RE: [PHP-DEV] PHP/Informix -439 error From: Peter Kocks (peter.kocks <email protected>)
Date: 12/29/00

For whatever it's worth. We are seeing the same behavior/bug. -439 errors.

Peter Kocks
BayGate

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrej Falout [mailto:afalout <email protected>]
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 5:30 PM
> To: php-dev <email protected>
> 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
>
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> 

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