Re: I4GL out of temporary string storage

Bruce Thelen wrote: > > We are maintaining a number of SE 5.0 systems with applications > written in 4GL. I have seen a number of reports generate a -4518 > error "out of temporary string storage". There don't seem to be > any tuneables here; a fellow worker suggested not passing too much > data via "output to report", but what is "too much"? I have no > idea what internals 4GL uses to send data using "output to report". > The crude workaround is to create a global array and store the data > there, then read from the array from the report with a for loop. > This only works in our fortunate case where we know in advance the > number of rooms in a hotel... > > Anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot this problem? > > TIA, If this is the same thing I ran into: use the function tss_hog (somewhere in the faqs) and try to find the reason with it. Keep in mind that errors can come up relatively far away from the point in code causing them. Maybe your reports are not the reason at all. They just "make the error visible" with their large data structures. Normally the error comes up when you called a 4gl function without accessing parameters or return values correctly (highly probable with a C function integrated). In NewEra you can also get this result by prototyping a function in a wrong way (fooling the compiler). Cheers Dirk -- -- Dipl.-Math. Dirk Gunsthoevel phone: +49 (0)251 624947 -- Hoeftestr.49 fax: +49 (0)251 624177 -- 48167 Muenster 2*3*3*37 - the prime factorization of the beast -- Germany http://members.aol.com/Plabit/welcome.html