Re: Upgrade from Informix 5 to 7.23

This doesn't make sense to me. The problem did arise after migration from 5.x. I assume the old system was using the same disk drive and worked just fine. -- ======================================================================= Boris Niyazov Ph: 212-854-4094 IT Department Fax: 212-316-2623 Columbia Law School Email: ban5@columbia.edu Clem Akins wrote: > 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. > > The engine performed exactly as intended, realizing that something had > become corrupt and shutting down to protect the customer's data. > > 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! > > 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...