[415] in Tooltime
Re: Scopus Mac client testing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Wade Neiterman)
Mon Oct 6 07:57:36 1997
In-Reply-To: <v03110705b05ae646840f@[18.81.0.181]>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 08:01:38 -0400
To: Peter Ragone <pragone@MIT.EDU>, dho@MIT.EDU
From: Steven Wade Neiterman <wade@MIT.EDU>
Cc: tooltime@MIT.EDU
Peter and David,
If we were to make a list of bugs, are there other problems than the one
you reported (new log button)? The message below seems to convey only one
problem.
We should maintain a bug list with status, action items and the person(s)
assigned to resolve the problem.
..Steve
At 2:19 PM -0400 10/3/97, Peter Ragone wrote:
>Hi David,
>
> Thanks for doing that testing. I think that in fairness, you should
>report the difficulty you had in creating a new log (and finding a log? I
>seem to recall that there was trouble here too). The new log button didn't
>seem to work for quite a while and gave you a blank log screen with no
>indication of whether it was creating a log but not showing you, or whether
>it was not creating a log and simply showing you a blank screen.
>
> Your report is accurate except that it conveys the impression that we
>experienced no difficulties (bugs). I think that you should include that
>bug and any others as it will surely be experienced by at least one of the
>50+ studentsand staff who will be using the Scopus utility.
>
>-Peter
>
>At 12:41 PM 10/2/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>Here are the testing result on the Mac Scopus client.
>>
>>Machine-name: fraggle
>>model: 7600/120
>>Build-in Memory: 65,536k
>>Total Memory: 67,400k
>>Operating System: 7.6.1
>>Open Transport 1.1.2
>>Setting the memory for Scopus to 32MB
>>
>>I started with nothing running, load Scopus only.
>> Create a new record, when I click on the "Save" button an error message
>>display said "Insert Invalid record to the database". Then I clear the
>>record and try to create a new record again. This time the "Save" button
>>is working fine.
>> Was able to update and open existing log.
>>
>>With Scopus running, started Eudora 3.0.2:
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>With Scopus and Eudora running, started Netscape 4.0:
>> Read through a couple of web pages.
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>With Scopus, Eudora and Netscape running, started File Maker Pro 3:
>> Open a sample document.
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>With Scopus, Eudora, Netscape and File Maker Pro running, started
>>BrioQuery 5.0:
>> Read through a sample Query file.
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>With Scopus, Eudora, Netscape, File Maker Pro and Brioquery running, started
>>Microsoft Word 6.0:
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>With Scopus, Eudora, Netscape, File Maker Pro, Brioquery and Microsoft Word
>>running, started Microsoft Excel:
>> Open a sample spreadsheet.
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>With Scopus, Eudora, Netscape, File Maker Pro, Brioquery, Microsoft Word,
>>Microsoft Excel running, started WordPerfect 3.1:
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>With Eudora, Netscape, File Maker Pro, Brioquery, Microsoft Word, Microsoft
>>Excel and WodPerfect running, Quited Scopus:
>> Started Scopus again.
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>I was stop the testing at this point because the Mac machine was told not
>>enough memory and failed to started a new program.
>>
>>====================================================
>>
>>Machine-name: Sam-eagle
>>model: 7100/66
>>Build-in Memory: 56MB
>>Total Memory: 57.4MB
>>Operating System: 8.0
>>Open Transport 1.2
>>Setting the memory for Scopus to 32MB
>>
>>I started with nothing running, load Scopus only.
>> Scopus login failed with an error message display:
>> "Login error
>> Error while trying to retrieve text for error ORA-12203".
>> This problems was related to the SQL*Net which it was'nt setup
>correctly.
>> Fixed the problems on SQL*Net, and started Scopus:
>> Was able to update and open existing log.
>>
>>With Scopus running, started Eudora 3.0.2:
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>With Scopus and Eudora running, started Netscape 4.0:
>> Read through a couple of web pages.
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>With Scopus, Eudora and Netscape running, started File Maker Pro 3:
>> Open a sample document.
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>With Scopus, Eudora, Netscape and File Maker Pro running, started
>>BrioQuery 5.0:
>> Read through a sample Query file.
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>With Eudora, Netscape, File Maker Pro, and Brioquery running, Quited
>Scopus:
>> Started Scopus again.
>> Was able to create, update and find a log record.
>>
>>I was stop the testing at this point because the Mac machine was told not
>>enough memory and failed to started a new program.
>>
>>So far Scopus was'nt crashed on both machines that I was doing the testing.
>>
>>
>>...David
>>
>>
