{"id":32,"date":"2012-02-06T18:40:26","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T18:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.vital-soft.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2022-12-21T06:03:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:03:14","slug":"askplus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vital-soft.com\/?page_id=32","title":{"rendered":"AskPlus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"32\" class=\"elementor elementor-32\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2becaf3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2becaf3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fece25\" data-id=\"8fece25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc3a8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7cc3a8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Command Driven Report Writer for Eloquence<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99f435e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99f435e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af563fa\" data-id=\"af563fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-836fe5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"836fe5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AskPlus is a command driven report writer that works with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marxmeier.com\">Eloquence<\/a> databases. Originally developed for the HP3000 TurboIMAGE database, AskPlus runs natively on HP-UX (Itanium and PA-Risc) servers. In 2021, support for RHEL 8.5 (and higher) was added. The AskPlus reporting language allows users to query and report data from Eloquence databases as well as most UNIX\/Linux files.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27ac6c7\" data-id=\"27ac6c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a3a1d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8a3a1d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/vital-soft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AskPlusTrans.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-974\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf854aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf854aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc64b80\" data-id=\"dc64b80\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4fea78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4fea78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More Powerful and Versatile than Query<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0667931 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0667931\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The AskPlus language is similar to HP&#8217;s Query\/iX product and Query3k from Marxmeier, and Query developers will find AskPlus easy to use. Askplus, however, offers many advanced features not available with Query.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d640e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d640e7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a11a50f\" data-id=\"a11a50f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae0a9d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae0a9d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Use expressions (including parentheses) and date conversions when selecting, sorting and reporting data<\/li><li>Compare fields: ITEM1 &gt; ITEM2<\/li><li>Support for Regular Expression pattern matching<\/li><li>Support for temporary variables (registers) and arrays<\/li><li>Large library of text functions<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8faeb0b\" data-id=\"8faeb0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44cbf3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44cbf3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Report from Suprtool SD files and other UNIX files<\/li><li>Create delimited files<\/li><li>Create SD and other binary files<\/li><li>Update fields with dynamically calculated values<\/li><li>Update fields based on conditions<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45f80d36 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45f80d36\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3eb3bdba\" data-id=\"3eb3bdba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d2ca9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d2ca9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vital Soft provides an automatic conversion that converts Query reports to AskPlus. This program is available free to all supported customers<\/p><p>Download a detailed comparison <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vital-soft.com\/download\/public\/AskPlus_Query_Comparison.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8c28ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8c28ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Visimage3 Engine<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5ce762 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5ce762\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\">AskPlus is the reporting engine used by Visimage3. Reports developed in Visimage3 are executed natively by AskPlus on the host server.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8ae62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c8ae62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Server Based Reporting<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94d9990 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94d9990\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Designed for computing professionals and IT staff, AskPlus offers advanced, query, report and update capabilities coupled with excellent performance. Reports can either be written using the AskPlus command syntax or developed visually using the Visimage3 user interface. AskPlus runs natively on the host server. AskPlus is supported on HP-UX with a Red Hat Linux version coming soon. Because AskPlus is located on the server, it is easy to create and execute UNIX scripts to automate reporting.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98f9d81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"98f9d81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">UNIX File Types Supported<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a254eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a254eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In addition to Eloquence databases, AskPlus can open and report from most UNIX files. Data can be selected from multiple databases and files in a single query. The powerful link statement allows the user to fully control how datasets and files are joined together.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6f0d53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6f0d53\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c3043b\" data-id=\"6c3043b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-283041f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"283041f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>AskPlus Self Describing (SD) files<\/li><li>Suprtool Link (SD) files<\/li><li>C-ISAM files<\/li><li>Indexed C-ISAM files<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0856ea6\" data-id=\"0856ea6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2ecd17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2ecd17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>ASCII delimited files<\/li><li>ASCII files containing a newline character<\/li><li>Fixed length binary files.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb3fa90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb3fa90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\">The<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\"> powerful link statement allows the user to fully control how datasets, tables and files are joined together.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69ecaf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69ecaf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Update Capabilities<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e8292b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41e8292b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AskPlus is not an application development environment, however, AskPlus can be extremely useful for database administrators to perform <strong>database<\/strong> updates and to resolve data integrity issues. AskPlus supports Insert (Add), Update and Delete commands.<\/p><p>We strongly recommend that all update jobs be verified in a test environment before being used in production. \u00a0We also recommend, whenever possible, that you use AskPlus to generate a TAG file and allow application programs to perform the actual updates.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Command Driven Report Writer for Eloquence AskPlus is a command driven report writer that works with Eloquence databases. Originally developed for the HP3000 TurboIMAGE database, AskPlus runs natively on HP-UX (Itanium and PA-Risc) servers. In 2021, support for RHEL 8.5 (and higher) was added. 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