Re: Upgrade from Informix 5 to 7.23

Hello, >>Informix keeps aborting from an "Assert Error". We currently have an >>Informix Tech on-site, as well as the vendor (Boris) who supplied us the > An Informix Tech On-site!!! Luck you - this is very rare... > I pity the vendor though as it is not their software at fault. > > This is a bug in Online... > >>application we are using. Everyone is scratching their heads on this here. >> Any help would be really appriciated! Here is the message from the online >>log: >> >>09:24:00 Assert Failed: Internal Error - Segmentation Violation>> > One of the Online processes tried to access a memory address which > it should not have tried to access i.e. an Online bug... This may well be an Informix bug, but it is not a certainty. I saw this same problem when the fault was with the hardware. Everyone was convinced it was a bug but we somehow couldn't reproduce it anywhere else. The problem turned out to be a bad disk drive, which returned to the engine an address outside its valid address space, despite a legitimate one being written there. The engine performed exactly as intended, realizing that something had become corrupt and shutting down to protect the customer's data. The lesson learned was to simplify the case, determine the cause of the error in its most elegant form, and reproduce it. Then it's a bug. It's also the best way to help Informix Support to identify which bug (if it's known already) and to provide a solution. And "solutions" is why we're all here! Good luck, Clem ______________________________________________________ Clem Akins (aka clema@informix.com) Informix Software, Inc (Standard disclaimers apply) International Technical Support Last seen: Gearing up for a California Vacation...