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I have defined a class with a dynamic object property:
My class
Class test.Dyn Extends %Persistent
{
Property json As %DynamicObject;
/// do ##class(test.Dyn).test()
ClassMethod test()
{
do ..%KillExtent()
for len = 100, $$$MaxStringLength - 1, $$$MaxStringLength, $$$MaxStringLength+1, $$$MaxStringLength *2 {
set sc = ..save(len)
write "Len: ",len, " Result: ",$case($$$ISERR(sc), $$$YES: $System.Status.GetErrorText(sc), : "OK"),!
}
}
ClassMethod save(len)
{
set json = {}
set stream = ..getStream(len-8) // -8 because {"a":""}
do json.%Set("a", stream, "stream")
set obj = ..%New()
set obj.json = json
quit obj.%Save()
}
ClassMethod getStream(len)
{
set stream = ##class(%Stream.TmpCharacter).%New()
if len<$$$MaxStringLength {
do stream.Write($tr($j("",len)," ","A"))
} else {
for i=1:$$$MaxStringLength:len {
do stream.Write($tr($j("",$$$MaxStringLength)," ","A"))
}
do stream.Write($tr($j("",len-i)," ","A"))
}
quit stream
}
}The issue I encounter is that if a length of a serialized json property is more than 3641144 symbols, the object fails to save with the following error (either MAXSTRING or STRINGSTACK):
Length: 100 Result: OK
Length: 3641143 Result: OK
Length: 3641144 Result: OK
Length: 3641145 Result: ERROR #5002: ObjectScript error: <MAXSTRING>%GetSerial+1^%Library.DynamicAbstractObject.1
Length: 7282288 Result: ERROR #5002: ObjectScript error: <STRINGSTACK>%GetSerial+1^%Library.DynamicAbstractObject.1Is there a workaround? I need to store moderately large jsons (10-15 Mb) and dynamic object properties allow for a very convenient access.
$ZSTORAGE is set to -1.
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Studio's Find In Files finds nothing if CLS routines are included. The error is WIDE CHAR. After using ##class(%Studio.Project).FindInFiles programmatically and then ZW after the same error I strongly suspect that CodeWalkopdatecopyopt in EnsLib.InteropTools.HL7.Cloverleaf.Parser.cls is to blame. I cannot even open this class, unlike other classes from EnsLib.InteropTools.HL7. This error prevents searching even if System Items are excluded and I would peg EnsLib as System. Any remedy besides updating IRIS? Assuming this is fixed in later IRIS versions.
As part of a recent documentation technical project to optimize the search, I needed to use Embedded Python in my ObjectScript code. The main blocker was passing a Python list from a Python class method to a ObjectScript method. Sending the list by reference to the python method, populating it with the Insert() method, and returning the reference to the ObjectScript method resulted in an list with type %SYS.Python, a process that was straightforward but not efficient.
I explored an alternative method: converting a Python list to an ObjectScript list using JSON as the intermediary format.
I had a need for a Filter, but did not want to recreate the wheel by creating another Data Lookup Table, so instead I created a Linked Table that points to a MS SQL Table outside of IRIS.
Once I had the Linked Table, I created a Class Method Function that would query the Linked Table and return a 1 if a result came back.
ClassMethod CheckPDMProviderType(pInput As %String) As %Boolean
{
set ExtDisplay = ""
&sql(SELECT SecurityGroup_k INTO :ExtDisplay
FROM osuwmc_CPD_SQL.InterSystems FAQ rubric
There is data, such as execution log data, that you do not want to return to its previous state even if a rollback occurs during a transaction. The above requirement can be met by placing that data in the IRISTEMP database, which will not be rolled back.
Temporary Globals and the IRISTEMP Database
By mapping the table entities you do not want to roll back to this database, you can retain the information after the rollback.
IAM - InterSystems API Manager is a great tool for monitoring your traffic. If you are trying to use it in your Kubernetes cluster you may have tried doing a deployment similar to this one:
apiVersion: intersystems.com/v1alpha1
kind: IrisCluster
metadata:
name: iris
spec:
licenseKeySecret:
name: iris-key-secret
configSource:
name: iris-cpf
imagePullSecrets:
- name: intersystems-pull-secret
topology:
data:
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Hi folks!
It is very easy to import CSV data into IRIS. But what if we want to preserve the original IDs in CSV?
Recently I came across with the situation when I needed to import two csv's into IRIS which were linked by one column referencing to another csv's col: a typical Foreign Key and Primary Key situation, where csv1 contains this column as Primary Key, and csv2 as Foreign key with id's related to csv1.
The image is generated by ChatGPT so don't blame it - it tried its best to generate countries as primary keys with countries.csv-cities.csv relationship :)
I have a need to create a specific Search Table outside of the EnsLib.HL7.SearchTable specifically for HL7 MFN messages in HealthShare Provider Directory.
Our Code is created in a different namespace then the main HSPD namespace and is mapped within the HSPD namespace mapping.
I created a copy of EnsLib.HL7.SearchTable, named OSU.HL7.SearchTable what all needs mapped to make this new search table available in HSPD namespace?
If I go to Global within the Custom Code Namespace, I cannot see my new Search Table being created.
What am I missing to make sure that the OSU.HL7.
Trying to import a .csp with VS code appears to do nothing.
Making a change to the file, saving it and then doing "Import and compile" results in no output and there is no change to the file on the server.
Plugin version is 3.0.5
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I’m pleased to announce the release of tree-sitter-objectscript, a new open-source tree-sitter grammar that brings first-class ObjectScript support to modern editors. If you caught the preview at READY ’25, you’ll be glad to know it’s now up on Github:
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.Hello,
I have a main dispatcher (that extends
And I have the sub-dispatcher that contains:
<Route Url="/:id" Method="GET" Call="NewsGetItem"/>
</Routes>
If I try to access this route:
https://mydomain.com/mobile/api/v4/news/123
It doesn't work (404).
But strangely enough, it works (200):
https://mydomain.
In this case, a robot is nothing like Gort from the movie “The Day the Earth Stood Still” or any other humanoid robot from science fiction. Nor is this Robot the one-armed automated welder from a real-world automotive assembly line. This Robot is a program that controls another program. You might want this for automated testing or to capture application logic from an application for which you don’t have the source, and the application’s author lacked the kindness or foresight to provide an API for its capabilities.
Like %GlobalCharacterStream, %GlobalBinaryStream, and others, as been deprecated in favor of %Stream.GlobalCharacter, %Stream.GlobalBinary, will this deprecated libraries one day no longer work?
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Given:
class Foo.Bar extends Ens.BusinessOperation
{
Parameter SETTINGS = "Whatever:Basic";
}
class Foo.Baz extends Foo.Bar
I want to somehow drop "Whatever" as a setting from Foo.Baz. How can I do this?
I would like to know which are the best practices of using Streams in Interoperability messages.
I have always use %Stream.GlobalCharacter properties to hold a JSON, or a base64 document, when creating messages. This is fine and I can see the content in Visual Trace without doing anything, so I can check what is happening and resolve issues if I have, or reprocess messages if something went wrong, because I have the content.
But I think this is not the best way of using Streams.
While starting with Intersystems IRIS or Cache, developers often encounter three core concepts: Dynamic Objects, Globals & Relational Table. Each has its role in building scalable and maintainable solutions. In this article, we'll walk through practical code examples, highlight best practices, and show how these concepts tie together.
1. Working with Dynamic Objects:
Dynamic objects (%DynamicObject and %DynamicArray) allow developers to manipulate JSON-like structures directly in Objectscript. They are especially useful for modern applications that need to parse, transform or generate JSON.
Hi folks!
Consider I have a class "X.Y.Z"
What is the SQL table name for it? How can I obtain it via ObjectScript?
A quick search doesn't show any methods and properties. Documentation is a bit "wrong" here saying that the SQL table name is the same. It will be at least 'x_y.z'.
Any help is very appreciated!)
Recently, I replaced my old laptop with a new one and had to migrate all my data. I was looking for a guide but couldn’t find anything that explained in detail how to migrate server connections from InterSystems Studio and Visual Studio Code from one PC to another. Simply reinstalling the tools is not enough, and migrating all the connections manually seemed like a waste of time. In the end, I managed to solve the problem, and this article explains how.
Migrating Studio connections was the most challenging part.
SQLTools is a Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Extension with over 3.5 million downloads that provides connections to many of the most used databases, including InterSystems IRIS, using drivers.
For developers new to VS Code, or those already familiar with it but are looking to streamline their connections to InterSystems IRIS, this tutorial will take you through installing the SQLTools extensions and the InterSystems IRIS drive. It then guides you on how to establish a connection to your instance of InterSystems IRIS and run a query.
I try the Large data Save in FHIR server in Binary Resource but it's failed
Methed: Post , URL: fhirservers/fhir/r4/Binary
I hit the API but the record not save and same API but base64 data length is 3 lac than it's save without faile.
I pass data on this formet
{
"resourceType" : "Binary",
// from Resource: id, meta, implicitRules, and language
"contentType" : "<code>", // R!
Or can I change namespaces within one connection object?
Running "docker exec -it iris iris terminal IRIS" automatically logs you in as irisowner in the terminal session, but how do you log in as a different user?
This article describes a significant enhancement of how InterSystems IRIS deals with table statistics, a crucial element for IRIS SQL processing, in the 2025.2 release. We'll start with a brief refresher on what table statistics are, how they are used, and why we needed this enhancement. Then, we'll dive into the details of the new infrastructure for collecting and saving table statistics, after which we'll zoom in onto what the change means in practice for your applications. We'll end with a few additional notes on patterns enabled by the new model, and look forward to the follow-on phases of this initial delivery.
This article outlines the process of utilizing the renowned Jaeger solution for tracing InterSystems IRIS applications. Jaeger is an open-source product for tracking and identifying issues, especially in distributed and microservices environments. This tracing backend that emerged at Uber in 2015 was inspired by Google's Dapper and Twitter's OpenZipkin. It later joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as an incubating project in 2017, achieving graduated status in 2019. This guide will demonstrate how to operate the containerized Jaeger solution integrated with IRIS.
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