On the same lines as this thread.

Has anyone had experience with OSX Primebase and their JDBC driver using
Witango 5.x? 

I am in the process of setting up a test on this and after reading this
thread, I wonder if I ought to change at all.

I don't need less server time and restarts.

Mark Weiss

On 3/29/04 1:42 PM, "Jeff Bohmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> It may be the ODBC or JDBC layer.  That code is loaded by the app server and
> can cause the app server to crash.
> 
> Have you checked /Users/witango/Library/Logs/CrashReporter for crash logs?
> 
> In Witango.log, can you see how many active query threads are listed before
> the crash?
> 
> I have often seen more than one thread active before a crash.  This leads me
> to believe the crashes were due to thread problems (e.g, a non-thread safe
> system call like strftime on OS X 10.2, for which the app server has a
> work-around but J/ODBC may not).  Thread problems could explain the apparent
> inconsistency with the crashes.
> 
> However, I think using Witango.log to determine whether or not a crash was
> thread-related is difficult.  The app server does not seem write out all
> Witango.log entries immediately (for performance reasons?).  A crash may
> result in missing messages from the end of Witango.log.
> 
> One possible test:  Make a TAF containing only a DirectDBMS action with a SQL
> statement that makes a join.  Request the TAF a lot -- enough so the app
> server spends a few minutes with multiple active query threads.  See if it
> crashes.  Then replace the SQL statement with one that doesn't do a join and
> hit it again.  If it looks like avoiding joins helps with crashes, you could
> use SQL views instead of defining joins in your Witango code.
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> 
> 
>> if its a join making the server crash it sounds more like your database is
>> causing the crash instead of witango.
>> 
>> you might check if it has any kind of crash log or debugging output you can
>> turn on.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Roland Dumas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Can SQL joins make OS X server crash?
>> 
>> 
>>> witango always writes to the witango crash log when it crashes. It
>>> tells what's going on with each thread. I've got a 100% record of
>>> crashes.
>>> 
>>> On Mar 29, 2004, at 12:23 PM, Chris Millet wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Nothing. Zip. Zero. Zilch.
>>>> 
>>>> (actually it does say something, but the only entries are for known
>>>> instances where we have been able to trace the problem)
>>>> 
>>>> Chris
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 29, 2004, at 2:13 PM, Roland Dumas wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> what's your crash log say?
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 29, 2004, at 12:08 PM, Chris Millet wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can SQL joins make the server crash on OS X?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't know enough about why the server crashes, only that it does
>>>>>> crash (in)consistently after running apps with joins in the SQL
>>>>>> query. I have combed through the apps several times and have made
>>>>>> them as efficient as I can. I am even using DBMS actions instead of
>>>>>> search actions (they are faster), but nothing seems to help.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The crashes, like others I have read about on OS X, work fine most
>>>>>> times but begin to crash seemingly on a whim.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Chris

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