Re: Runaway dbaccess process
Posted in 1997
We had the same problem. I think we have the problem less w/ the 7.22
upgrade. It looks like a bug. (Unixware 2.1, Compaq Proliant 1500 w/ 2
PPro 200Mhz).
Ron M. Flannery wrote:
> On our current application, users start dbaccess and sometimes
> disconnect
> without properly exiting (turning off terminal, etc.). The dbaccess
> process hangs and proceeds to take over ALL of CPU 1 or 2. When I do
> a top
> or sar, one of the CPUs is pegged by the dbaccess process! I was able
> to
> easily reproduce this by starting dbaccess, doing "select * from
> customer"
> and disconnecting.
>
> The process is eating CPU time but not Informix time. Neither the
> session
> nor the thread was accruing any reads or writes, but the process was
> chewing CPU like crazy.
>
> Here's the config: We're running HP-UX 10.20 with ODS 7.20. We have
> three
> CPUs and the following settings:
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