ERROR -258, please help....

Can someone PLEASE help? This problem keeps arising and I cannot get away from it?!?! With Informix ESQL 4.1, I keep getting error -258, "System error - Invalid statement id received by the sqlexec process." during a $PREPARE statement. I cannot give the code because they are simple statements and the error occurs during complex situations that take forever to figure out. Here's one of many examples: $OPEN CURSOR lalala $CLOSE DATABASE $DATABASE /tmp/my_database $PREPARE my_prepare FROM "SELECT * FROM my_table" This example shows a cursor that was NOT closed before a database was closed. This scenario causes Informix to return the error -258 on the final PREPARE statement. (It took days to figure this scenario out) I am getting this same error in different situations and it seems like this is Informix's fault??? Any words of wisdom? Mike Michalowicz /-------------------------------/ Internet: mfm@addams.nse.att.com /.............................../| | || ~~ ~~ ~~~~~ ~~ ~~ | AT&T NSEC East || ~~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~ | Creative Software || ~~ ~ ~~ ~~~~~ ~~ ~ ~~ | Cockeysville, Maryland || ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ | |/ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ |.............................../ "Warped" My views are not indicative of the views of AT&T and/or NSEC East/ Creative Software. I take no responsibility for possible similarity in opinions or insinuation thereof.