Re: Patch for known Informix BUG?

In article <3558DFE6.7462@syntegra.bt.co.uk>, Fergal Flanagan <flanagaf@syntegra.bt.co.uk> wrote: >Is anyone aware of a patch for a known Informix bug in 4GL reporting. An >existing 4GL reporting module works using V4.11 of the tools, but does >not work in V6.04 of tools. > >Detail :- > >FIRST PAGE HEADER > PRINT details > >PAGE HEADER > PRINT details > >ON EVERY ROW > PRINT details > >Problem :- > >It prints the first page header first then the rows and then the page >header. Ummm... that's the expected behavior! FIRST PAGE HEADER, first page's data, PAGE HEADER, second page's data, PAGE HEADER, third page's data... Unless you are saying that it prints the PAGE HEADER content in an inappropriate place... Could you be seeing this bug? [ 63753] Dupe of [ 47960] --------------------------------------------------- Short Description --------- [FIRST PAGE HEADER IS MAKING REPORT PRINT INCORRECTLY. THROWS OFF WHERE THE ] [PAGE HEADERS PRINT FOR THE REST OF THE REPORT PRINT. ] --------------------------------------------------- Long Description ---------- [The first page header will prints correctly. Next the standard ] [page header prints (fine). Then one line of information for the ] [main body of the report prints. At this time it again prints thee ] [page header (In the middle of the page). Then it starts to print ] [the main body of the report. From here till the end of the report ] [it has the correct format it is just placed on the page incorrectly. ] [If the ON FIRST PAGE HEADER is removed the problem goes away. ] [ 47960] --------------------------------------------------- Short Description --------- [I4GL ONLY: ORDER BY AND SKIP XX LINES IN FIRST PAGE HEADER SHORTENS OUTPUT ] [ON SECOND PAGE TO PAGELENGTH-XX LINES ] --------------------------------------------------- Long Description ---------- [This occurs only with I4GL: if the sorting is done within the ] [report (ORDER BY) and the FIRST PAGE HEADER section contains a ] [SKIP xx LINES, the second page only contains PAGELENGTH - xx ] [lines. If either the ORDER BY or the SKIP.. is left out the ] [report will be printed correctly. ] >We will only use a 4GL work around as a last resort. Also, there is only >one single mention of a reports page header bug in the release notes and >it does not apply to this particular case. It wasn't discovered before 6.04 went out, apparently. >We are aware of a fix in 7.x of the tools. This is not a solution as we >have compiled and tested hundreds of 4GL modules in V6.04 and as a result >we do not want to start regression testing. > >We fail to belive that a BUG like this has been around for so long. >i.e. V4.11 up to 7.x Nope, just 4.16/4.17 and 6.04/6.05, apparently (not that I'm defending its presence). It may have been backported for interims... >Perhaps we should rewrite our system in assembler! Be careful what you wish for... -- Alan Denney yosemite_at_netcom.com "My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right." -- Ashleigh Brilliant