IDS 10 undocumented env?

For a reason I haven't discovered yet, a script that gathers 'onstat' information for me is failing. The error message is: 01:30:01 shmat: [22]: operating system error 01:30:01 Client could not attach server shared memory segment, use IFX_XFER_SHMBASE. I searched the 10 docs on CD, the $INFORMIXDIR/release dir (10.00.UC3) and the IDS Information Center online and have found nothing on what this is. Anyone?? Bob Roussey

Addition of IFX_XFER_SHMBASE goes back to 9.21 release and has been carried forward. Looks like you are running into PTS#152308. One of the things that fix does for attaching the segments is: - Use user supplied address via IFX_XFER_SHMBASE IFX_XFER_SHMBASE was chosen because this problem can affect anyone who is using the stream mechanism, that is other than onbar as well. For more info please contact TechSupport. Thanks and Regards, Gaurav "Robert Roussey" <Robert.Roussey@S piritAir.com> To Sent by: ids@iiug.org forum.subscriber@ cc iiug.org Subject IDS 10 undocumented env? [5848] 10/18/2005 03:53 PM For a reason I haven't discovered yet, a script that gathers 'onstat' information for me is failing. The error message is: 01:30:01 shmat: [22]: operating system error 01:30:01 Client could not attach server shared memory segment, use IFX_XFER_SHMBASE. I searched the 10 docs on CD, the $INFORMIXDIR/release dir (10.00.UC3) and the IDS Information Center online and have found nothing on what this is. Anyone?? Bob Roussey [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of graycol.gif] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of pic06350.gif] [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of ecblank.gif]

And how do I use "IFX_XFER_SHMBASE"??

Bob Roussey said: > > And how do I use "IFX_XFER_SHMBASE"?? Set it to the appropriate value. :o) -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ` dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche "You are an index and a prologue to the history of lust and foul thoughts." - William Shakespeare

On 10/19/05, Bob Roussey <robert.roussey@spiritair.com> wrote: > > And how do I use "IFX_XFER_SHMBASE"?? > > Carefully - probably after contacting IBM/Informix Tech Support. You've got the bug number - that should help. It is likely that you guess an address and set the value of the environment variable to represent that address - like INFORMIXSHMBASE etc. export IFX_XFER_SHMBASE=0 That, unfortunately, is likely to be the default - you probably need a non-zero value. But which non-zero values make sense is hard to guess, which is why you should probably contact Tech Support, like Guarav suggested. -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2005.02 -- http://dbi.perl.org/