4GL error

Hi, I installed informix 7.20 (sql,4gl,se) on a i586 based linux server. I have problems with 4gl compiled programs when I execute: Erreur de segmentation. (Segmentation error.) Has someone a solution thanks -- Serge Jamard Cdti50@ac-caen.fr ////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

I've never used informix on a linux machine, but segmentation faults are sometimes caused by indexing past the bounds of an array - ie you declare an array of 100 elements then try and access (or assign a value to) element 101 or 102 (easily done if loading data from a table). Also are you trying to access or assign values to a form field (on screen) when the form is not displayed? Or more than one form is displayed? (Sorry I can't be more specific - this was a problem I encountered 2 or 3 years ago! Dave Serge Jamard <Cdti50@ac-caen.fr> wrote in message news:88j7f8$8pp$1@bijude.unicaen.fr... > Hi, > I installed informix 7.20 (sql,4gl,se) on a i586 based linux server. I have > problems with 4gl compiled programs when I execute: > Erreur de segmentation. > (Segmentation error.) > Has someone a solution > > thanks > -- > Serge Jamard > Cdti50@ac-caen.fr > ////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ > > >

In article <88ptlt$1a3$1@taliesin2.netcom.net.uk>, Netcom skits <skits@netcomuk.co.uk> writes >I've never used informix on a linux machine, but segmentation faults are >sometimes caused by indexing past the bounds of an array - ie you declare an >array of 100 elements then try and access (or assign a value to) element 101 >or 102 (easily done if loading data from a table). > >Also are you trying to access or assign values to a form field (on screen) >when the form is not displayed? Or more than one form is displayed? (Sorry I >can't be more specific - this was a problem I encountered 2 or 3 years ago! > >Dave > Nope, Set environment variable INFORMIXC="gcc -fwritable-strings" export INFORMIXC then recompile. PS When will Informix fix things so that this is not required? >Serge Jamard <Cdti50@ac-caen.fr> wrote in message >news:88j7f8$8pp$1@bijude.unicaen.fr... >> Hi, >> I installed informix 7.20 (sql,4gl,se) on a i586 based linux server. I >have >> problems with 4gl compiled programs when I execute: >> Erreur de segmentation. >> (Segmentation error.) >> Has someone a solution >> >> thanks >> -- >> Serge Jamard >> Cdti50@ac-caen.fr >> ////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ >> >> >> > > -- David Williams

Serge Jamard wrote: > Hi, > I installed informix 7.20 (sql,4gl,se) on a i586 based linux server. I have > problems with 4gl compiled programs when I execute: > Erreur de segmentation. > (Segmentation error.) > Has someone a solution > > thanks > -- > Serge Jamard > Cdti50@ac-caen.fr > ////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Is it the infamous -fwritable-strings flag on gcc again? . I believe this is a flag which if you set before compiling would help you get rid of the core dumps. There may also be other reasons for core dumps, such as non initialization of variables etc. -- Compliments of QueriX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QueriX 4GL Compilers are Informix 4GL Compatible, and Connection to other RDBMS such as Oracle. Hydra 4GL Compiler (Compatible with I4GL) Compile once, run everywhere Phoenix Windows GUI. (Front End to 4GL) Chimera Java GUI The only GUI you will ever need... (Front End to 4GL) Arachne Web Technology (Front End to 4GL on the Web) For more details visit: http://www.querix.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

David Williams <djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> writes: > PS When will Informix fix things so that this is not required? I asked a support tech that question five or six years ago when I demonstrated to him that "OUTPUT TO REPORT" generated code that wrote into a string constant. That Informix won't fix their source to be ANSI-compliant demonstrates that their energies are still directed toward end-user's perceptions, and not developer's... -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B

Serge Jamard wrote: > > Hi, > I installed informix 7.20 (sql,4gl,se) on a i586 based linux server. I have > problems with 4gl compiled programs when I execute: > Erreur de segmentation. > (Segmentation error.) > Has someone a solution Linux version? The most recent versions of Linux include the new GCC which is based on the EGCS (improved Pentium code generator) project and generates libraries and code which are NOT compatible with the libraries that Informix compiled with GCC prior to the change over. If this may be the problem see the Informix WEB site, D4GL forum, for information about getting the older GCC and installing it as an OPTIONAL compiler to use for 4GL source. -- Art S. Kagel & Family kagel@erols.com