Re: Informix memory errors, 'serial' number errors

Jonathan Leffler writes: |> |> }From: uunet!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!ak132 (Felipe Barousse) |> }Subject: Informix memory errors, 'serial' number errors |> }Date: 14 Apr 1993 16:37:48 GMT |> }X-Informix-List-Id: <news.3043> |> |> }One of the errors we have is -408 that means "Invalid message type received |> }from the sqlexec process" |> |> That means the engine died. No, it means the front end got a message that it couldn't understand. While that can be the result of the dying throws of an sqlturbo (and that is the most common combination of events), it it not as garanteed as you imply. You can get a -408 from an engine that is up and still chugging. Dave