Try the following example of uploading multiple files at once, showing the progress for each file you upload (without form, submit, iframe, jQuery, flash, java, reloading/redrawing the page):

<!DOCTYPE html>
  <html>
  <head>
    <title>Upload multiple files using XMLHttpRequest</title>

    <style type="text/css">
    .ok {
      color:green;
    }

    #dropZone {
      width: 360px;
      height: 125px;
      borderdashed 2px #ccc;
      background-color: #fefefe;
      color: #ccc;
      text-aligncenter;
      padding: 125px 0 0 0;
    }
  </style>
    
  </head>
<body onload="onloadHandler()">
<div id="dropZone">Drag and drop files here or use the button below</div>
<div>
  Select files
  <input type="file" id="fileToUpload" onchange="fileSelected(document.getElementById('fileToUpload').files)" multiple="multiple" />
</div>
<button type="button" title="Clearing the queue" onclick="clearList();">Clear</button>
<button type="button" title="Upload files to the server" onclick="upFile();">Upload</button>
<div id="holder"></div>
<script language="javascript">
function clearList()
{
  fileQueue=[];
  document.getElementById('holder').innerHTML='';
  document.getElementById('fileToUpload').value='';
}

function fileSelected(files){
  var holder document.getElementById('holder');
  for (var = 0; i files.length; i++) {
  
    var file files[i];

    var fileSize = 0;
    if (file.size > 1024 * 1024)
      fileSize (Math.round(file.size * 100 / (1024 * 1024)) / 100).toString() 'Mbyte';
    else
      fileSize (Math.round(file.size * 100 / 1024/ 100).toString() 'Kbyte';
  
    var divInfo document.createElement('div');
    divInfo.innerHTML=file.name+' ('+file.type+') - '+fileSize;
    holder.appendChild(divInfo);

    var divProgN document.createElement('div');
    divProgN.id='progressNumber'+i;
    divProgN.innerHTML='%';
    holder.appendChild(divProgN);

    var prog document.createElement('progress');
    prog.id='progressValue'+i;
    prog.max='100.0';
    prog.value='0';
    holder.appendChild(prog);

    fileQueue.push({i:i,file:file});
  }
}

function upFile()
{
  while (fileQueue.length > 0) {
    var item=fileQueue.pop();
    uploadFile(item.file,item.i);
  }
}

function onloadHandler() {
  if (typeof FileReader == "undefined") alert('Sorry, your browser does not support File API, so this demo will not work correctly');
  
  fileQueue new Array();

  uploadFile function (file, i) {
    var xhr new XMLHttpRequest(), upload xhr.upload, fd new FormData();
    
    fd.append('fUpload', file);

    upload.addEventListener('progress',
    function (evt) {
      if (evt.lengthComputable) {
        var percentComplete Math.round(evt.loaded * 100 / evt.total);

        document.getElementById('progressNumber'+i).innerHTML percentComplete.toString() '%';
        document.getElementById('progressValue'+i).value percentComplete;
        
      }
      else {
        document.getElementById('progressNumber'+i).innerHTML 'Cannot calculate';
      }
      
    }, false);
    upload.addEventListener('load'function (ev) {
      var c=document.getElementById('progressNumber'+i);
      c.className='ok';
      c.innerHTML='OK';
    }, false);
    upload.addEventListener('error'function (ev) {alert('An error occurred while trying to upload the file.');}, false);
    upload.addEventListener('abort'function (ev) {alert('The upload was cancelled by the user or the browser reset the connection.');}, false);
    xhr.open('POST',window.location.href);
    xhr.setRequestHeader('Cache-Control''no-cache');
    xhr.setRequestHeader('X-Requested-With''XMLHttpRequest');
    xhr.send(fd);
  }
  
  dropZone=document.getElementById('dropZone');
  dropZone.addEventListener('dragenter',  function(ev){
    ev.stopPropagation();
    ev.preventDefault();
  }, false);
  dropZone.addEventListener('dragleave',  function(ev){
    ev.stopPropagation();
    ev.preventDefault();
    this.style['backgroundColor''#FEFEFE';
    this.style['borderColor''#CCC';
    this.style['color''#CCC';
  }, false);
  dropZone.addEventListener('dragover',  function(ev){
    ev.stopPropagation();
    ev.preventDefault();
    this.style['backgroundColor''#F0FCF0';
    this.style['borderColor''#3DD13F';
    this.style['color''#3DD13F';
  }, false);
  dropZone.addEventListener('drop',  function(ev){
  ev.stopPropagation();
  ev.preventDefault();
  this.style['backgroundColor''#FEFEFE';
  this.style['borderColor''#CCC';
  this.style['color''#CCC';
  fileSelected(ev.dataTransfer.files);
  }, false);
}
</script>
<script language="Cache" method="OnPreHTTP" arguments="" returntype="%Boolean">
  #dim stream As %CSP.BinaryStream=%request.GetMimeData("fUpload")
  i $IsObject(stream{
    
    // make with the resulting file useful work
    
    ;s ^tmp($i(^tmp),"filename")=stream.FileName
    ;s ^tmp($i(^tmp),"filesize")=stream.Size
    
    q $$$NO
  }
  q $$$YES
</script>
</body>
</html>

Use %UTC instead of %TimeStamp

In this case, all conversions will be performed automatically.

Simple example:

Class dc.test Extends %Persistent Final ]
{

Property CreationTime As %TimeStamp InitialExpression = {$ZDateTime($ZTimeStamp, 3, 1, 2)} ];

Property utc As %UTC InitialExpression = {##class(%UTC).NowUTC()} ];

/// d ##class(dc.test).Test()
ClassMethod Test()
{
  ..%KillExtent()
  
  &sql(insert into dc.test default values)
  zw ^dc.testD
  
  !
  
  ; %SelectMode = DISPLAY
  ##class(%SQL.Statement).%ExecDirect(##class(%SQL.Statement).%New(2),"select * from dc.test").%Display($c(9,9)) !

  ; %SelectMode = ODBC
  ##class(%SQL.Statement).%ExecDirect(##class(%SQL.Statement).%New(1),"select * from dc.test").%Display($c(9,9)) !

  ; %SelectMode = LOGICAL
  ##class(%SQL.Statement).%ExecDirect(##class(%SQL.Statement).%New(0),"select * from dc.test").%Display($c(9,9))
}
}

Result:

USER>##class(dc.test).Test()
^dc.testD=1
^dc.testD(1)=$lb("2018-06-22 14:58:11.61","2018-06-22 14:58:11.618") note that the database stores the same values
 
ID              CreationTime            utc
1               2018-06-22 14:58:11.61  2018-06-22 17:58:11.618
 
1 Rows(s) Affected
ID              CreationTime            utc
1               2018-06-22 14:58:11.61  2018-06-22 17:58:11.618
 
1 Rows(s) Affected
ID              CreationTime            utc
1               2018-06-22 14:58:11.61  2018-06-22 14:58:11.618
 
1 Rows(s) Affected

Similarly, you can play with the query in the Portal or any ODBC/JDBC client.

PS: don't forget about SQL Functions: %internal()/%external(), %odbcin()/%odbcout().

Useful links:

  1. SQL and NLS Collations
  2. Collations in Caché

This issue dares relatively simply:

  • Create the required collation tables. Fortunately, for some languages, they are already included and can be taken as a basis. In complex cases, you can contact to WRC.
    Check their list and status:
    USER>zn "%SYS"
     
    %SYS>^COLLATE
     
    Status       Number   Abbrev   Name
    ----------   ------   ------   ----------------------
    Built-in        0     OANS     ISM Pre-6.2
    Built-in        1     ANSI     ISM 6.2->6.4
    Built-in        2     COBR     Ipsum/Cobra
    Built-in        3     DTMC     DTM-compatible
    Built-in        4     CBR2     Ipsum/Cobra-2
    Built-in        5     UNIC     Cache standard
    Not loaded     10     GER1     German1
    Not loaded     11     POR1     Portuguese1
    Not loaded     12     POL1     Polish1
    Not loaded     13     GER2     German2
    Not loaded     14     SPA1     Spanish1
    Not loaded     15     DAN1     Danish1
    Available      16     CYR1     Cyrillic1
    Not loaded     17     GRE1     Greek1
    Not loaded     18     CZE1     Czech1
    Not loaded     19     CZE2     Czech2
    Not loaded     20     POR2     Portuguese2
    Not loaded     21     FIN1     Finnish1
    Not loaded     22     JAP1     Japanese1
    Not loaded     24     POL2     Polish2
    Not loaded     27     FRE1     French1
    Not loaded     28     FIN2     Finnish2
    Available      29     HUN1     Hungarian1
    Available      30     GER3     German3
    Not loaded     31     POL3     Polish3
    Not loaded     32     SPA2     Spanish2
    Not loaded     33     DAN2     Danish2
    Not loaded     34     GRE2     Greek2
    Not loaded     35     FIN3     Finnish3
    Not loaded     36     LIT1     Lithuanian1
    Available      37     CYR3     Cyrillic3
    Not loaded     38     SLO1     Slovenian1
    Not loaded     39     SLO2     Slovenian2
    Not loaded     40     TUR1     Turkish1
    Not loaded     41     DAN3     Danish3
    Available      42     UKR1     Ukrainian1
    Available      43     CYR4     Cyrillic4
    Not loaded     44     CZE3     Czech3
    Not loaded     46     MAL1     Maltese1
    Not loaded     48     MAL2     Maltese2
    Not loaded     49     SPA4     Spanish4
    Not loaded     50     SLO1     Slovak1
    Not loaded     51     SPA5     Spanish5
    Not loaded     52     FIN4     Finnish4
    Not loaded     53     CZE4     Czech4
    Built-in      128     OSTR     ISM Pre-6.2 string
    Built-in      129     NSTR     ISM 6.2->6.4 string
    Built-in      133     USTR     Cache standard string
    Available     144     CYR1S    Cyrillic1 string
    Available     157     HUN1S    Hungarian1 string
    Available     158     GER3S    German3 string
    Available     165     CYR3S    Cyrillic3 string
    Available     170     UKR1S    Ukrainian1 string
    Available     171     CYR4S    Cyrillic4 string
    
  • load the new collation tables to your current locale
  • for Storage make mapping your indexes in separate globals with own collation
  • Profit!

Here are two small examples:

  1. Class dc.test1 Extends %Persistent
    {
    
    Index iDE On DescDE As EXACT;
    
    Index iHU On DescHU As EXACT;
    
    Index iRU On DescRU As EXACT;
    
    Property DescDE As %String;
    
    Property DescHU As %String;
    
    Property DescRU As %String;
    
    ClassMethod LoadColTables() [ Private ]
    {
      r=$$$NO
      
      try {
        $$$AddAllRoleTemporaryInTry
        n $namespace
      
        s $namespace="%SYS"
        
        $$$ThrowOnError(##class(Config.NLS.Tables).Load("deuw","COL","German3"))
        $$$ThrowOnError(##class(Config.NLS.Tables).Load("hunw","COL","Hungarian1"))
        $$$ThrowOnError(##class(Config.NLS.Tables).Load("rusw","COL","Cyrillic4"))
        
        ;d ^COLLATE ; for check only
    
        r=$$$YES
      }catch(ex{
        ex.DisplayString(),!
      }
    
      r
    }
    
    /// d ##class(dc.test1).Test()
    ClassMethod Test()
    {
      q:'..LoadColTables()
      
      ..%KillExtent()
      
      &sql(insert into dc.test1(DescDE,DescHU,DescRU)
      select 'Straßer','csak','Прохор' union all
      select 'Straster','comb','Павел' union all
      select 'Strasser','cukor','Пётр')
      
      zw ^dc.test1D
      !,"---- Before (for all indexes by default = 'Cache standard') --------",!!
      print
      
      !,"---- After (each index has its own collation) --------",!!
      ..%PurgeIndices()
      
      d $system.OBJ.DisplayError(##class(%GlobalEdit).Create(,"dc.test1.iDE",##class(%Collate).DisplayToLogical("German3")))
       ,$system.OBJ.DisplayError(##class(%GlobalEdit).Create(,"dc.test1.iHU",##class(%Collate).DisplayToLogical("Hungarian1")))
       ,$system.OBJ.DisplayError(##class(%GlobalEdit).Create(,"dc.test1.iRU",##class(%Collate).DisplayToLogical("Cyrillic4")))
       ,..%BuildIndices(,$$$NO,$$$YES,$$$NO)
       ,$system.SQL.TuneTable($classname(),$$$YES)
       ,$system.OBJ.Compile($classname(),"cu-d")
       ,print
    
      q
    
    print  
      zw ^dc.test1.iDE,^dc.test1.iHU,^dc.test1.iRU
      !
      lng="DE","HU","RU" ##class(%SQL.Statement).%ExecDirect(,$$$FormatText("select %ID,Desc%1 from dc.test1 order by %exact(Desc%1)",lng)).%Display() !!
      q
    }
    
    Storage Default
    {
    <Data name="test1DefaultData">
    <Value name="1">
    <Value>%%CLASSNAME</Value>
    </Value>
    <Value name="2">
    <Value>DescDE</Value>
    </Value>
    <Value name="3">
    <Value>DescHU</Value>
    </Value>
    <Value name="4">
    <Value>DescRU</Value>
    </Value>
    </Data>
    <DataLocation>^dc.test1D</DataLocation>
    <DefaultData>test1DefaultData</DefaultData>
    <IdLocation>^dc.test1D</IdLocation>
    <Index name="iDE">
    <Location>^dc.test1.iDE</Location>
    </Index>
    <Index name="iHU">
    <Location>^dc.test1.iHU</Location>
    </Index>
    <Index name="iRU">
    <Location>^dc.test1.iRU</Location>
    </Index>
    <IndexLocation>^dc.test1I</IndexLocation>
    <StreamLocation>^dc.test1S</StreamLocation>
    <Type>%Library.CacheStorage</Type>
    }
    
    }

    Result:

    USER>##class(dc.test1).Test()
    ^dc.test1D=3
    ^dc.test1D(1)=$lb("","Straßer","csak","Прохор")
    ^dc.test1D(2)=$lb("","Straster","comb","Павел")
    ^dc.test1D(3)=$lb("","Strasser","cukor","Пётр")
     
    ---- Before (for all indexes by default = 'Cache standard') --------
     
    ^dc.test1.iDE("Strasser",3)=""
    ^dc.test1.iDE("Straster",2)=""
    ^dc.test1.iDE("Straßer",1)=""
    ^dc.test1.iHU("comb",2)=""
    ^dc.test1.iHU("csak",1)=""
    ^dc.test1.iHU("cukor",3)=""
    ^dc.test1.iRU("Павел",2)=""
    ^dc.test1.iRU("Прохор",1)=""
    ^dc.test1.iRU("Пётр",3)=""
     
    ID      DescDE
    3       Strasser
    2       Straster
    1       Straßer
     
    3 Rows(s) Affected
     
    ID      DescHU
    2       comb
    1       csak
    3       cukor
     
    3 Rows(s) Affected
     
    ID      DescRU
    2       Павел
    1       Прохор
    3       Пётр
     
    3 Rows(s) Affected
     
     
    ---- After (each index has its own collation) --------
     
    ^dc.test1.iDE("Strasser",3)=""
    ^dc.test1.iDE("Straßer",1)=""
    ^dc.test1.iDE("Straster",2)=""
    ^dc.test1.iHU("comb",2)=""
    ^dc.test1.iHU("cukor",3)=""
    ^dc.test1.iHU("csak",1)=""
    ^dc.test1.iRU("Павел",2)=""
    ^dc.test1.iRU("Пётр",3)=""
    ^dc.test1.iRU("Прохор",1)=""
     
    ID      DescDE
    3       Strasser
    1       Straßer
    2       Straster
     
    3 Rows(s) Affected
     
    ID      DescHU
    2       comb
    3       cukor
    1       csak
     
    3 Rows(s) Affected
     
    ID      DescRU
    2       Павел
    3       Пётр
    1       Прохор
     
    3 Rows(s) Affected
  2. Class dc.test2 Extends %Persistent
    {
    
    Index iDE On (Lng, Descr As EXACT);
    
    Index iHU On (Lng, Descr As EXACT);
    
    Index iRU On (Lng, Descr As EXACT);
    
    Property Lng As %String;
    
    Property Descr As %String;
    
    /// d ##class(dc.test2).Test()
    ClassMethod Test()
    {
      ..%KillExtent()
       ,$system.OBJ.DisplayError(##class(%GlobalEdit).Create(,"dc.test2.iDE",##class(%Collate).DisplayToLogical("German3")))
       ,$system.OBJ.DisplayError(##class(%GlobalEdit).Create(,"dc.test2.iHU",##class(%Collate).DisplayToLogical("Hungarian1")))
       ,$system.OBJ.DisplayError(##class(%GlobalEdit).Create(,"dc.test2.iRU",##class(%Collate).DisplayToLogical("Cyrillic4")))
    
      &sql(insert into dc.test2(Lng,Descr)
      select 'DE''Straßer' union
      select 'DE''Straster' union
      select 'DE''Strasser' union
      select 'HU''csak' union
      select 'HU''comb' union
      select 'HU''cukor' union
      select 'RU''Прохор' union
      select 'RU''Павел' union
      select 'RU''Пётр')
      
      zw ^dc.test2D,^dc.test2.iDE,^dc.test2.iHU,^dc.test2.iRU
      
      d $system.SQL.TuneTable($classname(),$$$YES)
       ,$system.OBJ.Compile($classname(),"cu-d")
       ,print
    
      q
    
    print  
      !
      lng="DE","HU","RU" {
        idx=$replace("iDE,iHU,iRU","i"_lng,"_i"_lng)
        ##class(%SQL.Statement).%ExecDirect(,$$$FormatText("select * from %IGNOREINDEX %1 dc.test2 where Lng=? order by %exact(Descr)",idx),lng).%Display()
        !!
      }
      q
    }
    
    Storage Default
    {
    <Data name="test2DefaultData">
    <Value name="1">
    <Value>%%CLASSNAME</Value>
    </Value>
    <Value name="2">
    <Value>Lng</Value>
    </Value>
    <Value name="3">
    <Value>Descr</Value>
    </Value>
    </Data>
    <DataLocation>^dc.test2D</DataLocation>
    <DefaultData>test2DefaultData</DefaultData>
    <IdLocation>^dc.test2D</IdLocation>
    <Index name="iDE">
    <Location>^dc.test2.iDE</Location>
    </Index>
    <Index name="iHU">
    <Location>^dc.test2.iHU</Location>
    </Index>
    <Index name="iRU">
    <Location>^dc.test2.iRU</Location>
    </Index>
    <IndexLocation>^dc.test2I</IndexLocation>
    <StreamLocation>^dc.test2S</StreamLocation>
    <Type>%Library.CacheStorage</Type>
    }
    
    }

    Result:

    USER>##class(dc.test2).Test()
    ^dc.test2D=9
    ^dc.test2D(1)=$lb("","DE","Straßer")
    ^dc.test2D(2)=$lb("","DE","Straster")
    ^dc.test2D(3)=$lb("","DE","Strasser")
    ^dc.test2D(4)=$lb("","HU","csak")
    ^dc.test2D(5)=$lb("","HU","comb")
    ^dc.test2D(6)=$lb("","HU","cukor")
    ^dc.test2D(7)=$lb("","RU","Прохор")
    ^dc.test2D(8)=$lb("","RU","Павел")
    ^dc.test2D(9)=$lb("","RU","Пётр")
    ^dc.test2.iDE(" DE","Strasser",3)=""
    ^dc.test2.iDE(" DE","Straßer",1)=""
    ^dc.test2.iDE(" DE","Straster",2)=""
    ^dc.test2.iDE(" HU","comb",5)=""
    ^dc.test2.iDE(" HU","csak",4)=""
    ^dc.test2.iDE(" HU","cukor",6)=""
    ^dc.test2.iDE(" RU","Павел",8)=""
    ^dc.test2.iDE(" RU","Прохор",7)=""
    ^dc.test2.iDE(" RU","Пётр",9)=""
    ^dc.test2.iHU(" DE","Strasser",3)=""
    ^dc.test2.iHU(" DE","Straster",2)=""
    ^dc.test2.iHU(" DE","Straßer",1)=""
    ^dc.test2.iHU(" HU","comb",5)=""
    ^dc.test2.iHU(" HU","cukor",6)=""
    ^dc.test2.iHU(" HU","csak",4)=""
    ^dc.test2.iHU(" RU","Павел",8)=""
    ^dc.test2.iHU(" RU","Прохор",7)=""
    ^dc.test2.iHU(" RU","Пётр",9)=""
    ^dc.test2.iRU(" DE","Strasser",3)=""
    ^dc.test2.iRU(" DE","Straster",2)=""
    ^dc.test2.iRU(" DE","Straßer",1)=""
    ^dc.test2.iRU(" HU","comb",5)=""
    ^dc.test2.iRU(" HU","csak",4)=""
    ^dc.test2.iRU(" HU","cukor",6)=""
    ^dc.test2.iRU(" RU","Павел",8)=""
    ^dc.test2.iRU(" RU","Пётр",9)=""
    ^dc.test2.iRU(" RU","Прохор",7)=""
     
    ID      Descr   Lng
    3       Strasser        DE
    1       Straßer DE
    2       Straster        DE
     
    3 Rows(s) Affected
     
    ID      Descr   Lng
    5       comb    HU
    6       cukor   HU
    4       csak    HU
     
    3 Rows(s) Affected
     
    ID      Descr   Lng
    8       Павел   RU
    9       Пётр    RU
    7       Прохор  RU
     
    3 Rows(s) Affected
    

Important: if you remove "As EXACT" in the index, the examples will not work correctly for the German language, because: Capital ẞ

Try so:

Class dc.test Extends %ZEN.Component.page
{

XData Contents [ XMLNamespace "http://www.intersystems.com/zen" ]
{
  <page xmlns="http://www.intersystems.com/zen">
    <button id="btn1" caption="Test Server"/>
    <button id="btn2" caption="Test Client"/>
  </page>
}

ClassMethod SrvTest() [ ZenMethod ]
{
  &js<zenAlert('from Server');>
}

ClientMethod test() [ Language = javascript ]
{
  zenAlert('from Client');
}

ClientMethod onloadHandler() [ Language = javascript ]
{
  document.getElementById('btn1').addEventListener('click',new Function('evt','return zenPage.SrvTest();'),false);
  document.getElementById('btn2').addEventListener('click',new Function('evt','return zenPage.test();'),false);
}
}

Suppose there is such a code:

int caseSwitch = 1;
 
switch (caseSwitch)
{
  case 1:
  Console.WriteLine("Case 1");
  //a lot of code
  break;
 
  case 2:
  case 8-9:
  Console.WriteLine("Case 2 or 8 or 9");
  //a lot of code
  break;
 
  case 3:
  Console.WriteLine("Case 3");
  //a lot of code
  break;
 
  /*...
  a lot conditions
  ...*/
 
  default:
  Console.WriteLine("Default case");
  //a lot of code
  break;
}

In this case

  1. $select;if/elseif/else is not effective because for last conditions will have to iterate through all the previous ones
  2. $case is redundant: you will have to specify the same code multiple times for different values

For this particular case, I suggest using a transition table, for example:

ClassMethod Test(caseSwitch 3) [ ProcedureBlock = 0 ]
{
  s:'$d(^||addr) ^||addr(1)=1,
                (^(2),^(8),^(9))=289,
                 ^(3)=3
  
  @("case"_$g(^||addr(caseSwitch),"def"))
  q  

case1
  "Case 1"
  q
case289
  "Case 2 or 8 or 9"
  q
case3
  "Case 3"
  q
casedef
  "Default case"
  q
}

Of course, you can modify the example to call procedures, functions, class methods, etc.

And if so?

Class dc.EmbedObj Extends %SerialObject
{

Property pOID As %ObjectIdentity Private ];

Property As %String;

Property As %String CalculatedSqlComputeCode = {{*}=##class(dc.EmbedObj).Calcb({pOID})}, SqlComputed ];

ClassMethod Calcb(pOIDAs %String
{
  r=""
  q:pOID="" r

  s $lb(id,cls)=$lfs(pOID,"@")

  p=$system.OBJ.OpenId(cls,id)
  q:'$IsObject(pr

  cls="dc.ContainerObj" {
    r="b"_p.Foobar
  }elseif cls="dc.blablablaContainerObj" {
    r="b"_p.qwe
  }
  r
}
}

Class dc.ContainerObj Extends %Persistent
{

Property Foobar As %String;

Property InnerObj As dc.EmbedObj;

Trigger NewTrigger1 [ Event = INSERT, Foreach = row/object, Time = AFTER ]
{
  oid
  oid={%%ID}_"@"_{%%CLASSNAMEQ}
  &sql(update dc.ContainerObj set InnerObj_pOID=:oid where %ID=:{id})
}

/// d ##class(dc.ContainerObj).Test()
ClassMethod Test()
{
  ..%KillExtent()
  
  t=..%New()
  t.Foobar="foobar1"
  t.InnerObj.a="a1"
  t.%Save()

  &sql(insert into dc.ContainerObj(Foobar,InnerObj_avalues('foobar2','a2'))
  
  ##class(%SQL.Statement).%ExecDirect(,"select * from dc.ContainerObj").%Display()
}
}

You can change the XSLFO Stylesheet dynamically or statically. See XSLFOSTYLESHEET

So, there is a class-report, for example MyApp.ReportDemo.

Series of steps:

  1. remove option XSLFOSTYLESHEET, if any, and recompile class
  2. generate XSLFO Stylesheet:
    SAMPLES>d $system.OBJ.DisplayError(##class(MyApp.ReportDemo).GenerateToFile($system.CSP.GetFileName($system.CSP.GetDefaultApp($zu(5))_"/MyApp.ReportDemo.xsl"),4))
  3. make changes to MyApp.ReportDemo.xsl
  4. add the parameter XSLFOSTYLESHEET and recompile the class again
    /// If defined, this provides a reference to the external
    /// stylesheet to use in generating the XSL-FO (PDF) report.
    /// If it is not provided, a stylesheet will be generated 
    /// from the ReportDisplay XData block.
    Parameter XSLFOSTYLESHEET As String = "MyApp.ReportDemo.xsl";

Now open the report in your browser/command line/etc. Profit!

Important: if you change something in ReportDisplay, you need to repeat the steps again.

Page numbering in Roman Numerals

Need add the attribute format to the element <fo:page-sequence>, i.e.

<fo:page-sequence master-reference='blablabla' format ='I' .. >

Possible value format:

  • format="1" results in 1 2 3 . .
  • format="01" results in 01 02 03
  • format="a" results in a b c . .
  • format="A" results in A B C. .
  • format="i" results in i ii iii iv . .
  • format="I" results in I II III IV . .
  • more..

Example:

  1. Do all the steps according to Zen Report Tutorial
  2. Insert the page number into <pagefooter>
    <!-- Optional Pagefooter element. Does not apply in HTML output. -->
    <pagefooter>
    <item special="page-number"/>
    </pagefooter>
  3. Insert the following code into the class:
    ClassMethod ReplaceStream(
      ByRef stream As %Stream.TmpBinary,
      format) [ Private ]
    {
      tmp=##class(%Stream.TmpBinary).%New()
      while 'stream.AtEnd {
        tmp.Write($replace(stream.Read($$$MaxLocalLength),"<fo:page-sequence ",$$$FormatText("<fo:page-sequence format=%1 ",$$$quote(format))))
      }
      stream.CopyFrom(tmp)
    }
    
    /// d ##class(MyApp.ReportDemo).Test()
    ClassMethod Test(format "1")
    {
      /*
        •0 = XML
        •1 = HTML
        •2 = PDF
        •3 = ToHTML Stylesheet
        •4 = ToXSLFO Stylesheet
        •5 = XSD Schema
        •6 = PrintPS
        •7 = Excel
        •8 = XSLFO
        •9 = ToEXCEL
        •10=xlsx
        •11=TIFF
        •12=pdfprint
        •13=displayxlsx
        •14=fo2pdf
        •15=foandpdf
      */
      
      xslfo=##class(%Stream.TmpBinary).%New()
    
      t=..%New()
      t.GenerateReportToStream(.xslfo,4)
      ..ReplaceStream(.xslfo,format)
      t.toxslfostream=xslfo
      d $system.OBJ.DisplayError(t.GenerateReport("c:\temp\test.pdf",2))
    }
  4. SAMPLES>##class(MyApp.ReportDemo).Test("I")
    or
    SAMPLES>##class(MyApp.ReportDemo).Test("01")
    or
    SAMPLES>##class(MyApp.ReportDemo).Test("A")
  5. open test.pdf. Profit!

Choose to your taste:

Class dc.test Abstract ]
{

ClassMethod Public() [ InternalPrivateProcedureBlock = 0 ]
{
  q
Choice0()
  "Sunday"
Choice1()
  "Monday"
Choice2()
  "Tuesday"
Choice3()
  "Wednesday"
Choice4()
  "Thursday"
Choice5()
  "Friday"
Choice6()
  "Saturday"
Choice()
  set a="entry " _"error"
  return a
}

/// d ##class(dc.test).Test()
ClassMethod Test()
{
  daynum=$zd($h,10)

  "1) ",$case(daynum,
                0:$$Choice0,
                1:$$Choice1,
                2:$$Choice2,
                3:$$Choice3,
                4:$$Choice4,
                5:$$Choice5,
                6:$$Choice6,
                :$$Choice),!

  "2) ",@("$$Choice"_$case(daynum,
                              0:0,
                              1:1,
                              2:2,
                              3:3,
                              4:4,
                              5:5,
                              6:6,
                              :"")),!

  daynum="-"
  
  "3) ",$case(daynum,
                0:"Sunday",
                1:"Monday",
                2:"Tuesday",
                3:"Wednesday",
                4:"Thursday",
                5:"Friday",
                6:"Saturday",
                :$xecute("()"_
                          " set a=""entry "" _""error"""_
                          " return a")),!
}

}

Here is my solution, which has a number of advantages:

  1. there are no restrictions to the order of ID
  2. you can search in queries for the entire timestamp or for parts of it
  3. standard, reliable and proven Caché features are used
  4. this works very, very fast.

See my article for details: Indexing of non-atomic attributes

Class dc.TSOrder Extends (%Persistent%Populate)
{

Index Extent [ ExtentType = bitmap ];

Index iSmartTS On (TS(KEYS), TS(ELEMENTS));

Index iTS On TS;

Property TS As %TimeStamp(MAXVAL "2016-07-31 23:59:59.999999"MINVAL "2016-07-01 00:00:00.000000");

Property Data As %String(MAXLEN 200MINLEN 100);

ClassMethod TSBuildValueArray(
  value,
  ByRef arrayAs %Status
{
  value="" {
    array(0)=value
  }else{
    date=$p(value," ",1),
    time=$p(value," ",2),
    array("date")=date,
    array("time")=time,
    array("ddhh")=$p(date,"-",3)_"-"_$p(time,":",1)
  }
  q $$$OK
}

/// d ##class(dc.TSOrder).Fill()
ClassMethod Fill(= {30e6})
{
  ..%KillExtent(), ..Populate(N), $system.SQL.TuneTable($classname(),$$$YES), $system.OBJ.Compile($classname(),"cu-d")
}

}

Results from SMP:

select distinct null from dc.TSOrder where TS between {ts '2016-07-01 00:00:00.00000'} AND {ts '2016-07-01 23:59:59.999999'}

Performance: 2.339 seconds  2109755 global references 14768692 lines executed
(the number of selected records is 968476, used the normal index)

select distinct null from dc.TSOrder where for some %element(TS) (%key='date' and %value '2016-07-01')

Performance: 2.269 seconds  1936962 global references 15496098 lines executed
(the number of selected records is 968476, used the "smart" index)

select distinct null from dc.TSOrder where for some %element(TS) (%key='ddhh' and %value '01-13')

Performance: 0.096 seconds  80488 global references 644270 lines executed
(the number of selected records is 40239, used the "smart" index)