Re: Informix 4GL 4.0 on ISC 2.2.1 BUGGG

Path: emory!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!nsc!pyramid!infmx!aland From: aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic) Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.unix.sysv386 Summary: yep, it's ugly all right; fixed in current revs Message-ID: <1991Jul13.013754.23938@informix.com> Date: 13 Jul 91 01:37:54 GMT References: <1991Jul11.042653.21016@modtor.uucp> Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News) Organization: International Brotherhood of Geeks, Local 619 In article <1991Jul11.042653.21016@modtor.uucp> peter@modtor.uucp (Peter Ziobrzynski) writes: >Hi People! > >Anybody using Informix-4GL 4.00.UE1 on ISC 2.2.1 or SCO ?NIX ? >If you don't and plan to do it ($2000+) LOOK at the following fatal BUG :-((. > >Any attempt to use QBE (query by example) is doomed on failure in this product. >If you put anything in the last field of your form and execute CONSTRUCT >the program dumps core. I think that something like 90% of all i4GL applications >used to use (good old days) this technic to get anything done. > >Toronto, Ont. +1 (416) {H:625-1684, W:496-8510, Fax:496-8524} This is known as bug #7628 (sometimes called #7650; same bug). The behavior is as described; entering criteria in the last field of the construct list can get core dumps on several System V R3 platforms, including the 386 UNIXes (AT&T, SCO, ISC). Ouch. This is fixed in the version 4.00.UG1 portmaster, so any version with the suffix numbered UG1 or higher (e.g. UG*, UH*, UJ* et al) will have this fixed. For example, the current version for SCO UNIX is 4.00.UH2, the one before it 4.00.UG2; neither has this bug. Anybody on a System V platform with 4GL version older than UG1 should be aware of this. (4.00 versions only; the older 1.10.03* versions never had this problem). The upcoming 4.10 version also has the fix. Hope this info helps, belated though it is... -- Alan S. Denney # Informix # aland@informix.com # {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland Disclaimer: These opinions are mine alone. If I am caught or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of my actions. "The driver says, 'One more cup of coffee and I'll be all right...' 'Pop a Bennie, another Bennie'..." - The Bobs, "Bus Plunge"