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From: kfitzner@nexus.v-wave.com (Kurt Fitzner)
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Subject: Can't run dbassist on 8.1.5i linux
Date: 4 Mar 2000 00:26:37 GMT
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I am having a rather frustrating time getting 8.1.5i installed on Linux.
The dbassist program won't run for me.  I get the warning that everyone
mentions "JNLS Exception...Unable to find any National Character Sets".
The FAQ, and all sorts of other postings, say to ignore the error.  I have
no choice but to ignore it, since after I get the error, nothing else
happens.

The above error comes up on a message box.  As soon as I click 'OK', the
following appears on the terminal used to run dbassist:

 java.lang.NumberFormatException: 
        at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java)
        at java.lang.Long.parseLong(Long.java)
        at WizOSD.DBQueryAvailableRAM(WizOSD.java:296)
        at CheckerClass.CheckAvailableRAM(CheckerClass.java:496)
        at CheckerClass.DetectAll(CheckerClass.java:63)
        at DBConfigInfo_base.<init>(DBConfigInfo_base.java:901)
        at DBConfigInfo.<init>(DBConfigInfo.java:44)
        at DBCreateWizard.<init>(DBCreateWizard.java:421)
        at DBCreateWizard.main(DBCreateWizard.java:1082)

After that appears, it just hangs.  Sits there.  No return to the
command prompt, no further windows open, no CPU usage, no disk activity.

Is there some Java setting to have it continue after exceptions?  If so,
I'd sure appreciate any feedback.

	Kurt.