On Mon, 12 Jun 1995 13:58:39 PST8PDT Bob Walker said:
>On our second day on 5.0 the system crashed when I ran a NMPRG from
>the shell(with a Compatiblity Mode suddendeath!).
>This program opens an Image database.
>I created a two line test program that does a DBOPEN then
>DBCLOSE(in HP 'C'). This also crashes the system.
>My conclusion from this is that ANY program that opens an Image
>database when called directly from the shell will crash our system.
 
This sounds pretty serious.  As I told Bob privately, I don't have a system
in a "crashable" state now to test his theory, but it sounds rather nasty.
I don't think "dont' run them from the shell" is a suitable answer if any
arbitrary program that opens a database can crash the system.
 
>Has anybody else had any experience with this?
 
Not yet, but I'd certainly like to hear from someone in a position to try
this out (I may try after backups tonight, time permitting).  Perhaps it
is an issue of the environment, such as:
 
* What is the base language?
* Using any TPI run-time libraries (XL=)?
* What is the HPCWD at the time you run the program?
* Is anyone already accessing the database, or are you the first accessor?
* Are you opening the database by MPE or HFS name?
* Using Image logging?
* Does QUERY work when run from the shell?
 
I'm really curious.  Any self-demolition experts out there? :-)
 
[\] Jeff Kell, [log in to unmask]