Re: Anybody knows this bug ?

Brent Jackson wrote: } kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz (Kerry Sainsbury) wrote: } } >In article <4ia08n$31e@yoda.adv>, brent@advgroup.co.nz (Brent } Jackson) wrote: } >>laplo@vir.com (Louis Lapointe) wrote: } >> } >>>We are experiencing bad crashes with some of our programs. It } happens } >>>when we call another program that returns a value. } >> } >>>For example, } >>> run l_var_run returning l_status } >> } >>>The called program will run normally but the calling program will } >>>crash on the retunring statement. } >> } >>Yep, we've seen it... } >>Informix support told us it was a known bug, and the "workaround" } was to } >>remove the RETURNING clauses from RUN statements (great, huh :). } The bug } >>number is 42571 or 42675. } } >Wow -- we got that one too. Actually died on a SELECT statement miles } >after the RUN (took us ages to find it). We got the same fix too } } I can relate to that. It took us about 12 person-hours to isolate the } error. Which is why it was so aggravating to be told by Informix } that it } was a "known" bug. It wasn't in the release notes ! } } Cheers, } Brent Jackson. } } brent@hypercom.co.nz Phone : 64-9-3603593 Fax : 64-9-3602840 } } We ran across this one too and actually got it fixed when we complained that removing the "RETURNING" clause was NOT A FIX!!! We are running 4GL version 4.14.UC1X1 and it works fine!! FWIW. -Dave -----------------------------------------------------------------+------------ _______ _______ _______ | /\\ ____\\ /\\__ __\\ /\\__ __\\ David Buchholz | \\ \\ \\___/ \\/_/\\ \\_/ \\/_/\\ \\_/ Database Administrator | Standard \\ \\ \\____ \\ \\ \\ \\_\\ \\__ ConferTech International Inc. | Disclaimers \\ \\______\\ \\ \\_\\ /\\______\\ Westerminster, CO. | Apply \\/______/ \\/_/ \\/______/ datacop@cfer.com/(303)633-3089 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------+------------