Re: hanging on a close_wait

In article <01bd1c5e$dea4fca0$a98c21c7@oppie.thisco.com>, Trae Chancellor <traec@thisco.com> writes >We have a new interesting problem. I have a program that will connect to >an Informix database on an E3000 running 2.5.1 through a tli connection. >It does a querey and returns the data to an Ultra 2 running 2.6. The >problem is that every other time I run the program, it hangs for about 30 >seconds before presenting the data. > >We used a snoop to determine that all the data is sent from the database >server back to the Ultra 2 but for some reason it just hangs for around 30 >seconds. Netstat -an shows that the database server is in close_wait and >the Ultra 2 is in fin_wait_2. This would indicate that the database >application did not send a close and the fin is never sent to the Ultra 2 >which would then release the connection. > >The wierd thing is that the program works every other time, meaning that >the querey is done and the connection closes. The very next time we run >the program it will wait. > >Just wondering if there are suggestion on what I could look for to see what >is causing this to hang every other time. > >TIA > Talk to Technical Support, looks like a bug. -- 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