Re: Upgrade from Informix 5 to 7.23

In article <5mmvgr$a87@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Clem Akins <clema@informix.com> writes >Hello, > >This may well be an Informix bug, but it is not a certainty. I saw this >same problem when the fault was with the hardware. Everyone was convinced >it was a bug but we somehow couldn't reproduce it anywhere else. The >problem turned out to be a bad disk drive, which returned to the engine >an address outside its valid address space, despite a legitimate one being >written there. > ??? How does a disk drive return a memory address? Sure you use a write() call which returns an integer status code...or it this kaio? >The engine performed exactly as intended, realizing that something had >become corrupt and shutting down to protect the customer's data. > Make sense - that's why I like Online so much - it does shut down and then when you restart it, it foes fast recovery. >The lesson learned was to simplify the case, determine the cause of the >error in its most elegant form, and reproduce it. Then it's a bug. It's >also the best way to help Informix Support to identify which bug (if it's >known already) and to provide a solution. > >And "solutions" is why we're all here! > Yep! >Good luck, > >Clem >______________________________________________________ >Clem Akins (aka clema@informix.com) >Informix Software, Inc (Standard disclaimers apply) >International Technical Support >Last seen: Gearing up for a California Vacation... -- David Williams