Unusual Error -- memory fault

["Gina M. Bencke" <gbencke@MSN.COM>]

Gordon,

You may be running into a bug that I discovered in version 3.X of SQR.  I
too was developing a very large SQR program that, as it grew, became more
and more unstable until finally it simply wouldn't run.  The problem wound
up being in the SQR product itself.  Apparently certain variables in the C
code were defined as 16 bit instead of 32 bit and memory was getting stomped
on.  There was no work around, SQRibe had to correct the problem and produce
a new release of SQR.  We were then forced to upgrade to version 4.x.

Gina Bencke
Bencke Consulting Corporation
http://www.bencke.com

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From: Discussion of SQR, SQRIBE Technologies's database reporting
language [mailto:SQR-USERS@list.iex.net]On Behalf Of Korbel, Gordon E.
Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 1:31 PM
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Subject: Unusual Error -- memory fault


Sybase 11.x
Peoplesoft 7
HP-UX
SQR:V3.0.12.3

We are creating some customized Invoice forms in SQR, and we are
encountering an unusual error --  the message is

PeopleSoft prcs_sqr Started
Process instance is 6520
SQR Output file is /opt/psoftfs/ps_output/biivcpn_6520.lis
SQR: Structured Query Report Writer V3.0.12.3
Copyright (C) MITI, 1994, 1995.  All Worldwide Rights Reserved.

prcs_sqr[292]: 6536 Memory fault
prcs_sqr: ------------------- Error -------------------
prcs_sqr: Command failure
prcs_sqr: SQR Command Terminated abnormally
prcs_sqr: Return code : 139
prcs_sqr: ------------------- Error -------------------

This program has a large number of #include files, and in general is fairly
lengthy, but is otherwise 'correct' -- I can say this with confidence
because when run from the Windows environment the same program executes
correctly.  It seems as though we are passing some critical threshold when
ANY code is added to the SQR.

The error occurs prior to any processing occuring -- it seems as though it
blows when SQR parses and 'compiles' the source code.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

-Gordon