Metadata
Extending the G/Technology metadata system
If you publish metadata, G/Technology creates a set of .raw- and .ddc files, the metadata to be stored in these tables/ddc-files is read from table G3E_METADATAKEYS. This…
Netviewer tooltips
There are two ways to show tooltips in Netviewer, they both involve changing metadata. To enable tooltips in Netviewer, you need to add the following two lines…
Triggersets
Suppose we have a Cable feature with CABLE_TYPE, TOTAL_SIZE and FIBER_SIZE attributes. Whenever the CABLE_TYPE attribute is set, attributes TOTAL_SIZE and FIBER_SIZE need to be set as…
Fieldvalue filters
Fieldvalue filters are used to limit possible choices for a picklist, you can define them by setting column G3E_FIELDVALUEFILTER on table G3E_TABATTRIBUTE. Suppose you have the following…
Identifierviews
If you select a feature, GTech shows the selected feature in Feature Explorer. The right area of feature explorer shows attributes of the selected feature, the left…
A would like to have G/Technology development environment
Every time I do a G/Technology project I like to discuss how things need to be done. One aspect that always turns up is how limited you…
Transferring G/Technology databases for development purposes
If you are busy with a team developing all kinds of GTechnology enhancements, you will find yourself most of the time in Oracle, configuring metadata, creating PL/SQL…
The G/Technology developer experience
The G/Technology runtime environment is great and I haven’t seen much issues with it working at KPN Netherlands from 2009 until recently. A whole different story is…