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ELOQUENCE B.07.00 - patch 0501260

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This patch fixes a defect of the eloqcore program as released
with Eloquence B.07.00. This patch will be integrated in the
Eloquence B.07.00 release.

Eloquence B.07.00 must be installed before applying this patch.

Severity:
 PE70-0501260: BUG FIX

Superseded patches:
 PE70-0412030: BUG FIX
 PE70-0411121: BUG FIX
 PE70-0408301: ENHANCEMENT
 PE70-0311040: BUG FIX
 PE70-0310080: BUG FIX
 PE70-0304040: BUG FIX


Patch PE70-0501260
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Platforms: All

* In the eloq.config file as well as in the user/group specific
  configuration files, a quoted string was not allowed to contain
  the '#' hash character (#2614).

Platforms: Windows

* The RESET FILE statement has been implemented (#2559).


Patch PE70-0412030
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Platforms: All

* A memory corruption problem caused by the DLG SET statement was
  fixed (#2548).
  The check for the overflow of an internal memory block that is
  used to assemble DLG calls (when using a DLG driver) was not
  effective in some cases. This could lead to memory corruption and
  subsequent crashes.

* The internal space to convert DLG calls (when using a DLG driver)
  was increased to 8K.

* eloqcore now uses the Eloquence database client library
  version B.07.00.06 that was released with patch PE70-0411290.


Patch PE70-0411121
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Platforms: All

* The STORE FORM statement was modified to observe the internal FORM
  file size limitation of 64k. An error 865 is returned in case the
  screen buffer exceeds the FORM file format limit.

* The GET FORM and LOAD FORM statements could result in a crash in
  case the FORM file exceeds 32k.

* The error messages 862,863,864,865 were not included in the
  message catalog file and have been added.
  862 - Improper argument type, INTEGER expected
  863 - Inconsistent number of form fields
  864 - Internal buffer overlow while encoding screen line
  865 - Screen buffer size exceeds forms file limits

Platforms: HP-UX and Linux

* eloqcore could abort in case a CONT signal was received before
  the screen buffer was fully initialized. This could happen in
  some cases executing an ATTACH# statement immediately after a
  REQUEST# statement.

* Background tasks could start marked as "attached" status (in the
  SHOWTASK statement).


Patch PE70-0408301
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Platforms: All

* This patch adds the option to configure the results of the eloqcore
  SYSID$ function. Previous versions returned the hostname (truncated
  after 20 characters) with the SYSID$ function.

  The return value of the SYSID$ function may either be configured
  in the Eloquence configuration files (elog.config, etc.) or defined
  with the EQ_SYSID environment variable.

  Using the EQ_SYSID environment variable:
  If the EQ_SYSID environment variable is defined its content is
  returned with the SYSID$ function.

  Using a configuration file:
  The SYSID "value" clause is now recognized in Eloquence configuration
  files and may be used to define the result of the SYSID$ function.
  Please note that the configuration file entry is currently limited to
  20 characters.

* eloqcore was enhanced to support the EQ_ELOQRC environment variable.
  When specified the environment variable defines the path to the user
  specific configuration file that is used instead of the default user
  specific configuration file ($HOME/.eloqrc on Linux/UNIX and
  $HOME/eloqrc on Windows).

Platforms: Windows

* eloqcore on was modified that open files are no longer inherited by
  Eloquence DLLs (#2374).


Patch PE70-0311040
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Platforms: All

* The SOFTKEYSET ON statement could abort with a memory fault if the
  program was run in the background (#2152).
  This was caused by a bug in eloqcore that was calling a curses
  function although curses was not initialized.
  This can be reproduced on HP-UX 11.2x (Itanium2).


Patch PE70-0310080
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Platforms: All

* Possible wrong conversion in QUERY of Zoned or Packed item values
  from the database (#2130).

  Unpacking Zoned or Packed items could result in truncated values
  due to access to an uninitialized variable. This was observed in QUERY
  that could output truncated values while the database had the correct
  value.


Patch PE70-0304040
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Platforms: All

* QFIND returned unexpected results when using the IN clause and
  numeric arguments (#1881).

* While JDLG was modified to support 10 levels of nested dialog
  objects eloqcore was still limited to a nesting level of 8 and
  failed with error 653 (#1556).


Installation:
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UNIX:

In order to install this patch, you need to unpack it with gzip.
Gzip is included with HP-UX and Linux.
Installation requires root privileges.

cd /opt/eloquence6
gzip -dc PE70-0501260-hpux.tar.gz | tar xf -

Files:

   bin/eloqcore
   lib/nls/C/eloq.cat
   share/doc/PE70-0501260-README


Windows:

Download the PE70-0501260-win32.zip file and unpack its contents
with WinZip or PKUNZIP.
Installation requires administrative capabilities.

Please copy the eloqcore.exe file into the bin subdirectory of your
Eloquence installation (for example C:\Programs\Eloquence\bin).

Please copy the PE70-0501260-README.txt file into the share\doc
subdirectory of your Eloquence installation (for example
C:\Programs\Eloquence\share\doc).

Files:

   eloqcore.exe
   PE70-0501260-README.txt