Invalid Message Type??

footer@seer.mystic.com (Richard Foote) writes - > Can anyone provide further light on the following error: > WE are running RDS with 4.0 of the SE engine. > > A new application we are developing recently stopped with this > error in the errorlog: > > Program error at "pc_contr.4gl", line number 216. > SQL statement error number -408. > Invalid message type received from the sqlexec process. Normally means that the back-end's died fairly painfully. I've seen this with OnLine sometimes when the system's been shutdown, or someone's been poking about in the shared memory for OnLine or SE. > The line in question is > insert into purd values (p_purd[1].*) Jus' fine, assuming the record matches the table layout. In any case, you shouldn't be able to blow the back-end up with bad data. At worst, an error code indicating "insert failed" should come back. > The user reran the program it it worked fine. That'll fork another sqlexec, which will send more sensible stuff down the pipe. > The Error messages > in the manual, were, as is often the case, less than useful. I suppose, if it is an invalid message, you can't really expect it to be listed 0.5 :-) See if you can provoke the system to do it again. If it's only ever happened once, it's probably not worth bothering about (e.g. electrical spike). Cheers - Tony. __________________________________________________________________________ Tony Heskett th@bnr.co.uk Voice: (+44) 279 429531 x 2637 BNR, London Road, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9NA Fax: (+44) 279 454187