Re: Porting from SCO 3.2.4 to SCO ODT 5.0.4

In article <6qt405$7tj$1@news.xmission.com>, Ciaran Kelly <Ciaran.Kelly@rte.ie> writes > >Hi, > >I have a problem porting an application compiled for SCO 3.2.4 to SCO ODT >5.0.4 > >The system is a PC running Informix SE 5.0 and 4gl 4.1 "C" runtime. > >I have copied the informix se and 4gl rt files over to ODT and the database >seems to work fine - dbaccess works and is able to successfully query the >db. > >When I copy the 4gl binary over, it works until the second iteration of a >fetch .. update loop and then crashes with a coredump. The corefile just >says that there was a bad memcpy at an address. No trace information. > >Is ODT binary compatible with SCO? ODT seems to use ELF format binarys No, different kernelx = different system call interface. >while SCO uses COFF. > >If this isn't a binary compibility problem, then maybe it's to do with the >ISAM version of SE - the database interfaces with a C-ISAM system. Does >anyone know what C-ISAM versions are in each release of SE? > NO but they are not compatible across OS's or Os versions...get the right verxion for your version of the OS. >Thanks, > >Ciaran Kelly > -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care