Designer 2K - Systems Modelling problem

tdrudy_at_ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> Pls read below.
>
> I appreciate the responses I've gotten thus far via email
> and posted, but nothing seems to work. After reinstalling Designer 2K,
> I test it by creating a repository and then an application system,
> then--as it suggests in the install guide--call up the ER Diagrammer and
> see if it will write/save a dummy ERD. Well, I can call up the ERD
> thru GUI/Run>>>File, but no luck: it hourglasses for 1.5 minutes then
> leaves you in ERD, unconnected. I stress that every other tool in
> Designer 2K works/connects just fine, but none of the three Systems
> Modelling Tools will connect at all. Nothing in the repository is
> invalid, and trying to run it from the NT Run>>>File produces the
> same result: the tool is called up, but will not connect. I've run
> trace at admin level on it and it shows no errors, nor are there any
> errors in the sqlnet.log files (server + client). The connect strings
> are solid. What am I missing???
>
> Are there any other requirements to run the ERD?
>
> Please save me from an early grave : any suggestions
> extremely welcome!!
>
> Thanks to all,
>
> Tom Rudy
> Jacek Dobosz wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 16:45:51 -0500, tdrudy_at_ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >
> > >Hi,
> > > I just re-installed Designer/2K to avoid the problem which I
> > >still have: The ER Diagrammer and the other 2 parts of the Systems
> > >Modelling Tools refuse to connect (from NT 3.51) to my server (running
> > >SunOS), BUT, everything else in Designer 2K (Process Modeller, Database
> > >Designa nd App Wizards, etc) connects just fine with the same
> > >login/connect string. I click on the ER Diagrammer icon and it goes
> > >into a 1.5 min hourglass; then, when you select About/Systems Info, it
> > >tells you that it is not connected to the server. It seems odd to me
> > >that the three System Modelling icons, all in a row, are the only items
> > >with which I am having a problem.
> > > Can anyone suggest something to try here?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Tom Rudy
> >
> > It looks like you may have some invalid objects in the repository.
> > Check log files ck*.lis created during the installation, or
> > execute as repository owner following statement:
> >
> > select object_name , object_type
> > from user_objects
> > where status = 'INVALID';
> >
> > you should get - no rows selected
> >
> > jacek
Received on Fri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00:00 CET