World: r3wp

Yes. Conceptual integrity will help all the way through IMO.

testing. doesn t seem to accept my message

hello does someone have a working script sample of a dsn less odbc 
connection script. I tried the example in the "database reference" 
page, but it doesn't work.

the dsn example works.  However  I need the dsn less to work for 
the piece of code I am trying to do.

Yes. ...

Let me find it ...

see bottom of this page http://www.compkarori.com/vanilla/display/Firebird+Walkthrough

thanks Graham.


this altme thing is very buggy. this is the 10th time I am sending 
almost the same 
message and it is not posting.


does someone have a dsn less odbc connection script for connecting 
to a microsoft access 
database ?

Just look at any example of an access connection string ...

why don't we use a web based forum ?   it would be more reliable 
than this buggy altme ?  I am new to this and I am already having 
a bad impression about the quality of this application.  I have to 
send a message 10 times to get it posted once.

Doesn't happen to me .. so something wrong with your setup.

web forum http://synapse-ehr.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?3-Rebol

not a problem for me either... actually its the first time I hear 
about someone with the problem you describe.

but for some people Altme is very buggy ...

the main issue is the inability to sync with new messages

though I've never had that

(though the sync issue is only for very slow connections AFAIK)

I have a slow connection  . you see ... sending 3rd time .  

i never had a problem posting a message in any browser based forum. 
  which again show the reliability and resiliency of web based forum 
over this altme.

yeah .. this is a web 2 application .. designed for fast connections. 
 not really suitable if you use a dial up modem

YueM, does AltME disconnect or are the messages simply slow to appear?

He's posted here http://synapse-ehr.com/forums/showthread.php?11-ALTME-is-buggy

YueM has asked me (via REBOL.org's feedback to post this):

=========

I give up on altme. it's so frustrating.  can you post the following 

message for me in the "I'm new " group. I am trying to reply to Henrik 

about the problems with altme.  thanks for your help. I tried your 

advice and typed everything in notepad,  then cut and paste and click 

on send. It is just too much effort  resending 10, 20 times to get 
something out , or not at all.


thanks for your help. I think they have to redesign that altme thing.
========

I'm trying to answer on the forum...

Thanks -- I am sure we can debug this thing, given enough community 
brains!

I think the problem is just that he's trying to post while all groups 
are downloading.

Posted a response.

Sunanda, your work on the web archive for AltME and the mailing list 
is fantastic.  A web based front end for _posting_ and reading messages 
to/from both would do wonders for REBOL community involvement and 
growth.  The Darknet really does keep us from having a larger community. 
 It's a shame :(   I created a little hack script a while back that 
would allow web based posting to the mail list, but no one seemed 
interested...  Having a web based forum which aggregates access to 
these two communication channels would do so much to help with promotion 
and community growth.  I'm 110% sure of that!  ...and rebol.org would 
be a great place for it :)

Thanks Nick!


If AltME had an API that allowed us to write messages into a world, 
then perhaps we could use that to have a write-also interface to 
the AltME archive at REBOL.org, in addition to the read-only interface 
we see now. 

Ditto, a mailing list API.

But we'd need the APIs first :)


And I can immediately see various issues related to preventing spam 
and bots from rampaging through those APIs ... But not insurrmountable. 


Clearly, this is not an issue for [I'm New] -- perhaps switch to 
[Script Libary] for any further comments,

YueM's problem is weird, but I think he's misinterpreting that AltME 
is simply downloading messages the first time.

About 53 MB chat files in the REBOL 3 world alone... a lot.

He is using a slow   web connection,so it will take  much more time 
for downloading.

I wonder if data is downloaded in a compressed format.

(Of note, it probably requires over 100 times less bandwidth to post 
on AltME than on a regular forum)

I've send a Feedback to AltME, given them the forum link....Time 
for the big guns ;)

Actually it gives me some ideas for bulk download of messages, the 
first time you start AltME in a particular world. The method it uses 
is fine for maybe 500-1000 messages at one time, but if you're getting 
250000, there should be a way for AltME to notify that or simply 
get them by the bulk.

Sounds good......And have a way of turning red off in all groups. 
Having to click everything when re-installing a world is tedious 
and unREBOLlike.

Alternatively (but more annoying), group content isn't updated until 
you click the group, but the server could send notification of new 
messages in the group anyway. Not so great for offline use, though.

I am new to Rebol and have been a lurker for a little while. I used 
R2 to do some work with HTML pages and was sold on its power and 
simple syntax.

Welcome to our world ...

I had to easily change some urls to something else and was able to 
in a few lines of code. I tried this with other scripting languages 
and was never able to get it to work quickly.

Thanks, Graham. When I saw that R2 was being updated I decided to 
take the plunge into Rebol a little more in depth. I have read as 
much as I can on Rebol. I am now trying to learn and use it every 
day for different tasks.

Any plans for use?

I am curious how stable R3 is for CGI. I am trying to decide to use 
R2 or R3 for CGI. I would rather use R3.

Well, Carl says that rebol.com is using R3 now for cgi

I saw that and may just take the plunge and go with it.

I am a virtual Prof for an online university. I am in charge of several 
areas. I am using Rebol right now to help with our daily course reports 
I get in csv format.

I take the csv files, convert to RebDB, and then run reports in SQL. 
I am working on an R2 GUI version now. I really hope that R3 GUI 
is going to be functional soon. I could not tell if it was since 
no activity for a while on it. I tried the demo in R3 console and 
it does not work.

What subject ?

Sorry .. the demo does work.  Which version did you try?

software architecture, network technology, information assurance, 
and health infomatics are my areas I am chair of.

the latest one for Mac OS X Intel.