4GL "Prompt" and zombies

Posted in 1994

Joe Lumbley — Tue, 10 May 1994 21:50:49 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

To all the 4GL gurus out here: We have a 4GL (4GL version 4.11 and 5.01.UD4 on HP9000's) application that is being accessed over telnet from a PC over the network. Occasionally (we think the #*@# users are rebooting the PC), the 4GL program becomes a zombie (top shows a ? as it's owning terminal) and the 4GL program sucks up 95-100% of the CPU time. All the code is doing is waiting for the user to enter data via a prompt command. Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks, Joe -- =========================================================================== jlumbley@netcom.com (Joe Lumbley) BancTec Service Corportation 214-450-9894 Dallas, Texas Watch for my _INFORMIX DBA SURVIVAL GUIDE_ in Fall '94 from Prentice Hall! ===========================================================================