Ruby API

Hi
I've seen lots of references to using Ruby programming language with Berkeley DB XML, but I've not been able to track down any suitable resources for this.
I did look at http://rdbxml.rubyforge.org/, but so far as I can tell this will not work for WinXP OS.
Is anyone working with Berkeley DB XML with Ruby on WinXP, and if so, how did you do it?
Thx
Jason

Jason,
There are two wrapper interfaces that I'm aware of. Both use SWIG to generate the interfaces. I can't comment on the completeness or usability of either, not having used them.
http://rdbxml.rubyforge.org/
http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/bdb/
You mentioned that one won't work on windows. I suspect that if you can use SWIG to generate the interfaces, you might be able to compile/run on windows.
If you experiment, and have an opinion on either of these, please post your experience.
Regards,
George

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                desc74.putUnitDouble( sTID('columnGutter'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
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                    desc78.putEnumerated( sTID('digitSet'), sTID('digitSet'), sTID('defaultDigits') );
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                        desc79.putDouble( cTID('Grn '), 0.000000 );
                        desc79.putDouble( cTID('Bl '), 0.000000 );
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                        desc80.putString( cTID('FntN'), "Myriad Pro" );
                        desc80.putString( cTID('FntS'), "Regular" );
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                        desc80.putEnumerated( sTID('diacVPos'), sTID('diacVPos'), sTID('diacVPosOpenType') );
                        desc80.putUnitDouble( sTID('diacXOffset'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
                        desc80.putUnitDouble( sTID('diacYOffset'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
                        desc80.putUnitDouble( sTID('markYDistFromBaseline'), cTID('#Pxl'), 100.000000 );
                        desc80.putEnumerated( sTID('baseline'), sTID('baseline'), cTID('Nrml') );
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                        desc80.putEnumerated( cTID('Undl'), cTID('Undl'), sTID('underlineOff') );
                        desc80.putUnitDouble( sTID('underlineOffset'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
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                        desc80.putBoolean( sTID('alternateLigatures'), false );
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                        desc80.putBoolean( sTID('fractions'), false );
                        desc80.putBoolean( sTID('ordinals'), false );
                        desc80.putBoolean( sTID('swash'), false );
                        desc80.putBoolean( sTID('titling'), false );
                        desc80.putBoolean( sTID('connectionForms'), false );
                        desc80.putBoolean( sTID('stylisticAlternates'), false );
                        desc80.putBoolean( sTID('ornaments'), false );
                        desc80.putBoolean( sTID('justificationAlternates'), false );
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                        desc80.putBoolean( sTID('italics'), false );
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                        desc80.putInteger( sTID('wariChuLineGap'), 0 );
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                        desc80.putInteger( sTID('wariChuOrphan'), 2 );
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                        desc80.putDouble( sTID('rightAki'), -1.000000 );
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                            desc82.putDouble( cTID('Grn '), 0.000000 );
                            desc82.putDouble( cTID('Bl '), 0.000000 );
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                        desc80.putEnumerated( sTID('lineJoin'), sTID('lineJoin'), sTID('miterJoin') );
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                        desc80.putUnitDouble( sTID('miterLimit'), cTID('#Pxl'), 4.000000 );
                        desc80.putDouble( sTID('lineDashoffset'), 0.000000 );
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                desc77.putObject( cTID('TxtS'), cTID('TxtS'), desc78 );
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                var desc83 = new ActionDescriptor();
                desc83.putInteger( cTID('From'), 15 );
                desc83.putInteger( cTID('T '), 17 );
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                    desc84.putBoolean( sTID('styleSheetHasParent'), true );
                    desc84.putUnitDouble( cTID('Sz '), cTID('#Pxl'), 72.000000 );
                    desc84.putUnitDouble( sTID('impliedFontSize'), cTID('#Pxl'), 72.000000 );
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                    desc84.putUnitDouble( sTID('markYDistFromBaseline'), cTID('#Pxl'), 100.000000 );
                desc83.putObject( cTID('TxtS'), cTID('TxtS'), desc84 );
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                var desc85 = new ActionDescriptor();
                desc85.putInteger( cTID('From'), 17 );
                desc85.putInteger( cTID('T '), 37 );
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                    desc86.putBoolean( sTID('styleSheetHasParent'), true );
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                    desc86.putString( cTID('FntN'), "Myriad Pro" );
                    desc86.putString( cTID('FntS'), "Bold Italic" );
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                    desc86.putUnitDouble( cTID('Sz '), cTID('#Pxl'), 72.000000 );
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                    desc90.putUnitDouble( sTID('impliedFirstLineIndent'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
                    desc90.putUnitDouble( sTID('startIndent'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
                    desc90.putUnitDouble( sTID('impliedStartIndent'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
                    desc90.putUnitDouble( sTID('endIndent'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
                    desc90.putUnitDouble( sTID('impliedEndIndent'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
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                    desc90.putUnitDouble( sTID('impliedSpaceAfter'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
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                    desc90.putBoolean( sTID('hyphenate'), true );
                    desc90.putInteger( sTID('hyphenateWordSize'), 6 );
                    desc90.putInteger( sTID('hyphenatePreLength'), 2 );
                    desc90.putInteger( sTID('hyphenatePostLength'), 2 );
                    desc90.putInteger( sTID('hyphenateLimit'), 0 );
                    desc90.putDouble( sTID('hyphenationZone'), 36.000000 );
                    desc90.putBoolean( sTID('hyphenateCapitalized'), true );
                    desc90.putDouble( sTID('hyphenationPreference'), 0.500000 );
                    desc90.putDouble( sTID('justificationWordMinimum'), 0.800000 );
                    desc90.putDouble( sTID('justificationWordDesired'), 1.000000 );
                    desc90.putDouble( sTID('justificationWordMaximum'), 1.330000 );
                    desc90.putDouble( sTID('justificationLetterMinimum'), 0.000000 );
                    desc90.putDouble( sTID('justificationLetterDesired'), 0.000000 );
                    desc90.putDouble( sTID('justificationLetterMaximum'), 0.000000 );
                    desc90.putDouble( sTID('justificationGlyphMinimum'), 1.000000 );
                    desc90.putDouble( sTID('justificationGlyphDesired'), 1.000000 );
                    desc90.putDouble( sTID('justificationGlyphMaximum'), 1.000000 );
                    desc90.putEnumerated( sTID('singleWordJustification'), cTID('Alg '), cTID('JstA') );
                    desc90.putBoolean( sTID('hangingRoman'), false );
                    desc90.putInteger( sTID('autoTCY'), 0 );
                    desc90.putBoolean( sTID('keepTogether'), true );
                    desc90.putEnumerated( sTID('burasagari'), sTID('burasagari'), sTID('burasagariNone') );
                    desc90.putEnumerated( sTID('preferredKinsokuOrder'), sTID('preferredKinsokuOrder'), sTID('pushIn') );
                    desc90.putBoolean( sTID('kurikaeshiMojiShori'), false );
                    desc90.putBoolean( sTID('textEveryLineComposer'), false );
                    desc90.putDouble( sTID('defaultTabWidth'), 36.000000 );
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                        desc91.putString( sTID('fontPostScriptName'), "MyriadPro-Regular" );
                        desc91.putString( cTID('FntN'), "Myriad Pro" );
                        desc91.putString( cTID('FntS'), "Regular" );
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                        desc91.putInteger( cTID('FntT'), 0 );
                        desc91.putUnitDouble( cTID('Sz '), cTID('#Pxl'), 12.000000 );
                        desc91.putDouble( cTID('HrzS'), 100.000000 );
                        desc91.putDouble( cTID('VrtS'), 100.000000 );
                        desc91.putBoolean( sTID('syntheticBold'), false );
                        desc91.putBoolean( sTID('syntheticItalic'), false );
                        desc91.putBoolean( sTID('autoLeading'), true );
                        desc91.putInteger( cTID('Trck'), 0 );
                        desc91.putUnitDouble( cTID('Bsln'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
                        desc91.putDouble( sTID('characterRotation'), 0.000000 );
                        desc91.putEnumerated( cTID('AtKr'), cTID('AtKr'), sTID('metricsKern') );
                        desc91.putEnumerated( sTID('fontCaps'), sTID('fontCaps'), cTID('Nrml') );
                        desc91.putEnumerated( sTID('digitSet'), sTID('digitSet'), sTID('arabicDigits') );
                        desc91.putEnumerated( sTID('kashidas'), sTID('kashidas'), sTID('kashidaDefault') );
                        desc91.putEnumerated( sTID('diacVPos'), sTID('diacVPos'), sTID('diacVPosOpenType') );
                        desc91.putUnitDouble( sTID('diacXOffset'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
                        desc91.putUnitDouble( sTID('diacYOffset'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
                        desc91.putUnitDouble( sTID('markYDistFromBaseline'), cTID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
                        desc91.putEnumerated( sTID('baseline'), sTID('baseline'), cTID('Nrml') );
                        desc91.putEnumerated( sTID('strikethrough'), sTID('strikethrough'), sTID('strikethroughOff') );
                        desc91.putEnumerated( cTID('Undl'), cTID('Undl'), sTID('underlineOff') );
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                        desc91.putBoolean( sTID('altligature'), false );
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                        desc91.putBoolean( sTID('alternateLigatures'), false );
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                            desc92.putDouble( cTID('Bl '), 0.000000 );
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                            desc93.putDouble( cTID('Rd '), 0.000000 );
                            desc93.putDouble( cTID('Grn '), 0.000000 );
                            desc93.putDouble( cTID('Bl '), 0.000000 );
                        desc91.putObject( sTID('strokeColor'), cTID('RGBC'), desc93 );
                    desc90.putObject( sTID('defaultStyle'), cTID('TxtS'), desc91 );
                desc89.putObject( sTID('paragraphStyle'), sTID('paragraphStyle'), desc90 );
            list15.putObject( sTID('paragraphStyleRange'), desc89 );
        desc70.putList( sTID('paragraphStyleRange'), list15 );
            var list16 = new ActionList();
        desc70.putList( sTID('kerningRange'), list16 );
    desc69.putObject( cTID('T '), cTID('TxLr'), desc70 );
    executeAction( cTID('setd'), desc69, DialogModes.NO );
This code describes how a Text Layer ActionDescriptor is laid out. It has one section of text that is red and another section that is bold-italic so there are two style ranges.
The code to get the Text Layer descriptor is this simple:
function getLayerDescriptor() {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated(cTID("Lyr "), cTID("Ordn"), cTID("Trgt"));
return executeActionGet(ref)
This bit of code assumes that the document and layer are active/selected. But once you have it, the previous block of code shows you how to go in and get the info that you need.
There is also these bits of code that mucks around with Text/Style Ranges:
http://ps-scripts.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ps-scripts/xtools/xlib/Text.jsx
http://ps-scripts.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ps-scripts/xtools/xlib/TextTest.jsx
In other words, futzing around with text styles is not a pretty thing in PS/JS. InDesign has far better Text APIs.

Using Ruby in place of Actionscript

I love flash (design tools, stage / layout concepts, etc.),
but I hate actionscript. I've been a programmer for about 10 years
now, programming in everything from C to C#, java, php, perl, ruby,
and actionscript. Actionscript is by far my least favorite of the
group. It is a clumsy language (just have a look at the way
actionscript 2 handled method closures on callbacks) and I'd prefer
to use another scripting language in place of it for my flash
development. Ruby would be an excellent replacement, offering
everything actionscript has to offer (object oriented, event
handling, etc.) with a number of additional features that come
through ruby core and the ruby gems (excellent date and time
libraries, database libraries, file handling libraries, etc.).
Does anyone with an in-depth knowledge of actionscript and
flash know what it would take to achieve some sort of common
language API that would allow such a substitution? If the ruby on
rails guys came across a solution allowing them to leverage the
benefits of ruby (superior language to actionscript) with the
benefits of the flash platform (superior visual control to
html/ajax), flash would be unstoppable.

ryanmohr,
> The actionscript developers seem to enjoy leaving the
> core libs unfinished so others can produce utility
classes
> to finish the job they should have done on their own.
Again, fair enough. :) On the other hand, regarding the
missing String
manipulation utilities ...
> but why not just offer it built in? It would take what,
a
> full five minutes for them to write?
... hey, if all it takes is five minutes of someone's time,
why not craft
together a utils library and share it? You could make a
positive
difference. :) In that line of thinking, it's not even the
size that
matters. Moses Gunesh, for example, put together an elaborate
and popular
tweening engine, Fuse (
http://www.mosessupposes.com/Fuse/),
and shared the
wealth. Note: by proximity to a casual statement on a String
utils class,
I risk implying that Fuse is just a five-minute exercise in
simplicity,
which is not *at all* the case. I'm only pointing out that
good libraries
can make a helpful difference in people's workaday lives. If
the
functionality you want isn't available, roll your own! :)
> You are correct that there is no arguing taste, but if
you
> took the time to learn ruby well you would come back
> to actionscript very disappointed.
Even if I do "appear to be very knowledgable ... [on] the
inner-working
of Flash itself," I don't claim to know much on the
inner-working of Adobe.
I guess it depends on one's point of view -- and to my point
of view,
ActionScript keeps getting better and better.
I think there's more than just taste to consider. For the
type of
programming I like to do -- where the end result is (ideally,
to me) making
cartoon characters move in response to user input, Ruby might
leave me dry
(Flash is strongly suited to vector graphics, sound effects,
video footage,
etc.). My multimedia career started with Macromedia Director,
whose
programming language is Lingo, a very AppleScript-like
language. My guess
is that you wouldn't much care for it at all. From there, I
moved,
reluctantly at first, to Flash, where my programming skill
grew in-step with
the increasing maturity of ActionScript. There was a time,
essentially AS1,
when ActionScript was practically identical to JavaScript,
and I enjoyed
getting to know both. JavaScript led me to regular
expressions, which
fascinated me for fully two years before I got any good at
it. I'm pleased
as punch that AS3 supports regex natively. AS2 brought the
"class"
keyword -- and OOP in general -- to the forefront of my mind,
which led to
brief excursions into Java and C#. I've played a bit with
Python, PHP, and
a handful of other languages. To a certain extent,
programming is
programming: it's the syntax that changes, not the challenge
and fun of
problem solving within a given set of constraints (like the
language
itself). In that regard, it doesn't really matter to me what
language I'm
using, so much as a general answer to the question, "Does
this platform
allow me -- encourage me -- to participate in the kinds of
projects I like?"
Even if I found another language, such as Ruby, more
convenient, it might
not facilitate the sorts of projects I enjoy. To go out on a
limb and make
an extreme example, Ruby, for all its elegance, wouldn't help
me if I had a
passion for programming LCD wristwatches. Because I "grew up"
on
ActionScript, I also have something of a nostalgia for its
particular
quirks. I personally happen to find ActionScript more
palatable than
Lingo -- so I can see some of your points.
> The more I get to know actionscript 3 in detail the more
> I'm convinced those that adamantly support it just don't
> know any better.
I don't know if you consider me one of those who adamantly
supports AS3
or not, and it doesn't really matter. You yourself said that
ActionScript
isn't a bad language -- only that Ruby, in your estimation,
is that much
better. Well, good! I'm glad you've found a language that
pleases your
palate. :) If you were to change your mind and decide, after
all, that
ActionScript actually is a "bad language," it wouldn't be any
skin off my
nose. See, if I step away from ActionScript toward something
else, it means
I'm stepping away from a platform that has continued to
intrigue me for
eight years. If ActionScript were still where it was in the
Flash 4 days,
I'd probably be whistling a different tune. ;)
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Convert Ruby HMAC SHA256 code to C# (Windows 8.1 Universal)

I have the following Ruby code which I'm trying to port to a Windows universal app. Most examples I've found use System.Security.Cryptography which isn't available in the framework.
method = "POST"
uri = "http://api.somewhere.com/events"
data = "my_data"
timestamp = 1423778684
data_utf8 = data.force_encoding("UTF-8").bytes.to_a.map(&:chr).join
message = "#{method}#{uri}#{data_utf8}#{timestamp}"
key = "ABC123"
checksum = Digest::HMAC.hexdigest(message, key, Digest::SHA256)
puts checksum
# => 83f47bcd10c7360614bb8a858786eb588be3494f1e9bf8a1769bd5f6fff0a3b8
The 'Digest::HMAC.hexdigest' being the line giving me trouble. Thanks!

Hi,
I do not very familiar with the Ruby code. But seem you want to create hash value in windows store app. If so, you can use the Windows.Security.Cryptography namespaces to do that. There are some codes you can try:
string stringToSign = "Whatever message you wish to sign";
string hashKey = "The key you want to sign it with.";
MacAlgorithmProvider macAlgorithmProvider = MacAlgorithmProvider.OpenAlgorithm("HMAC_SHA256");
BinaryStringEncoding encoding = BinaryStringEncoding.Utf8;
var messageBuffer = CryptographicBuffer.ConvertStringToBinary(stringToSign, encoding);
IBuffer keyBuffer = CryptographicBuffer.ConvertStringToBinary(hashKey, encoding);
CryptographicKey hmacKey = macAlgorithmProvider.CreateKey(keyBuffer);
IBuffer signedMessage = CryptographicEngine.Sign(hmacKey, messageBuffer);
string hashedString = CryptographicBuffer.EncodeToBase64String(signedMessage);
More information you can refer to the link below:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows.security.cryptography.core.macalgorithmprovider.aspx?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=csharp#code-snippet-1
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PRICE LIST LINE을 DELETE 하는 SAMPLE API

제품 : MFG_QP
작성날짜 : 2006-05-23
PRICE LIST LINE을 DELETE 하는 SAMPLE API
========================================
PURPOSE
Price List Lines을 delete 할 수 있는 API가 있는지 알아보고 그 사용방법
을 이해한다.
Explanation
아래 설명하는 script는 Price List Lines 만을 delete 하는 sample API
script 이므로 고객사의 business needs에 맞게 고객사에서 script를 수정하
여 사용하여야 한다.
Oracle은 QP_LIST_LINES table에 있는 created_by, creation_date 등을 이용
하여 관련된 records를 읽을 수 있는 cursor를 생성하영 사용할 것을 권장한
다.
QP_LIST_LINES table의 list_line_id를 읽어 delete를 위해
qpr_price_list_line_tbl에 전달한다.
참고로 각 1000이 반복될때 마다 commit 하는것을 권한다.
/*$Header: QPPLXMP3.sql 115.3 2001/11/19 18:15:32 pkm ship $*/
Sample script which deletes an existing Price List line and the product
information for the line (Product Information is stored in pricing
attributes table in product attribute columns).
This sample price list does not have any qualifiers or price breaks or
non product-information type of pricing attributes.
This script must be modified by the user such that the
qpr_pricing_attr_tbl(J).product_attr_value column is populated with a valid
inventory_item_id from the instance where this script is run. Also, other user variables are noted within arrows, <>.
Please read the Oracle Pricing User guide (Appendix A & B) to understand
the flexfields and seed data.
-- set environment variables
set serveroutput on size 1000000
set verify off
set feedback off
set echo off
set autoprint off
set arraysize 4
set pagesize 58
set term on
set underline =
set linesize 100
declare
gpr_return_status varchar2(1) := NULL;
gpr_msg_count number := 0;
gpr_msg_data varchar2(2000);
gpr_price_list_rec QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Price_List_Rec_Type;
gpr_price_list_val_rec QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Price_List_Val_Rec_Type;
gpr_price_list_line_tbl QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Price_List_Line_Tbl_Type;
gpr_price_list_line_val_tbl QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Price_List_Line_Val_Tbl_Type;
gpr_qualifiers_tbl QP_Qualifier_Rules_Pub.Qualifiers_Tbl_Type;
gpr_qualifiers_val_tbl QP_Qualifier_Rules_Pub.Qualifiers_Val_Tbl_Type;
gpr_pricing_attr_tbl QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Pricing_Attr_Tbl_Type;
gpr_pricing_attr_val_tbl QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Pricing_Attr_Val_Tbl_Type;
ppr_price_list_rec QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Price_List_Rec_Type;
ppr_price_list_val_rec QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Price_List_Val_Rec_Type;
ppr_price_list_line_tbl QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Price_List_Line_Tbl_Type;
ppr_price_list_line_val_tbl QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Price_List_Line_Val_Tbl_Type;
ppr_qualifiers_tbl QP_Qualifier_Rules_Pub.Qualifiers_Tbl_Type;
ppr_qualifiers_val_tbl QP_Qualifier_Rules_Pub.Qualifiers_Val_Tbl_Type;
ppr_pricing_attr_tbl QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Pricing_Attr_Tbl_Type;
ppr_pricing_attr_val_tbl QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Pricing_Attr_Val_Tbl_Type;
K number := 1;
j number := 1;
begin
oe_debug_pub.initialize;
oe_debug_pub.setdebuglevel(5);
Oe_Msg_Pub.initialize;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Debug File = ' || OE_DEBUG_PUB.G_DIR||'/'||
OE_DEBUG_PUB.G_FILE);
--dbms_output.put_line('after get price list ');
/* setup the list_header rec for update */
gpr_price_list_rec.list_header_id := <price_list_header_id>;
gpr_price_list_rec.name := <price_list_name>;
gpr_price_list_rec.list_type_code := 'PRL';
gpr_price_list_rec.description := '<price_list_description>;
gpr_price_list_rec.operation := QP_GLOBALS.G_OPR_UPDATE;
-- delete the price list line rec
gpr_price_list_line_tbl(K).list_header_id := <price_list_header_id>;
gpr_price_list_line_tbl(K).list_line_id := <price_list_line_id>;
gpr_price_list_line_tbl(K).list_line_type_code := 'PLL';
gpr_price_list_line_tbl(K).operation := QP_GLOBALS.G_OPR_DELETE;
--dbms_output.put_line('before process price list ');
QP_PRICE_LIST_PUB.Process_Price_List
( p_api_version_number => 1
, p_init_msg_list => FND_API.G_FALSE
, p_return_values => FND_API.G_FALSE
, p_commit => FND_API.G_FALSE
, x_return_status => gpr_return_status
, x_msg_count => gpr_msg_count
, x_msg_data => gpr_msg_data
, p_PRICE_LIST_rec => gpr_price_list_rec
, p_PRICE_LIST_LINE_tbl => gpr_price_list_line_tbl
, p_PRICING_ATTR_tbl => gpr_pricing_attr_tbl
, x_PRICE_LIST_rec => ppr_price_list_rec
, x_PRICE_LIST_val_rec => ppr_price_list_val_rec
, x_PRICE_LIST_LINE_tbl => ppr_price_list_line_tbl
, x_PRICE_LIST_LINE_val_tbl => ppr_price_list_line_val_tbl
, x_QUALIFIERS_tbl => ppr_qualifiers_tbl
, x_QUALIFIERS_val_tbl => ppr_qualifiers_val_tbl
, x_PRICING_ATTR_tbl => ppr_pricing_attr_tbl
, x_PRICING_ATTR_val_tbl => ppr_pricing_attr_val_tbl
IF ppr_price_list_line_tbl.count > 0 THEN
FOR k in 1 .. ppr_price_list_line_tbl.count LOOP
dbms_output.put_line('Record = '|| k ||
'Return Status = '|| ppr_price_list_line_tbl(k).
return_status);
END LOOP;
END IF;
IF gpr_return_status <> FND_API.G_RET_STS_SUCCESS THEN
RAISE FND_API.G_EXC_UNEXPECTED_ERROR;
END IF;
dbms_output.put_line('after process price list ');
for k in 1 .. gpr_msg_count loop
gpr_msg_data := oe_msg_pub.get( p_msg_index => k,
p_encoded => 'F');
dbms_output.put_line('err msg ' || k ||' is: ' || gpr_msg_data);
null;
end loop;
EXCEPTION
WHEN FND_API.G_EXC_ERROR THEN
gpr_return_status := FND_API.G_RET_STS_ERROR;
-- Get message count and data
--dbms_output.put_line('err msg 1 is : ' || gpr_msg_data);
WHEN FND_API.G_EXC_UNEXPECTED_ERROR THEN
gpr_return_status := FND_API.G_RET_STS_UNEXP_ERROR ;
--dbms_output.put_line(' msg count 2 is : ' || gpr_msg_count);
for k in 1 .. gpr_msg_count loop
gpr_msg_data := oe_msg_pub.get( p_msg_index => k,
p_encoded => 'F');
-- Get message count and data
dbms_output.put_line('err msg ' || k ||' is: ' || gpr_msg_data)
null;
end loop;
WHEN OTHERS THEN
gpr_return_status := FND_API.G_RET_STS_UNEXP_ERROR ;
-- Get message count and data
--dbms_output.put_line('err msg 3 is : ' || gpr_msg_data);
end;
commit;
--- exit;
Reference Documents
Note 362667.1

Name: Chris Mentch
Region: US/Americas
Contact E-mail: chris.mentch at mentchconsulting.com
Website: http://www.mentchconsulting.com
Time working with BC: 1.5+ years
Programming Languages: PHP, JSP, Javascript, Ruby/RoR, Jquery, .Net (if I have to), SOAP API
Custom BC Client Applications: Integrating custom external applications with Business Catalyst through eCommerce and CRM APIs.
Name: cindy radford
Region: Americas Canada
Contact E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://.com
Logo: Link to your logo image (no larger than BC standard partner image, I will place this at the top of your listing)
Time working with BC: new
Programming Languages: Cobol and mainframe, starting web development
Third Party API Experience: Cobol
Custom BC Client Applications: None as of yet
Name: eBridgeConnections
Region: Americas, APAC, Europe, Africa
Contact E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ebridgeconnections.com
Logo: http://www.ebridgeconnections.com/images/ebhome/logo.png
Time working with BC: 1.5 years
Programming Languages: n/a - Back-office integration with 40+ accounting/ERP systems
Third Party API Experience: 20+ eCommerce platforms, CRM (SalesForce)
Custom BC Client Applications: B.C. API integration
Name: OneSaas (www.OneSaas.com) - Cloud Integrations Made Easy
Contact E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.onesaas.com
Time working with BC: 2 yeras
Third Party API Experience: We integrate over 35 cloud platforms with BC. We know every API from almost every system.

Error installing ruby-opengl and GlTail

heya,
I'm trying to install GLtail (http://www.fudgie.org/) via a Ruby gem (i.e. gem install gltail).
However, it seems to be giving me errors when trying to install ruby-opengl, a dependency of gltail.
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing ruby-opengl:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
rake RUBYARCHDIR=/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-opengl-0.60.1/lib RUBYLIBDIR=/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-opengl-0.60.1/lib
rake aborted!
no such file to load -- mkrf/rakehelper
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-opengl-0.60.1/Rakefile:27:in `require'
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
(in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-opengl-0.60.1)
Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-opengl-0.60.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/ruby-opengl-0.60.1/gem_make.out
Updating class cache with 0 classes...
Looking in the Rakefile for ruby-opengl, it does depend on mkrf (require 'mkrf/rakehelper'), however, I can't seem to find much information on how to get it up in Arch Linux. Any suggestions on how to proceed ahead?
Cheers,
Victor
(I do know about the AUR package for gltail, however, it's out of date, and seems a bit silly, since you can install these things much easier using gems).

heya,
Well, to answer myself, I just needed to install the mkrf gem (sudo gem install mkrf). Not sure why this wasn't pulled in as a dependency (?) - I don't really have that much knowledge of Ruby or how gems work.
The next hurdle appears to be that it depends on ftools.
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gltail-0.1.8/bin/gl_tail:54:in `require': no such file to load -- ftools (LoadError)
from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gltail-0.1.8/bin/gl_tail:54:in `<top (required)>'
from /usr/bin/gl_tail:19:in `load'
from /usr/bin/gl_tail:19:in `<main>'
I'm not so familiar with Ruby, but from I've read, it seems this was deprecated in favour of fileutils in Ruby 1.9.x, right? And the API for this is different (yes, I did try switching ftools for fileutils in the gl_tail ruby file...lol).
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/gltail-0.1.8/bin/gl_tail:66:in `<top (required)>': undefined method `copy' for File:Class (NoMethodError)
from /usr/bin/gl_tail:19:in `load'
from /usr/bin/gl_tail:19:in `<main>'
Is there any way to get gl_tails to work here? Or do I have to downgrade Ruby?
Cheers,
Victor

APIs for Parsing JRA Recording Files (Any documentation?)

Hi,
I have a JRF recording file with me and using which i need to generate custom report using any scripting language like PERL or Ruby etc without using JRocket Mission Control. here in my custom script i can use any APIs provided by JRocket to parse JRA recording file and get different statistics data.
So here i want to know what all APIs does JRockit provides for parsing JRA recordings and getting different statistics data from JRF recordings which can be consumed by some other scripting language and NOT through JRockit Mission Control.
Please share any documentation link or document having detail of available APIs from JRockit for parsing JRA recordings and getting different statistics data.
Thanks,
Piyush

Just in addition to my previous comment.
I have JRA flight recording files with me for parsing.
Thanks,
Piyush

Api/capability question re. simple chat room creation

Hi
I stumbled across cocomo this evening and it looks like it could save a lot of time but need to know something before investing in a lot of reading/playing about. I need to be able to create a public chat room on-the-fly that will permanently stay.
I don't want to manually create a room.
Does the SDK allow this? (sorry if its an obvious question).
The app is a bit like a CB radio where a web user can pick a channel in their own geographical location. e.g. members of a particular zip area get directed to a room. If the room for that zip does not exist then it's created...
If all users go away the room remains. Other users can jump in etc..
Is the capability there? Anyone know of any close examples I could use ?
Thanks in advance.
Kevin

yes, we provide service API that you can call from a separate server that allow you to create and manipulate rooms.
we have libraries for a few languages (ruby, python, php, java, ColdFusion) so it should be pretty easy for you to implement what you describe.

Can not create Azure Scheduler Job Colloection correctly via rest API

Hi Folks,
I am trying to create a Azure Scheduler job collection via the rest API using Azure Ruby SDK
I created the request following the API reference. Request body is as follow:
<Resource xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure">
<IntrinsicSettings>
<Plan>Standard</Plan>
<Quota>
<MaxJobCount>10</MaxJobCount>
<MaxRecurrence>
<Frequency>Second</Frequency>
<Interval>1</Interval>
</MaxRecurrence>
</Quota>
</IntrinsicSettings>
</Resource>
After sending the request, I can see the job collection created in the management portal, but the status of that job collection is "Unknown". I can not add add/update jobs under that job collection.
Below is the log entry I got:
RuntimeError (ESC[31mESC[1mInternalError: The server encountered an internal error. Please retry the request.ESC[0mESC[0m):
Can someone shed me some lights on this?
Thank you very in advance!
Roy

Hi Roy,
I am not good at Ruby. But I didn't find any maintenance information from azure dashboard. The issue is very weird,I will test it on my side and come back.
Thanks & Regards,
Will
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Why is there no WSDL type support for Web Api?

So I am just getting started with .Net WebApi and one thing that I am noticing straight away is that there is no Contract defining how the Api looks and should be consumed (Request/Responses from each Action), this is usually in the form of a WSDL for WCF/Soap.
It seems to me like this is something that would be very valuable and make life a lot easier for consumers of your Api.
Is there a reason there isn't one? Is there a programming paradime or principle that I am unaware of? Is there a way I could create one?

SOAP, REST AND PEOPLE'S CREATIVITY
SOAP needs a description document like WSDL because each resource can be consumed with different messages, there are no definition on the protocol about constraints to the possible names/messages that you can manipulate a resource.
For example, in SOAP your web service that allow clients manipulate an user can expose the operation that create an user in many different messages, like:
addUser
createUser
insertUser
Of course, these are just few sample messages, because I've see a lot of funny web services method names. There are really creative people out there.
In other hand, if you are exposing your underlying system using web api that really respect the REST principles, the client just need to know that you have a resource named Users, because there is 99% of chance that you can create an user in this way
POST /Users
And this occurs for each operation you want to expose using SOAP or a web api REST.
Despite being SOAP a protocol, which restricts what you can or can not do, and be REST a style architecture, which leaves many open points of how to do things. There are efforts to define conventions of how to expose and consume REST web apis.
DESCRIBING A WEB API REST
In the field of how to describe a web api REST I can cite
Swagger. It is not a attempt to create a WSDL like to web api REST, but it is a good attempt to create an open standard for describing web apis REST.
Swagger is a specification and complete framework implementation for describing, producing, consuming, and visualizing RESTful web services.
I use Swagger a lot and really love it, mainly because
Swagger UI that allow you generate a nice live console and documentation for your web api.
There are many implementations of Swagger for most of languages: C#, Java, Python, Ruby, etc.
If you are using ASP .NET Web API, there a some projects to auto generate the Swagger specification, like
Swagger.NET
GENERATING CLIENTS TO A WEB API REST
Because the constraints of REST, like the limited set of verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc) is not so difficuty to generate a client library to a web api REST.
Projects like
WebApiProxy can easily generate clients do C# and Javascript.
CONVENTIONS FOR WEB API REST
To keep our lifes as developers easier is good define some conventions of how our web api REST will behave, the best effort I know in this field is the very good
Apigee - Web Api Design ebook. The e-book is not an attempt to create a bible or a mantra about how to design your api, but rather a collection of conventions observed in large web REST apis, like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Google, etc.

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Hi,
I'm trying to call the SOAP API to get statistics about emails. Are there any examples on how to call the API from JavaScript?
Here is a link to my original question about using the REST API. REST API URL for email statistics
Thanks,
Tim

Tim,
In order to consume a SOAP API I recommend you use something other than JavaScript.
Any platform can offer you a good SOAP client should be OK. (.Net, Java, php, Ruby, python).
I didn't see anyone successfully used javascript and consume the Eloqua SOAP API.
I know you can create a SOAP client in Java script but it will be too much work to handle the Eloqua response in some cases.
Regards,
Daniel

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My development and production server both run Arch Linux. I have a small ecommerce site which uses Net::HTTP to a remote API to process credit cards. For some reason I'm getting timeout errors. I've tested the same API on a Mac OS X machine and there are no issues. So the issue seems to be with my Ruby installation or Arch Linux?
I've tried both Ruby 1.9.2 and 1.9.3, with no change. I seems to have happened at some point during a package update as the problem first started on my development machine (which I update sooner), and now with my production machine which I must've updated a week ago.
***WORKAROUND***
This looks to be the same issue as discussed in this thread:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=138103
Looks like this issue is a result of upgrading to OpenSSL 1.0.1. This also affects other software. I tested under Ruby and Python, and had the same problem connecting to: https://esqa.moneris.com
The following versions I had still do work:
openssl-1.0.0.f
openssl-1.0.0.g
openssl-1.0.0.h
openssl-1.0.1-1 (does not work - handshake timeout)
Last edited by jamese (2012-03-28 16:54:41)

I should also note, that Telnet does work, so it may only be a Ruby issue. The weird thing is that it did work (with Ruby 1.9.2 and Ruby 1.9.3).
I also re-installed Ruby using RVM instead of the Arch package, and still the same problem... so I guess this isn't a package problem?
Perhaps this thread could be moved?
Last edited by jamese (2012-03-27 20:45:07)

Script support (AppleScript, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, etc...)

Hello,
I frequently use Script feature with Audition 3.
I want to revive the script feature!
But, I don't like the syntax of past Audition script feature.
I want to more popular script language support in Audition!
BTW, I like Ruby language :-)
Thanks,
Hiroyuki

I would obviously vote for Windows Scripting Host, since it gives you access to the .NET CLR, but there's the small caveat of OS lock-in...
Either way, the ability to do disk operations, write your own GUI, even include network access and third-party API:s like Perforce has proven a godsend when scripting for Vegas. Whenever Vegas doesn't supply me with the tools I need, I can very often write them myself.

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