Re: Linux Installation

On Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:59:34 -0500, Rob Zook <rzook@informix.com> wrote: >Nils Myklebust wrote: > >> On Fri, 07 Aug 1998 08:52:15 +0000, Pieter Huyser >> <pieter@netsys.co.za> wrote: >> >> >I have installed the Informix on >> >a Linux 2.0.0.0 Slackware release. >> > >> >Only problem that I have is that when I >> >run any program that connect and then disconnect >> >to/from the database a zombie process then appears >> >in the process table. >> > >> >Any ideas what is wrong ? >> >> Yes, it's a bug that's reported to Informix and we assume it'll be >> fixed in the next maintenance release. Normally it should be out >> within a month or so, but we don't know yet how Informix will handle >> this. >> I don't know of any workarround. May be others do? > >Here's a kludgie kind of workaround, create a cron job which >periodically kills the sqlexecd process and >restarts it. Killing the sqlexecd process gets rid of any sqlexec >zombies. That sounds very dangerous if you do it while programs are executing. In bad situations you may even corrupt your database although we have found Informix SE to be very resistent against any form of corruptions. Nils Myklebust NM Data AS Norway E-mail: Nils.Myklebust@nmdata.com FAQ at: http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html (Now with ODBC info under "Third party products".)