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WebFOCUS 5.44 Windows 2000 (SU Question)

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August 16, 2005, 01:13 PM
<William Torres>
WebFOCUS 5.44 Windows 2000 (SU Question)
Can someone tell me the max filename length for a focus database running on an SU.

Seems the database name needs to be 8 characters, or less?

Thanks - William Torres
August 16, 2005, 01:38 PM
Kerry
Hi William,

Do you mean WebFOCUS 534? I don't think we have 544 yet.

Please let us know.

Cheers, Big Grin

Kerry
August 16, 2005, 01:40 PM
<William Torres>
Sorry all, it's WebFOCUS 5.33
August 18, 2005, 08:51 AM
HÃ¥kan
William,

I don't think it has changed. We're on 5.2.7 and there the limit is 8 chars.
August 25, 2005, 03:02 PM
Kerry
FYI, I just get confirmation from one of consultants. Yes, H Lidholm is right. To use SU, the max filename length for a FOCUS database must be 8 characters or less. If the filename has more than 8 characters, SU won't work. This limit is for all the current releases we have.

Hope this helps.

Cheers, Big Grin

Kerry
July 10, 2008, 12:24 PM
JohnB
What is the maximum length for a filename on release 7.6.4, and where is this in the documentation?

Thank you,

John


WF 7.7.03, Windows 7, HTML, Excel, PDF
July 13, 2008, 08:16 PM
StuBouyer
quote:
Originally posted by JohnB:
What is the maximum length for a filename on release 7.6.4, and where is this in the documentation?

Thank you,

John


John,

64 Characters for FOCUS and fixed format sequential data sources. From Naming a Master File - page 29 of Describing Data With WebFOCUS Language Version 7 Release 6 (DN4500806.1107), but I'm sure I've seen it in other places.

Cheers

Stu


WebFOCUS 8.2.03 (8.2.06 in testing)
July 14, 2008, 09:12 AM
GinnyJakes
There was a bug in 5.3.x wherein you couldn't do a REBUILD on a FOCUS file whose name was longer than 8 characters. This was not a problem in 5.2.x. This is fixed in 7.6. REBUILD is not SU and I would test this regardless of what release you are on.


Ginny
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