Re: Version 7.12uc1, killing 4ge's

Posted in 1996

Nils Myklebust — Wed, 12 Jun 1996 12:48:29 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

ktomchik@homedepot.com (Kate Tomchik) wrote: >I am using 7.12UC1 on HP 9.04, testing to see if we should upgrade >our systems from 5.03. During our test, the shared memory dumped >into the /tmp and filled it up (I know, I can turn this dumping off). >The 4ge that was causing the problem was killed, then the whole >server crashed. Now I know that in version 5.03, you always need to >kill the calling job, never the generated sqlturbo to avoid a crash, >but version 7 has no sqlturbos! How do I avoid this problem? We kill 4gl executables every now and then without any problems (OnLine 7.10 on SCO 3.2.4.2). It shouldn't cause any problems except perhaps if the executable is inside a transaction. We haven't tested that. Are you shure the crash was due to you killing the 4ge, and not some other cause.