Whatever you are doing crashes, you get a nasty message on the screen with the word "blink" in it somewhere.
My experience (including direct tech support from IBM) was we were out of luck! Get out the backup tape or some other way to restore. I used to be with IBM at a customer site (IBM did all the computer work). We had instant access to Tech Support, and there was nothing we could do. Maybe a newer release has a solution, but we were out of luck. John Israel Sr. Programmer/Analyst Dayton Superior Corporation 721 Richard St. Dayton, OH 45342 937-866-0711 x44380 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of doug chanco Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 4:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [U2] "blink questions" Thanks for the info BUT what kind of error will one see (i.e. does the system crash or display a blink specific error message?) and how would one fix a "blink" error? thanks! dougc Robert Houben wrote: > Blink is short for "Backward link". Two blocks of random memory that represent a logically contiguous object that is <= two blocks large will have header data that point to each other. The first will have a forward link to the second and a zero in the backward link to indicate it's the first in the chain. The second will have a forward link of zero (no more blocks) and a backward link to the first. If the second block does not point back (is zero or references a different block), this implies that something has gone really, really wrong with the memory management of the system. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of doug chanco > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 12:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [U2] Blink Error - Dictionary Related > > For those of us new to universe (or have never heard of it) what exactly > is a "blink error" > > thanks > > dougc > > Martel, Henry wrote: > >> I have a situation were I have a Prod box and a Dev Box both with Universe installed. >> >> On the Prod box we have a samba share that is pointing to the Dev box and we have voc entries pointing to Dev files. >> >> But when I execute a command such as: Copy from <file> to Test.<file> >> >> The records will copy over to the Dev box, but it always results in a Blink error. >> >> Has anyone experienced this or know how to fix it? >> >> Henry M. >> Database Administrator >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bessel, Karen >> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:57 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [U2] Blink Error - Dictionary Related >> >> A client is experiencing a blink error when using a certain I-descriptor in a SORT, but not in a LIST or SELECT. >> >> >> >> I can't copy the code into the post because of copyright purposes, but this is the dictionary item: >> >> >> >> 0001: I >> >> 0002: IF CASE.PERSON.ID # "" THEN >> SUBR("CJ.READ.PERSON",CASE.PERSON.ID,1,"") E >> >> LSE "" >> >> 0003: S;*;"*** No Defendant ***" >> >> 0004: Defendant >> >> 0005: 30L >> >> 0006: S >> >> >> >> The dictionary item referenced by the I-descriptor: >> >> >> >> 0001: A >> >> 0002: 1 >> >> 0003: CASE.PERSON.ID >> >> 0004: >> >> 0005: M >> >> 0006: >> >> 0007: >> >> 0008: >> >> 0009: R >> >> 0010: 8 >> >> 0011: >> >> 0012: COMMON >> >> >> >> Attribute 1 should be single-valued but there are 27 records in this file that have multiple values in this field. On our in-house system, we also have a handful of records that have multiple values in this field, and I can't recreate the problem here. >> > > >> >> There are commons involved in the subroutine referenced by the I-descriptor. >> >> >> >> This issue just came to me and the people who worked on it before did all of the data related things I would have done: searched for control characters, fix tool, deleted the file then recreated it, etc. >> >> >> >> I don't know if I've provided enough information to explain the problem....but has anyone seen this? If you've experienced an application-related blink error, I'd be interested in hearing from you. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Karen Bessel >> Software Developer >> >> Tyler Technologies, Inc. >> 6500 International Parkway, Suite 2000 >> Plano, TX 75093 >> Phone: 972.713.3770 ext:6227 >> Fax: 972.713.3777 >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Web: http://www.tylertech.com >> ------- >> u2-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >> ------- >> u2-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >> > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
