Phantom error in 4GL

The first time I heard of this error, I didn't believe it. A 4GL compiles fine, and is syntactically correct. However, weird errors, such as "incorrect number of host variables supplied to an OPEN or Syntax error (-201) appear as a result of a PREPARE or OPEN. In fact, the same code that compiled and ran fine before being checked into our source code control system (PVCS, in this case), failed upon being recompiled and executed (The only difference being that a few comments were added to the top of the file.) As I said, I didn't believe it at first, but I have seen at least 2 examples of this behavior in the past month, and am told by those who know, that it is not that uncommon. Supposedly Informix will not admit to the bug, although Senior Tech Supporticians (Is that a word?) will agree that it exists. And the fix? Simply move a function within the source code....it doesn't really matter, just rearrange it a bit, and it will work. I've seen this happen in version 5.??, and am told it can happen in version 7.?? as well. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it true Informix will not admit to a bug? If so, I am posting this to "hold their feet to the fire" to admit a bug and fix it. This kind of crap scares me, and makes me wonder if many of our customer's complaints are a result of an Informix bug. [Yeah, it bothers me, because, I am likely to be awoken at 4:00 AM to fix the 'holy grail' of Informix bugs, which naturally, I assume is ours, since Informix really "QA's their shit"]. If not, either tell me that me and my co-workers who have experienced this are crazy or at the very least hallucinating. I've never personally encountered this bug, but I write that off to mostly working w/ ESQL/C, and I have only heard it reported w/ 4GL, since I have seen another demonstrate it to me on several separate occasions w/ c4gl. -- - Danny Wright danwright@bigfoot.com #include <stddisclaimers.h> Idiot, n.: A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. - Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"