Re: Version 7.12uc1, killing 4ge's

I'm pretty sure that in version 7, if you kill a process that has a shared memory latch that the server will crash. Joe Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no (Nils Myklebust) wrote: >ktomchik@homedepot.com (Kate Tomchik) wrote: > >>I am using 7.12UC1 on HP 9.04, testing to see if we should upgrade >>our systems from 5.03. During our test, the shared memory dumped >>into the /tmp and filled it up (I know, I can turn this dumping off). >>The 4ge that was causing the problem was killed, then the whole >>server crashed. Now I know that in version 5.03, you always need to >>kill the calling job, never the generated sqlturbo to avoid a crash, >>but version 7 has no sqlturbos! How do I avoid this problem? > >We kill 4gl executables every now and then without any problems >(OnLine 7.10 on SCO 3.2.4.2). It shouldn't cause any problems except >perhaps if the executable is inside a transaction. We haven't tested >that. >Are you shure the crash was due to you killing the 4ge, and not some >other cause. >