Re: What is this error?

Path: emory!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!trac2000!das13!dave From: dave@das13.snide.com (Dave Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1576@das13.snide.com> Date: 11 Dec 91 18:13:28 GMT References: <1991Dec11.115229.13125@dircon.co.uk> Organization: Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA In article <1991Dec11.115229.13125@dircon.co.uk>, uaa1006@dircon.co.uk (Peter Miles) writes: > I've got an ESQL/C program which is trying to UPDATE a row in > the database, but it keeps returning with Error number: -522. > > This number doesn't appear in the manual. Can anyone tell me > what it means? > > I'm using ESQL/C 4.00 with Standard Engine. > I just checked my ESQL/C manual and guess what... you're right! However, my "dberror" program tells me this... -522: Table (%s) not selected in query. Now for the plug... If you would like a copy of "dberror" or other Informix utilities, they can be grabbed from my machine "das13". Here's the required info: You can reach "das13" through the archive-server or ANONUUCP (ANONFTP is available through "mathcs.emory.edu"), the info you need follows... ANONFTP: If you've never used anonymous ftp, here is a quick primer, in the form of a sample session, with comments in {}. Lines with a "<<<" at the end are where you type something. % ftp mathcs.emory.edu {IP Address = 128.140.2.1} <<< Connected to mathcs.emory.edu. 220 emory FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready. Name (mathcs.emory.edu:dave): anonymous <<< 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. Password: dave@snide.com {use your name and host here} <<< 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> cd pub/informix/das13 <<< 250 CWD command successful. ftp> get ls-lR <<< 200 PORT command successful. 226 ASCII Transfer complete. . . {repeat this step for each file you want} . ftp> quit <<< 221 Goodbye. % ANONUUCP: Create one or more of the following entries in your Systems (or L.sys) file: das13 Any;1 FAST 9600 1-2154614007 "" \\r\\c in:-\\r-in: anonuucp das13 Any;1 ACU 2400 1-2154614007 "" \\r\\d\\r\\c in:-\\r-in: anonuucp das13 Any;1 ACU 1200 1-2154614007 "" \\r\\d\\r\\d\\r\\c in:-\\r-in: anonuucp This is a call to Philadelphia, PA USA If you've never used anonymous uucp, try this for your first command... uucp das13!~/ls-lR /usr/spool/uucppublic ARCHIVE-SERVER: To access the archive-server, send mail to: archive-server@das13.snide.com In the Subject: put the word "help" (w/o the quotes). Leave the rest of your mail blank since it'll be ignored anyway. You will receive mail back explaining in detail what the archive-server is and how to use it. Any problems or questions should be mailed to: dave@das13.snide.com DAS -- David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA Current Release is db4glgen-3.2 UUCP: ..!uunet!das13!dave INTERNET: Dave.Snyder@snide.com