emjeffb@sdrc.COM (Jeff Blanchet) (03/12/91)
I have been trying to use the BPLUS indexing routines which is a shareware product of Hunter and Associates. I have version 2.0. I have been able to use these routines on a HP unix system and under MS-DOS. The package was written for MS-DOS but I have succeeded in running it on unix platforms. I have had no problems on the unix system but I want to run my program on my PC. I have isolated the problem a little. I have a data file which has my records I want to have indexed (316 records). I want to have five indexes setup on this file. I created a little test program that does nothing more then reindex the data file (creates the 5 index files). If I compile all objects using the small or medium model this program works fine. If I compile using the large or huge model the program either hangs or gives an error about reading a record number that does not exist in the file. Obviously there is a problem with memory overwriting that I cannot seem to find. I believe it has something to do with the index routines compiled in a model that includes far data. I must use the large model to run my program. The other models are not large enough for me to use. Other then this problem the package seems pretty good. If I can get this problem fixed I would be more then happy to pay the $35 registration fee. That is a very good price for a package of indexing routines. Has anyone else used these routines and experienced the above problem? Is there a newer version of the indexing routines? Does anyone have another index package (cheap) that I can try? I need to have a solution in the next couple of weeks. The program I am writing is for a fantasy baseball league. Thanks in advance! Jeff Blanchet UUCP: uunet!sdrc!emjeffb SDRC Cincinnati Ohio
catfood@NCoast.ORG (Mark W. Schumann) (03/18/91)
In article <876@sdrc.COM> emjeffb@sdrc.COM (Jeff Blanchet) writes: >I have been trying to use the BPLUS indexing routines which is a shareware >product of Hunter and Associates. I have version 2.0. >Other then this problem the package seems pretty good. If I can get this >problem fixed I would be more then happy to pay the $35 registration fee. That >is a very good price for a package of indexing routines. >Has anyone else used these routines and experienced the above problem? >Is there a newer version of the indexing routines? >Does anyone have another index package (cheap) that I can try? I tried to call Hunter for some information and/or registration. This was a year ago, and the phone number given in the documentation has been disconnected. A call to directory assistance in Hunter's former home city (Portland, Oregon?) revealed no businesses named Hunter. Nice set of routines, but it looks as though you'll have to do without support or upgrades. But the price is right... :-) -- ============================================================ Mark W. Schumann 3111 Mapledale Avenue, Cleveland 44109 USA Domain: catfood@ncoast.org UUCP: ...!mailrus!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!catfood
glenm@bcars318.UUCP (Glen Martin) (03/19/91)
In article <876@sdrc.COM> catfood@NCoast.ORG (Mark W. Schumann) writes: >I tried to call Hunter for some information and/or registration. >This was a year ago, and the phone number given in the documentation >has been disconnected. I tried to find Hunter and Associates about 3 years ago, and had similar lack of luck. >>Other then this problem the package seems pretty good. If I can get this >>problem fixed I would be more then happy to pay the $35 registration fee. That >>is a very good price for a package of indexing routines. Indeed, a good set of routines. I found one bug, which was fixed by replacing strmove with memmove, or something like that. I can't remember what version that was ... I seem to recall that the tree depth was limited by a compile time switch, though ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glen Martin |Bitnet: glenm@bnr.ca | Phone: (613) 763-7299 BNR Ltd. | UUCP: ..uunet!bnrgate!bcars318!glenm | FAX: (613) 763-2626 BNR may own my fingers, but my opinions are all mine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------