RE: [sqr-users] Easy Questions: flags, SQRW.EXE, SQT

[Peter Burton <Peter_Burton@Hyperion.com>]

All,

2)  Originally there were two executables under the Windows environment ...
sqr - a command line based interface similar to that found under Unix, DOS,
VMS, etc. and sqrw - a GUI based interface.  When the command line interface
was dropped from the Windows distribution the thought was not to mess with
customer scripts.  What does it matter what the name of the executable it
away?  Look at Microsoft Word ... why is it called WINWORD.EXE rather than
just WORD.EXE?

3) The T is for "SQR Execute" or "SQR Runtime" depending on the company.
Originally SQR could be packaged as a complete package or just the runtime
component which allowed people to run reports (.SQT) but able to create them
from the source (.SQR).  Great for turnkey systems and configuration
control.  SQRWT.EXE is not an alias for "SQRW -RT" but rather a complete
executable in itself.  It accepts a subset of the command line flags that
SQRW.EXE accepts.

Peter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sqr-users-bounces+peter_burton=hyperion.com@sqrug.org
> [mailto:sqr-users-bounces+peter_burton=hyperion.com@sqrug.org]
> On Behalf
> Of Steve Cavill
> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 8:37 PM
> To: This list is for discussion about the SQR database 
> reportinglanguage
> from Hyperion Solutions.
> Subject: RE: [sqr-users] Easy Questions: flags, SQRW.EXE, SQT
> 
> 
> 1 - I'll let Peoplesoft people answer.
> 
> 2.  W is for windows.  SQR executable on every other platform 
> is SQR.  But
> on windows they added the W - a bit annoying really, but 
> that's the way it
> goes.
> 
> 3. The T is for execuTe, or maybe runTime.  Because the 
> command to run it is
> SQR -RT, or the alias SQRT, so the file extension is SQT 
> instead of SQR.
> Maybe Peter Burton can remember the exact reason ;-)
> 
> Now if only I could work out the T in PST (microsoft outlook) :-)
> 
> Cheers, Steve.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sqr-users-bounces+steve.cavill=infoclarity.com.au@sqrug.org
> [mailto:sqr-users-bounces+steve.cavill=infoclarity.com.au@sqrug.org]On
> Behalf Of EricRection@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, 18 July 2004 4:59 AM
> To: sqr-users@sqrug.org
> Subject: [sqr-users] Easy Questions: flags, SQRW.EXE, SQT
> 
> 
> 1. When I last installed PeopleSoft, I ran SQRW.EXE for the 
> first time and
> there were no flags. Somone told me some neat trick for 
> populating them, and
> I've forgotten it. Can somebody please remind me of this cunning stunt
> (Spoonerism alert!) or tell me what flags I need if I'm doing 
> it manually?
> 2. What does the W in SQRW.EXE stand for, anyway?
> 3. And how about the T in SQT? The most plausible candidate I 
> can think of
> is "transaction" and that isn't very plausible at all.
> 
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