Expand on #2. From your Unload, Check for RESERVED WORD conflicts (RStyle the structure code).
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sami Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 10:56 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Criteria For My Unstableness With R:Base6.5++ Build 1.862 > 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 > >
