Re: Error message #16256

In article <33EB8015.7FBB64AA@lca.com>, Don James <donj@lca.com> writes >Richard Stanford wrote: > >> On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Don James wrote: >> >> > I have just upgraded from a SCO 3.4.2 to a SUN Ultra 2 running >> Solaris >> > 2.5.1 with version 5 of Informix and version 4 of 4GL. Everything >> is >> > working with the new machine except a merge function that creates >> > letters. The process completes and produces "blank" letters (i.e. >> only >> > the <EOF> appears in the output.) and it produces an error message >> > "Unknown error message 16256". >> >> Hrm. Which version 5, which version 4. Also, what statement produces >> the >> error message? Can you post the source of a function (or better, put >> it on >> a website and post the URL here)? >> >> -Richard > >Oops, should have said version 5.0 of the Informix Standard Engine and >version 4 of Informix 4GL. I would love to do this but I do not own the >code and have to get the stuff done by the vendor. What I am trying to >do is to solve a problem that is causing us both fits. The application >is a combination C and Informix-4GL code. Everything was working fine >on the SCO box but it crashed and we had to move to the SUN with only 4 >hours lead time. I am now trying to "correct" any outstanding tasks. >This is the only one that is left and the error appears when it attempts >to create the letters with a 4GL module (the process merges some >"template" files with data from the Informix database and outputs a >merged letter). It seems to be working until the output phase. It does >output a letter for each id in the data but the only thing it puts in >the finished letter is an end of file. I check an error log that the >process creates and it has the "16256" error shown above. Based on the >syntax of Informix error messages, I think it is coming from the 4GL >module. I have checked all the error message manuals I have, and the >FAQ's everywhere I can think of but have not found the "16256" error >anywhere. Since I don't have a service contract yet, I don't want >to/have permission to call Informix and spend the $ so I am hoping I can >get the information somewhere else. > >Hope this helps remove some of the confusion. > >Thanks, > >Don > > > Try running finderr 16256 -- David Williams