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Hi, every one. Again, it's me!!😀😀
Recently I was trying to organize some learning materials for InterSystems IRIS😆, and realized that the resources are actually quite scattered.🤐
So I put together a list here—grouped by categories—for anyone who:
Also adding some of my own experience on what worked (and what didn’t, may be only not work for me🤫🤐).
If you don’t know where to begin, start here:
Hi Community,
In our two preceding articles, we explored the fundamentals of the Interoperability Embedded Python (IoP) framework, including message handling, production setup, and Python-based business components.
In this third piece, we will examine advanced methodologies and practical patterns within the IoP framework that are pivotal for real-world interoperability implementations.
We will explore the following topics:
✅ DTL (Data Transformation Language) in IoP
✅ JSON Schema Support
✅ Effective Debugging Techniques
Collectively, these features help us create maintainable, validated, and easily troubleshootable production-grade interoperability solutions.
This past weekend we ran into something odd. When we failed over our mirror from 2022.1.3 to 2025.1.3 the one of the Business Rules that was on what became the Primary (2025.1.3), had a rule within it that was removed back in January. When the Failover occurred, we had to scramble to backup, disable, and remove the Rule that shouldn't have been there.
Both the Data and Code live within the same IRIS.dat that is the main MIRROR database for that Namespace.
If this happened to one Class file, could it happen to others we do not know about?
Claude Code has a strong understanding of IRIS, but unexpected issues still occur.
The first issue is one that has already happened several times and is likely to continue occurring if not properly addressed.
In IRIS, the collation for string data (%String) is set to SQLUPPER by default. As a result, when data is retrieved via SQL, it may be returned in uppercase (for example, when sorting and aggregating with GROUP BY).
Since I started using Claude Code, my motivation to create things has skyrocketed.
Previously, even if I wanted to build something, actually doing the coding felt like a hassle, so unless there was a very strong need, I rarely went as far as programming. But now, if I just jot down the specifications, Claude Code handles the rest automatically, resulting in a dramatic improvement in productivity.
I come from a generation native to ObjectScript, so I used to feel some hesitation when it came to switching to Python.
Is there a way to delete a message in a routing rule? For example, an HL7 message doesn't qualify for a rule, but instead of the message being passed on to the next rule, you delete the message.
This time, it’s not really programming per se, but we are using React as a front-end development tool for IRIS. When using a web development framework—not limited to React—one key consideration is which CSS framework to use. Up until now, we’ve been using Bootstrap, which is the standard and the easiest to get started with.
However, while it’s easy to use, I felt that it offers limited flexibility for customization. That said, even if we were to switch to another CSS framework, learning it and rewriting everything from scratch would be a significant effort, so we left things as they were.
Is your source control treating your InterSystems IRIS environment like a simple collection of files? Most source control tools lack the native intelligence to handle InterSystems IRIS, which is why your code is treated as such.
Deltanji is different. It understands how code and other artifacts are stored within IRIS and can manage them directly. This eliminates the friction that other tools introduce to the process.
Join us for an InterSystems-hosted webinar to see how Deltanji provides an enterprise-grade source control solution that is tightly integrated with your IRIS environment.
I have two RHEL 9.7 servers. One is running intersystems in docker no problem. But, I have now tried two other servers RHEL 9.7 one, podman and one docker and I get the following.
We are working on Disk Consolidation and looking at Class/Globals that are rather large and not being cleaned up by the nightly Purge process. We have implemented DeleteHelper - A Class to Help with Deleting Referenced Persistent Classes | IDC on any Custom Data Classes, and Business Processes (BPL).
We have a bunch of Data Classes, BPL's, and Operations that connect to external MS SQL Server using JDBC to query or write data to using Stored Procedures and Queries. All that Query external tables are using EnsLib.SQL.Snapshot, and this is being written to ^Ens.AppData which is not cleaned up.