Ben - I have found that R:BASE for Windows is extremely stable. If there are lots of crashes, it is caused by one of three things: (Before you begin, put on your Sherlock Holmes hat!)
1. My programming code - I either define a variable with the wrong datatype, or it was still in memory from somewhere else with the wrong datatype, or it didn't exist when my program was expecting it to exist. TRACE your program carefully, watching variable definitions and datatypes - along with Javier's suggestions for checking for un-defined but referenced variables in reports and forms. 2. Something is corrupted. Either the database - and if the database was converted from an older version of R:BASE, it could have some corruption in it that does not show up in AUTOCHK or R:SCOPE. Do an UNLOAD of structure and data and rebuild the entire database. OR in your case, it might be the report itself. I'd re-create the report from scratch and see if that fixes it. 3. Check network/hardware issues. This doesn't seem to be an issue since you've tried it on different systems. Your statement that the problem is in "the same area in programming." makes me think even more strongly that it's a programming bug ... If you'd like, post your block of code here and we'll see what we can make of it! Sami ----------------------------------------------------------- Sami Aaron Software Management Specialists 19312 W 63rd Terr Shawnee KS 66218 913-915-1971 http://www.softwaremgmt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Strickland To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 9:44 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Criteria For My Unstableness With R:Base6.5++ Build 1.862 This is a list of when the system crashes and I have tried this very same system on three different operating systems: When I go into some forms and reports even from the >R prompt. When I use or input an extended where clause with a sort by it crashes every single time on all three systems. When I print a report with say 1 row of data after printing a report with 80 rows of data it crashes on all three systems. But if I print a short report behind a short report or vice versa it seems to be stable. I did notice however, when I clean the database and input new data the system seems to be more stable but still crashes at times. I do have the same problem from the >R prompt with the above stated instances. R:Base has looked at this database and my code but seems to cannot duplicate my problem. I became concern when I had three different systems to incur the same unstableness at for the most, the same area in programming. I just wanted to know anyone else is experiencing this or has in the past? Thank you. Benjamin Strickland
