killing turbos

> > Ignoring the Headhunter stuff deliberately :-) > Awwww you didn't like it anymore? > > This is basically a problem with Unix not Informix. My understanding > is that Kill -9 is an interrupt that is untrappable by the program. > Basically the O/S sees the interrupt and zaps the program. Result > engine dies without clearing up its mess result corrupted Online > engine, data, indexes, shared memory and no way out except recovery > from your last backup!!!! Everybody has this problem. > How about just making the sqlturbo owned by informix instead of by the user? Then they couldn't kill it. > > 6) Pray (Any deity, it doesn't really matter - They won't help) :-))) I'll meditate on the problem and see what happens. Thanks for the thoughts. cheers j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker - Contractor | Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| CALL disclaimer( author, mail, jparker@hpbs2561.boi.hp.com | opinions, trash) (208) 396-5388 (W) (208) 384-1623 (H) | RETURNING flames "> /dev/null" _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________