Re: malloc() problem with ESQL/C, Informix Online 7.1

jacques, > memory can be malloced. I belive the default value of INFORMIXSHMBASE > is 0x80000, which I think turns out to be about 8 Meg, so if you > need 12Meg I think you should be able to set INFORMIXSHMBASE to > 16384 which would give you 16 Meg to work with. isn't this parameter merely the *location* in memory that you attach to? from my understanding, is has nothing to do with how much memory you can allocate, (unless you set it at a point in memory that allocating the amount you are asking for would be beyond the bounds of the system limits), but simply where you attach to. it sounds to me like this won't do the trick, at least not in the way described. mickm