RE: [PHP-DEV] PHP/Informix -439 error

For whatever it's worth. We are seeing the same behavior/bug. -439 errors. Peter Kocks BayGate > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrej Falout [mailto:afalout@xtra.co.nz] > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 5:30 PM > To: php-dev@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DEV] PHP/Informix -439 error > > > Hello all, > > as you know, we have a problem. This one is a biggie, it's been > around for a while, and is a show stopper for many sites > trying to use PHP/Informix in production. > > I attached to this message emails I collected on the subject so > far. Previous entries in PHP bug database mysteriously > disappeared, and I can now find only two now: > > http://bugs.php.net/bugs.php?id=4468 > > http://bugs.php.net/bugs.php?id=8267 > > Things I'm sure of: > > 1) Some sites get this often, some not at all, even at heavy load. > > 2) Heavy load is necessary to get this error > > 3) It can happen in both 7.3 and 9.x engines > > 4) I managed to reproduce this only once, and never again, and > have no idea why. > > Things I'm guessing: > > a) It's a ESQL/C coding problem, related to verifying that the > connection is not currently in use. > > b) It's an ESQL/C coding problem, and we will need to look to > threading as an alternative to signals, and rewrite > Informix PHP driver. > > c) It's not ESQL/C coding problem at all, but bug in certain > versions of Informix - ESQL/C, and this is the reason some > installations never get this. It appears that very few people > with old versions of CSDK get this. Most people > complaining have 9.x servers. > > I would appreciate if anybody can add more recent experiences > with this, and if all of you can please report versions of > PHP, OS, IDS, and ESQL/C. > > Especially appreciated is all help we can get from our friends in > Informix, and it would be nice if you guys can take a > look at change log and bug database for ESQL/C in last 12 months > or so, talking about -439. Would it be possible to get > someone from ESQL/C team to take a look at this? > > > I wish you all happy and -439 error free New Year! > > Yours, Andrej Falout, www.falout.com/IspeakForMyself.html > > "For ideas, fame _is_ fortune. And nothing makes you famous faster > then an audience willing to distribute your work for free." > - John Perry Barlow, Wired 8.10 >