Re: iSphere compare enhancement request

Thomas, i could bet this is a Turnover issue, so my point of view is that
Softlandings has to provide a feature which avoids to hardcode the library
in the scripts.



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Gesendet: Montag, 9. Februar 2015 14:49
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Betreff: Re: [WDSCI-L] iSphere compare enhancement request

Ah, I understand. I did not read Mark's message carefully enough. So we
actually had to implement a SQL parser to build a SQL syntax tree. Not easy
at all, but maybe the Internet offers a "ready to go" solution for that.
There should be an Open Source project for that.

Thomas.

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Gesendet: Montag, 9. Februar 2015 14:38
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In general you could indeed say it`s the same, but the dates have a fix
position within the source members. The hardcoded libraries within the SQL
scripts will not have fix positions, so you have to parse the script to
recognize the position and this is a lot of work.



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Gesendet: Montag, 9. Februar 2015 14:27
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Frank,

I may be wrong but isn't that actually the same problem as with the
"Compare and Merge" editor ignoring dates?

From what I know there is no real chance to fix that before the next
version of RDi, which hopefully uses Eclipse 4.3+ and that brings the
ICompareFilter interface as desribed here:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=382427.

From my point of view it is not a good idea to fix that by using
temporary files with the non relevant columns removed for the compare. The
smaller the remaining portion gets, the more obscure the source looks like.
For sure the next question would be: Why are columns of the source missing
when comparing source members? :-(

Thomas.

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Gesendet: Montag, 9. Februar 2015 13:17
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Mark,

from my point of view I would say there is no chance to realize this.
Let`s wait what Thomas says.

I am curious about the handling of your SQL scripts. It sounds for me,
like you are using the Change Management System Turnover.

Frank






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Mark
Gesendet: Montag, 9. Februar 2015 11:35
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Betreff: [WDSCI-L] iSphere compare enhancement request

Hi Frank and Thomas,

Would it be a simple task to enhance the source compare to ignore certain
differences when comparing or when showing the comparison results? For
example, I have an SQL script which has hardcoded libraries so when
comparing the development version with the system test version I would like
to be able to tell it to ignore these library differences so I can see just
the actual SQL statement differences.

Best regards,
Mark

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Sent: 09 February 2015 09:32
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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] iSphere for WDSCi 7.0 / RDi 8.0+ Version 2.5

Mark,

there is no need to unistall the old iSphere version prior to install the
new version.

Just install the new version. The old version will be automatically
disabled.

Frank



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Mark
Gesendet: Montag, 9. Februar 2015 09:55
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Betreff: Re: [WDSCI-L] iSphere for WDSCi 7.0 / RDi 8.0+ Version 2.5

Hi Thomas,

Anything is possible but I can't find anything in my SDP_1 dropins folder
that relates to isphere.

Ok, do you have any instructions for updating the install folder manually?

Best regards,
Mark

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Mark,

Is it possible, that you used a link in the "dropins" folder to install
the iSphere plug-in? In that case the "Unistall" button is greyed out and
you need to update your install folder by hand. Afterwards restart RDi.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

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Mark
Gesendet: Montag, 9. Februar 2015 09:10
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System i & iSeries
Betreff: Re: [WDSCI-L] iSphere for WDSCi 7.0 / RDi 8.0+ Version 2.5

Hi Thomas,

Fantastic, looking forward to using the new features in this great plugin.

Slight issue I can't work out though. I am trying to uninstall version 2.4
but when I get to the Installed Software screen all of the iSphere items
have greyed out uninstall buttons, I think I must be doing something dumb
but can't work out what it is (I hate Monday mornings!).

The items I have in my list are as follows;

iSphere Core (required) 2.4.0
biz.isphere.core.feature.group iSphere Project Owners
iSphere for RDi 8.0+ (recommended) 2.4.0
biz.isphere.rse.feature.group iSphere Project Owners
iSphere Task Tags for RDi 8.0+ (optional) 2.4.0
biz.isphere.lpex.tasks.feature.group iSphere Project Owners

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Best regards,
Mark
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Sent: 09 February 2015 07:22
To: wdsci-l
Subject: [WDSCI-L] iSphere for WDSCi 7.0 / RDi 8.0+ Version 2.5

Hi Folks,

It is time to update your iSphere plug-in to version 2.5.0.

Here is the list of features we added to the new version:

* Added the iSphere Data Area Editor.
* Added the iSphere User Space Editor.
* Added view for monitoring data areas and user spaces.
* Added the iSphere Data Space Editor Designer to describe

the structure of data areas and user spaces.
* Added option to remove items from the "iSphere Source File Search"

and the "iSphere Message File Search" result views.
* Added option to invert the selection of the "iSphere Source

File Search" and the "iSphere Message File Search" result views.
* Added iSphere "Retrieve Message (IQMHRTVM) API" to speed up

loading large message files.
* Added support for filter pools to the iSphere RSE Filter Management.
* Added Italian translation. Thanks to Nicola Brion.
* Extended the "Search for updates" feature to optionally search for

beta versions.
* Now the iSphere Search Pages (CTRL+H) remember the last used

connection.
* Now the length of a message will be displayed in the iSphere

Message File Editor.
* Changed structure of iSphere zip file so that it can be used as an

archived update site.

Just some short notes, you should know:

* You need to update your ISPHERE library when updating to version 2.5.
* Please read the help text to get familiar with what we call "Data
Spaces"

and the new "Data Space Editor Designer".
* Please notice the new "iSphere" menu option, which is where you find
the

"Data Space Editor Designer" and upcoming features.

A lot of the new features have been realized because of your feedback.
Feedback is important for us. If you think something is bad, please let
us
know about it. If you think something is good, we love to hear that,
too.
If you have any ideas for new features, please don`t hesitate to send
us a
feature request.

Special thanks to Nicola and Peter for their Italian and Dutch
translations.

Here is the project home of iSphere for WDSCi 7.0/RDi 8.0+
http://sourceforge.net/projects/isphere/

Hope you like it.

Regards,

Thomas.
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