Re: Need Help with Error Message

David Williams (djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk) wrote: : In article <4po7bq$v6$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com>, Scott Riley : <72630.2374@CompuServe.COM> writes : >I keep seeing the following message (or something similar) in my : >Informix log: : > : >14:27:41 --Fail Consistency Check -- flfree -- pid=22007 user=75 : >us=804021e4 : >14:28:51 ERROR - flfree: failed - fl_ocount <= 0, userp : >0x80401e84 partp 0x8045bb98 : > : >I see this almost every day, sometimes several times a day. : >Does anyone have any idea what this means, and how concerned : >should I be? : Be VERY concerned - you have database corruption, from the message : you must be running OnLine but I cannot tell whcih version. Not necessarily. Could be: Bug 16996: FLFREE ERROR WHEN EXECUTING $DATABASE STATEMENT IN A LOOP Appears to be only a bogus error message. Fixed in 5.02, not known to occur in other versions. Bug 29690: BOGUS CONSISTENCY CHECK IN FLFREE() CAUSES ASSERTION FAILURE - CAUSED BY PSEUDO CLOSED TABLES A bogus error message. Fixed in 7.10.UD1, not fixed in 6.0, did not exist in previous versions. June ---- June Tong Informix Software ---- ---- Senior Consultant (415) 926-6140 ---- ---- International Support junet@informix.com ---- ---- Location-du-jour: Miami ---- * * Standard disclaimers apply * - Please do not send me requests/questions by mail. When I have the knowledge - and time permits, I try to answer questions on comp.databases.informix, but - travel schedule, time, and volume make responding to personal requests - difficult and often slow. Please call your local Informix Technical Support - organization for assistance with technical issues.