This note is to alert you to a defect in QUERY/iX which is exposed by the
new Master Dataset Expansion (MDX) feature of TurboImage. (SR D500-394726)

The problem in QUERY (all versions) is that a FIND ALL on a Master dataset with
MDX enabled may not return all of the entries in the dataset.  Query will return
a maximum number of records equal to the initial primary capacity of the
dataset.  This is due to a DBINFO mode 202 being used to get the loop counter
rather than a DBINFO mode 205.  A similar limitation exists in the LIST ALL and
MULTIFIND ALL commands.  Basically, whenever the message USING SERIAL READ
occurs when reading a Master dataset, the maximum entries returned will be
limited to the initial capacity of the dataset.

A patch for Query is being generated and should be in Beta-test status
in the last week of October 1998.  The Patch ID will be QUEKXJ6 for
MPE/iX 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0.  The version of QUERY will be D.03.14 and N.03.14.

For those of you that are earlier adopters of new features, a TurboImage patch
is also being developed (TIXKXJ7) which corrects some other MDX-related defects
as well as DBUTIL ERASE effects on DDX datasets.  That patch should be in Beta
Test status by the first week of Nov 98.  The TurboImage version will be at
least C.07.18.

If you wish to be a Beta-Test site for these patches, please call the HP
Response Center who will forward your request to the HP Database Expert Center
who will see that you get the patches when available.


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