yes this behavior is everywhere including our little ant farm. My guess is the fear magnitude outweighs the actual ripple of the change itself.

Comment on All the Little Ants are Marching… by scott

scott — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:31:20 +0000

Andrew,

An electronic signature would not work. Truck drivers (employed by another comapny) are the ones who need to sign it.

Comment on All the Little Ants are Marching… by Fred Crawford

Fred Crawford — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:42:30 +0000

Yep, daily. You have to show it to them in wasted dollar amounts. Time doesn’t matter, but dollars do.

Comment on All the Little Ants are Marching… by Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:40:50 +0000

Love the Dave Mathews reference.

Scott, how about an electronic signature that prints out on the form?