Re: Problems with 7.12 upgrade

Paul Redman wrote: > > We have just upgraded from 7.11 to 7.12 engine and 6.02 to 6.03 tools > and have a problem with ESQL. > > It simply refses to compile a thing - even a simple C hello world > problem cause an Undefined error (I think it was 99302) saying you > cannot use a char pointer, you must use a fixchar pointer. > > This is for code that goes: > > main() > { > pritf("Hello world"); > } > > cc handles it fine - but esql kicks out. Interestingly c4gl compiles > it ok but looking at $INFORMIXDIR/bin/c4gl script it does not appear > to use esql any more, but some other command. > > Has anyone else had this problem. I am running on OSF1 on a DEC Alpha > and more than a little bemused. (I expected some minor problems in the > upgrade, but thought the QA dept. may have caught tis one, unless I am > doing something wrong). > > Is anyone out there using 6.03 ESQL ? DOes it work? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Paul Redman - 75052,1341@compuserve.comWe had what turned out to be a "branding" problem with 7.12UC1 on hpux. We had to manually issue "brand libgen.sl" in order to get even "hello world" to compile. You too could be the recipient of informix's slipshod qa. See what they say. It took a long time for them to believe me since they couldn't recreate problem on their machine. Might be the same thing, Jerry