Re: WHENEVER ANY ERROR CONTINUE fails

Posted in 1998

SailF3 — 13 May 1998 22:55:33 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

You don't mention what version of the 4gl tools you are using. In 6.00, there was a nasty bug (discovered by me - oh joy!), that did not assign STATUS = SQLCA.ERRD[3]. The effect is that the 4gl program doesn't know it has an error and either coniues in an infinite loop, or just mysteriously ends. >HP-UX 10.20 Informix 7.21.UC1 >All 4GL >A Library function in one module called from a function in another >library module. >The 2nd nested library module function has the "WHENEVER ANY ERROR >CONTINUE" statement, and then calls another function within its own >module. This called function has a PREPARE, which has a syntax error, >but instead of "CONTINUE"ing, it dies (no core dump, no nothing....but >to STDERR, a la WHENEVER ERROR STOP)....I've carefully studied the code, >and there are no intermediate functions which could change this. >