Lesson 9
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We are moving into the Fileman world for the next few lessons. If you are just joining this line of lessons, we are developing a web interface to a Fileman application for maintaining a list of Library Books.
We are going to use the "namespace" of ZLIB for all of our library pieces. That means that all tables, files, globals, and routines will start with ZLIB.
We are going to create four tables for our library database.
ZLIBBOO Books Title
*Author
*Publisher
Date Published
*Location
ZLIBAUT Author Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
ZLIBPUB Publisher Name
Address
City
State
Zip Code
ZLIBLOC Location Location Code
Description
The tables ZLIBAUT, ZLIBPUB, and ZLIBLOC must be created first, before you can use them in the ZLIBBOO table.
The following listing shows how I created the four tables using Fileman, with the resulting global that was produced.
I added a book and again listed the resulting global.
This is a starting place just to see if everyone can get Fileman working smoothly. For some reason on my installation of Vista, Fileman is hidden under the option ZZFILEMAN.
If you need help at any point along the way, just try the question mark, ?. It usually helps with information or a listing of options. The general Vista way of answering requests for help is if you use one ?, you get some help, if you use two ??, you get more help, if you use three ???, you get more help then you wanted.
GTM>D ^XUP
Setting up programmer environment
Access Code:
Terminal Type set to: C-VT320
Select OPTION NAME: ZZFILEMAN FileMan
FileMan
VA FileMan 22.0
Select OPTION: ?
Answer with OPTION NUMBER, or NAME
Choose from:
1 ENTER OR EDIT FILE ENTRIES
2 PRINT FILE ENTRIES
3 SEARCH FILE ENTRIES
4 MODIFY FILE ATTRIBUTES
5 INQUIRE TO FILE ENTRIES
6 UTILITY FUNCTIONS
7 OTHER OPTIONS
8 DATA DICTIONARY UTILITIES
9 TRANSFER ENTRIES
Select OPTION: 4 MODIFY FILE ATTRIBUTES
Do you want to use the screen-mode version? YES// NO
MODIFY WHAT FILE: ZLIBLOC
Are you adding 'ZLIBLOC' as a new FILE? No// Y (Yes)
FILE NUMBER: 1956001//
INTERNAL GLOBAL REFERENCE: ^DIZ(1956001,// ^ZLIB(1956001,
...EXCUSE ME, HOLD ON...
A FreeText NAME Field (#.01) has been created.
Select FIELD: NAME
LABEL: NAME// LOCATION CODE
TITLE:
AUDIT:
AUDIT CONDITION:
READ ACCESS (OPTIONAL):
DELETE ACCESS (OPTIONAL):
WRITE ACCESS (OPTIONAL):
SOURCE:
Select DESTINATION:
Select GROUP:
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
DATA TYPE OF LOCATION CODE: FREE TEXT//
MINIMUM LENGTH: 3// 2
MAXIMUM LENGTH: 30// 10
(OPTIONAL) PATTERN MATCH (IN 'X'): X'?1P.E//
IS LOCATION CODE ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): Y// YES
....
'HELP'-PROMPT: Answer must be 2-10 characters in length.
Replace
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
Select FIELD: DESCRIPTION
Are you adding 'DESCRIPTION' as a new FIELD (the 2ND)? No// Y (Yes)
FIELD NUMBER: 1//
DATA TYPE OF DESCRIPTION: ?
Answer with DATA TYPE NUMBER, or NAME
Choose from:
1 DATE/TIME
2 NUMERIC
3 SET OF CODES
4 FREE TEXT
5 WORD-PROCESSING
6 COMPUTED
7 POINTER TO A FILE
8 VARIABLE-POINTER
9 MUMPS
IF YOU WANT THE SAME ANSWER ALLOWED FOR DESCRIPTION
AS FOR LOCATION CODE, JUST HIT THE SPACE KEY
DATA TYPE OF DESCRIPTION: 4 FREE TEXT
MINIMUM LENGTH: 2
MAXIMUM LENGTH: 200
(OPTIONAL) PATTERN MATCH (IN 'X'):
WILL DESCRIPTION FIELD BE MULTIPLE? No// (No)
SUBSCRIPT: 0//
^-PIECE POSITION: 2//
IS DESCRIPTION ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): NO// Y YES
....
'HELP'-PROMPT: Answer must be 2-200 characters in length.
Replace
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
Select FIELD:
Select OPTION: ?
Answer with OPTION NUMBER, or NAME
Choose from:
1 ENTER OR EDIT FILE ENTRIES
2 PRINT FILE ENTRIES
3 SEARCH FILE ENTRIES
4 MODIFY FILE ATTRIBUTES
5 INQUIRE TO FILE ENTRIES
6 UTILITY FUNCTIONS
7 OTHER OPTIONS
8 DATA DICTIONARY UTILITIES
9 TRANSFER ENTRIES
Select OPTION: 1 ENTER OR EDIT FILE ENTRIES
INPUT TO WHAT FILE: ZLIBLOC//
EDIT WHICH FIELD: ALL//
Select ZLIBLOC LOCATION CODE: BR01BS01
Are you adding 'BR01BS01' as a new ZLIBLOC (the 1ST)? No// Y (Yes)
DESCRIPTION: BED ROOM ONE BOOKSHELVE ONE
Select ZLIBLOC LOCATION CODE: BR01BS02
Are you adding 'BR01BS02' as a new ZLIBLOC (the 2ND)? No// Y (Yes)
DESCRIPTION: BED ROOM ONE BOOKSHELVE TWO
Select ZLIBLOC LOCATION CODE:
Select OPTION:
GTM>D ^%G
Output device: <terminal>:
List ^ZLIB
^ZLIB(1956001,0)="ZLIBLOC^1956001^2^2"
^ZLIB(1956001,1,0)="BR01BS01^BED ROOM ONE BOOKSHELVE ONE"
^ZLIB(1956001,2,0)="BR01BS02^BED ROOM ONE BOOKSHELVE TWO"
^ZLIB(1956001,"B","BR01BS01",1)=""
^ZLIB(1956001,"B","BR01BS02",2)=""
List ^
GTM>D ^XUP
Setting up programmer environment
Terminal Type set to: C-VT320
Select OPTION NAME: ZZFILEMAN FileMan
FileMan
VA FileMan 22.0
Select OPTION: ?
Answer with OPTION NUMBER, or NAME
Choose from:
1 ENTER OR EDIT FILE ENTRIES
2 PRINT FILE ENTRIES
3 SEARCH FILE ENTRIES
4 MODIFY FILE ATTRIBUTES
5 INQUIRE TO FILE ENTRIES
6 UTILITY FUNCTIONS
7 OTHER OPTIONS
8 DATA DICTIONARY UTILITIES
9 TRANSFER ENTRIES
Select OPTION: 4 MODIFY FILE ATTRIBUTES
Do you want to use the screen-mode version? YES// NO
MODIFY WHAT FILE: ZLIBPUB
Are you adding 'ZLIBPUB' as a new FILE? No// Y (Yes)
FILE NUMBER: 1956003//
INTERNAL GLOBAL REFERENCE: ^DIZ(1956003,// ^ZLIB(1956003,
...EXCUSE ME, HOLD ON...
A FreeText NAME Field (#.01) has been created.
Select FIELD: ADDRESS
Are you adding 'ADDRESS' as a new FIELD (the 2ND)? No// Y (Yes)
FIELD NUMBER: 1//
DATA TYPE OF ADDRESS: FREE TEXT
MINIMUM LENGTH: ??
MINIMUM LENGTH: 0??
MINIMUM LENGTH: 2
MAXIMUM LENGTH: 80
(OPTIONAL) PATTERN MATCH (IN 'X'):
WILL ADDRESS FIELD BE MULTIPLE? No// (No)
SUBSCRIPT: 0//
^-PIECE POSITION: 2//
IS ADDRESS ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): NO// NO
....
'HELP'-PROMPT: Answer must be 2-80 characters in length.
Replace
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
Select FIELD: CITY
Are you adding 'CITY' as a new FIELD (the 3RD)? No// Y (Yes)
FIELD NUMBER: 2//
DATA TYPE OF CITY: FREE TEXT
MINIMUM LENGTH: 2
MAXIMUM LENGTH: 20
(OPTIONAL) PATTERN MATCH (IN 'X'):
WILL CITY FIELD BE MULTIPLE? No// (No)
SUBSCRIPT: 0//
^-PIECE POSITION: 3//
IS CITY ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): NO// NO
....
'HELP'-PROMPT: Answer must be 2-20 characters in length.
Replace
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
Select FIELD: STATE
Are you adding 'STATE' as a new FIELD (the 4TH)? No// Y (Yes)
FIELD NUMBER: 3//
DATA TYPE OF STATE: FREE TEXT
MINIMUM LENGTH: 2
MAXIMUM LENGTH: 2
(OPTIONAL) PATTERN MATCH (IN 'X'):
WILL STATE FIELD BE MULTIPLE? No// (No)
SUBSCRIPT: 0//
^-PIECE POSITION: 4//
IS STATE ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): NO// N NO
....
'HELP'-PROMPT: Answer must be 2 characters in length.
Replace
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
Select FIELD: ZIP CODE
Are you adding 'ZIP CODE' as a new FIELD (the 5TH)? No// Y (Yes)
FIELD NUMBER: 4//
DATA TYPE OF ZIP CODE: FREE TEXT
MINIMUM LENGTH: 5
MAXIMUM LENGTH: 10
(OPTIONAL) PATTERN MATCH (IN 'X'):
WILL ZIP CODE FIELD BE MULTIPLE? No// (No)
SUBSCRIPT: 0//
^-PIECE POSITION: 5//
IS ZIP CODE ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): NO// NO
....
'HELP'-PROMPT: Answer must be 5-10 characters in length.
Replace
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
GTM>D ^XUP
Setting up programmer environment
Terminal Type set to: C-VT320
Select OPTION NAME: ZZFILEMAN FileMan
FileMan
VA FileMan 22.0
Select OPTION: MODIFY FILE ATTRIBUTES
Do you want to use the screen-mode version? YES// NO
MODIFY WHAT FILE: ZLIBPUB// ZLIBAUT
Are you adding 'ZLIBAUT' as a new FILE? No// Y (Yes)
FILE NUMBER: 1956005//
INTERNAL GLOBAL REFERENCE: ^DIZ(1956005,// ^ZLIB(1956005,
...EXCUSE ME, LET ME PUT YOU ON 'HOLD' FOR A SECOND...
A FreeText NAME Field (#.01) has been created.
Select FIELD: DATE OF BIRTH
Are you adding 'DATE OF BIRTH' as a new FIELD (the 2ND)? No// Y (Yes)
FIELD NUMBER: 1//
DATA TYPE OF DATE OF BIRTH: ?
Answer with DATA TYPE NUMBER, or NAME
Choose from:
1 DATE/TIME
2 NUMERIC
3 SET OF CODES
4 FREE TEXT
5 WORD-PROCESSING
6 COMPUTED
7 POINTER TO A FILE
8 VARIABLE-POINTER
9 MUMPS
DATA TYPE OF DATE OF BIRTH: 1 DATE/TIME
EARLIEST DATE (OPTIONAL):
CAN DATE BE IMPRECISE (Y/N): YES//
CAN TIME OF DAY BE ENTERED (Y/N): NO//
WILL DATE OF BIRTH FIELD BE MULTIPLE? No// (No)
SUBSCRIPT: 0//
^-PIECE POSITION: 2//
IS DATE OF BIRTH ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): NO// NO
....
'HELP'-PROMPT:
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
Select FIELD: DATE OF DEATH
Are you adding 'DATE OF DEATH' as a new FIELD (the 3RD)? No// Y (Yes)
FIELD NUMBER: 2//
DATA TYPE OF DATE OF DEATH: DATE/TIME
EARLIEST DATE (OPTIONAL):
CAN DATE BE IMPRECISE (Y/N): YES//
CAN TIME OF DAY BE ENTERED (Y/N): NO//
WILL DATE OF DEATH FIELD BE MULTIPLE? No// (No)
SUBSCRIPT: 0//
^-PIECE POSITION: 3//
IS DATE OF DEATH ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): NO// NO
....
'HELP'-PROMPT:
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
Select FIELD:
Select OPTION:
GTM>D ^XUP
Setting up programmer environment
Terminal Type set to: C-VT320
Select OPTION NAME: ZZFILEMAN FileMan
FileMan
VA FileMan 22.0
Select OPTION: MODIFY FILE ATTRIBUTES
Do you want to use the screen-mode version? YES// NO
MODIFY WHAT FILE: ZLIBAUT// ZLIBBOO
Are you adding 'ZLIBBOO' as a new FILE? No// Y (Yes)
FILE NUMBER: 1956007//
INTERNAL GLOBAL REFERENCE: ^DIZ(1956007,// ^ZLIB(1956007,
...EXCUSE ME, JUST A MOMENT PLEASE...
A FreeText NAME Field (#.01) has been created.
Select FIELD: .01 NAME
LABEL: NAME// TITLE
TITLE:
AUDIT:
AUDIT CONDITION:
READ ACCESS (OPTIONAL):
DELETE ACCESS (OPTIONAL):
WRITE ACCESS (OPTIONAL):
SOURCE:
Select DESTINATION:
Select GROUP:
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
DATA TYPE OF TITLE: FREE TEXT//
MINIMUM LENGTH: 3//
MAXIMUM LENGTH: 30// 200
(OPTIONAL) PATTERN MATCH (IN 'X'): X'?1P.E//
IS TITLE ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): Y// YES
....
'HELP'-PROMPT: Answer must be 3-200 characters in length.
Replace
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
Select FIELD: AUTHOR
Are you adding 'AUTHOR' as a new FIELD (the 2ND)? No// Y (Yes)
FIELD NUMBER: 1//
DATA TYPE OF AUTHOR: ?
Answer with DATA TYPE NUMBER, or NAME
Choose from:
1 DATE/TIME
2 NUMERIC
3 SET OF CODES
4 FREE TEXT
5 WORD-PROCESSING
6 COMPUTED
7 POINTER TO A FILE
8 VARIABLE-POINTER
9 MUMPS
IF YOU WANT THE SAME ANSWER ALLOWED FOR AUTHOR
AS FOR TITLE, JUST HIT THE SPACE KEY
DATA TYPE OF AUTHOR: 7 POINTER TO A FILE
POINT TO WHICH FILE: ZLIBAUT
SHOULD 'ADDING A NEW ZLIBAUT FILE ENTRY' ("LAYGO")
BE ALLOWED WHEN ANSWERING THE AUTHOR' QUESTION? No// Y (Yes)
SHOULD 'ZLIBAUT' ENTRIES BE SCREENED? No// (No)
WILL AUTHOR FIELD BE MULTIPLE? No// (No)
SUBSCRIPT: 0//
^-PIECE POSITION: 2//
IS AUTHOR ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): NO// Y YES
....
'HELP'-PROMPT:
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
Select FIELD: PUBLISHER
Are you adding 'PUBLISHER' as a new FIELD (the 3RD)? No// Y (Yes)
FIELD NUMBER: 2//
DATA TYPE OF PUBLISHER: ?
Answer with DATA TYPE NUMBER, or NAME
Choose from:
1 DATE/TIME
2 NUMERIC
3 SET OF CODES
4 FREE TEXT
5 WORD-PROCESSING
6 COMPUTED
7 POINTER TO A FILE
8 VARIABLE-POINTER
9 MUMPS
DATA TYPE OF PUBLISHER: 7 POINTER TO A FILE
POINT TO WHICH FILE: ZLIBPUB
SHOULD 'ADDING A NEW ZLIBPUB FILE ENTRY' ("LAYGO")
BE ALLOWED WHEN ANSWERING THE PUBLISHER' QUESTION? No// Y (Yes)
SHOULD 'ZLIBPUB' ENTRIES BE SCREENED? No// (No)
WILL PUBLISHER FIELD BE MULTIPLE? No// (No)
SUBSCRIPT: 0//
^-PIECE POSITION: 3//
IS PUBLISHER ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): NO// Y YES
....
'HELP'-PROMPT:
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
Select FIELD: DATE PUBLISHED
Are you adding 'DATE PUBLISHED' as a new FIELD (the 4TH)? No// Y (Yes)
FIELD NUMBER: 3//
DATA TYPE OF DATE PUBLISHED: DATE/TIME
EARLIEST DATE (OPTIONAL):
CAN DATE BE IMPRECISE (Y/N): YES//
CAN TIME OF DAY BE ENTERED (Y/N): NO// N NO
WILL DATE PUBLISHED FIELD BE MULTIPLE? No// (No)
SUBSCRIPT: 0//
^-PIECE POSITION: 4//
IS DATE PUBLISHED ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): NO// Y YES
....
'HELP'-PROMPT:
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
Select FIELD: LOCATION
Are you adding 'LOCATION' as a new FIELD (the 5TH)? No// Y (Yes)
FIELD NUMBER: 4//
DATA TYPE OF LOCATION: ?
Answer with DATA TYPE NUMBER, or NAME
Choose from:
1 DATE/TIME
2 NUMERIC
3 SET OF CODES
4 FREE TEXT
5 WORD-PROCESSING
6 COMPUTED
7 POINTER TO A FILE
8 VARIABLE-POINTER
9 MUMPS
IF YOU WANT THE SAME ANSWER ALLOWED FOR LOCATION
AS FOR DATE PUBLISHED, JUST HIT THE SPACE KEY
DATA TYPE OF LOCATION: 7 POINTER TO A FILE
POINT TO WHICH FILE: ZLIBLOC
SHOULD 'ADDING A NEW ZLIBLOC FILE ENTRY' ("LAYGO")
BE ALLOWED WHEN ANSWERING THE LOCATION' QUESTION? No// Y (Yes)
SHOULD 'ZLIBLOC' ENTRIES BE SCREENED? No// (No)
WILL LOCATION FIELD BE MULTIPLE? No// (No)
SUBSCRIPT: 0//
^-PIECE POSITION: 5//
IS LOCATION ENTRY MANDATORY (Y/N): NO// Y YES
....
'HELP'-PROMPT:
XECUTABLE 'HELP':
DESCRIPTION:
No existing text
Edit? NO//
Select FIELD:
Select OPTION:
GTM>
GTM>D ^XUP
Setting up programmer environment
Terminal Type set to: C-VT320
Select OPTION NAME: ZZFILEMAN FileMan
FileMan
VA FileMan 22.0
Select OPTION: ?
Answer with OPTION NUMBER, or NAME
Choose from:
1 ENTER OR EDIT FILE ENTRIES
2 PRINT FILE ENTRIES
3 SEARCH FILE ENTRIES
4 MODIFY FILE ATTRIBUTES
5 INQUIRE TO FILE ENTRIES
6 UTILITY FUNCTIONS
7 OTHER OPTIONS
8 DATA DICTIONARY UTILITIES
9 TRANSFER ENTRIES
Select OPTION: 1 ENTER OR EDIT FILE ENTRIES
INPUT TO WHAT FILE: ZLIBBOO//
EDIT WHICH FIELD: ALL//
Select ZLIBBOO TITLE: Meatless Dishes in Twenty Minutes
Are you adding 'Meatless Dishes in Twenty Minutes' as
a new ZLIBBOO (the 1ST)? No// y (Yes)
AUTHOR: Karen A. Levin
Are you adding 'Karen A. Levin' as a new ZLIBAUT (the 1ST)? No// y (Yes)
PUBLISHER: Contemporary Books, Inc.
Are you adding 'Contemporary Books, Inc.' as a new ZLIBPUB (the 1ST)? No// y
(Yes)
DATE PUBLISHED: 1993 (1993)
LOCATION: KT01BS01
Are you adding 'KT01BS01' as a new ZLIBLOC (the 3RD)? No// Y (Yes)
Select ZLIBBOO TITLE:
Select OPTION:
GTM>D ^%G
Output device: <terminal>:
List ^ZLIB
^ZLIB(1956001,0)="ZLIBLOC^1956001^3^3"
^ZLIB(1956001,1,0)="BR01BS01^BED ROOM ONE BOOKSHELVE ONE"
^ZLIB(1956001,2,0)="BR01BS02^BED ROOM ONE BOOKSHELVE TWO"
^ZLIB(1956001,3,0)="KT01BS01"
^ZLIB(1956001,"B","BR01BS01",1)=""
^ZLIB(1956001,"B","BR01BS02",2)=""
^ZLIB(1956001,"B","KT01BS01",3)=""
^ZLIB(1956003,0)="ZLIBPUB^1956003^1^1"
^ZLIB(1956003,1,0)="Contemporary Books, Inc."
^ZLIB(1956003,"B","Contemporary Books, Inc.",1)=""
^ZLIB(1956005,0)="ZLIBAUT^1956005^1^1"
^ZLIB(1956005,1,0)="Karen A. Levin"
^ZLIB(1956005,"B","Karen A. Levin",1)=""
^ZLIB(1956007,0)="ZLIBBOO^1956007^1^1"
^ZLIB(1956007,1,0)="Meatless Dishes in Twenty Minutes^1^1^2930000^3"
^ZLIB(1956007,"B","Meatless Dishes in Twenty Minu",1)=""
List ^
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