Netstats Again
I spent the day debugging Netstats backend. I got it working as far as the remote copy, which failed. I think I know the solution, though, and will test it tomorrow.
Posted on Mon, 31 Jan 2005 Tags: netstats
Debugging Again
Today is only a half day for me. I spent the morning debugging netstats_backend.pl. It's choking on the data structure that holds the output. The most recent message is:
Bad index while coercing array into hash at netstats_backend.pl line 819
Posted on Fri, 28 Jan 2005 Tags:
Admitting Defeat
I did more research on what would be involved in gettinG GD::Graph to work on sayer. The list of missing library files was too long and daunting. So I admitted defeat and divided the script into two parts. The backend will create the CSV files and copy them over to the web server. The front end will be a cgi script that will generate plots from the CSV files. I copied the backend scropt over to sayer and started testing.
Posted on Thu, 27 Jan 2005 Tags: cgi web
GD Binary
The GD binary was not set up properly on sayer and I spent the day trying to straighten this out.Posted on Wed, 26 Jan 2005 Tags:
Finished Coding Netstats
I finished coding the netstats.pl script and moved it over to Sayer for testing. I had problems with missing modules: GD::Graph and Net::Ftp. I asked Gary to copy GD::Graph over. The script is still complaining, I'll have to investigate tomorrow.
Posted on Tue, 25 Jan 2005 Tags: netstats
Remedy Redux
Most of the day was spent working on Remedy. I put Friday's notes into the Wiki and worked with Greg on getting Arweb working successfully. There were some issues on the forms displayed and Greg asked for a database refresh. While waiting for that, I went back to fixing the html generation in netstats.pl.
Posted on Mon, 24 Jan 2005 Tags: html remedy netstats
Netstats and Remedy
I got a little work done on straightening out the output generation in netstats before Greg asked me to start work on Remedy. I got everything straightened out except the html page generation. With Remedy, I assisted Greg in installing the software on remedyar, the new machine that will replace the current production machine. I took notes on what we did and will add them to the Wiki next week.
Posted on Fri, 21 Jan 2005 Tags: netstats html remedy
Leave System and Netstats
Yesterday I had trouble believing there was a problem with leave.pl. Everything looked right up to the point where the database inserts are issued. So I went hunting on the web, looking for how to get under the hood of the Perl DBI mode. I finally found out how. But before running a test I looked to see if the problem was still there. It had mysteriously gone away. Thus I spent the day until noon.
After lunch I went back to netstats.pl. I was shaking my head at some of the code I had written. So I went about fixing it.
Posted on Thu, 20 Jan 2005 Tags: perl netstats web
Leave System Bug
I received a call that said that the leave system was not properly updating the first name field for certain persons (call CNSHD515951). The persons are E. Barker, M. Cracraft, and K. Lindsay. I spent the day debugging the problem and have determined that the data coming out of ldap is fine up to the point where the database is updated. Since DBI/DBD is a bit of a black box I will have to figure out how to debug the problem.
Posted on Wed, 19 Jan 2005 Tags: ldap
Netstats Rewrite
I worked all day on the rewrite of netstats.pl. I finished it and flushed out the syntax errors. This isn't the final version because it uses ftp to upload the results and the plots are missing some elements, such as legends and proper titles. But I think it's enough to start debugging.
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2005 Tags: netstats