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Title:Transfer Price Administration System
Notice:Conference has moved to ACADMY::TPAS_NOTES
Moderator:ACADMY::MAGNI
Created:Wed Jul 01 1992
Last Modified:Fri Mar 21 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:102
Total number of notes:459

38.0. "RDB V4.1,V4.2,V5.1 problem with TPAS and fix" by AWARD::MAGNI (IM&T - 223-9837) Fri Nov 05 1993 13:32

Ayr has recently put up RDB V4.2 and had problems with running TPAS. It
seems that RDB V4.1, V4.2 and V5.1 has a known bug with 'OR' logic within 
an SQL Select Statement.   The following replies contain the error message
found by Ayr and the name of the Patch that fixes the problem.

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38.1Error Message seenAWARD::MAGNIIM&T - 223-9837Fri Nov 05 1993 13:3326
From:	AYOV29::JCLARK        1-NOV-1993 11:28:31.32
To:	AWARD::MAGNI
CC:	
Subj:	SCREEN DUMP

                       TPAS LOGIC          RESULTS DISPLAY


PART NO           :DEMSA-AB
                                       PARSED PART NO =
FROM STOCKROOM    :641                 STD COST       =      1239.980000
TO STOCKROOM      :115                      .00
FROM BUSNS TYPE CD:MFG
TO BUSNS TYPE CD  :MFG

PRICE TYPE CODE   :
BASE PRICE        :          .000

DISCOUNT PERCENT  :.00
STD_COST UPLIFT   : .00                TPAS_STD_CST_TYPE_C, PRESS 'Y' OR 'N'
TPAS TRANS STATUS :
       F %SYSTEM-F-BREAK, breakpoint fault at PC=00000000, PSL=00000000
          WARNING :
%RDMS-I-BUGCHKDMP, generating bugch_DEV2:[DUTY]RDSBUGCHK.DMP;2


38.2RDB PatchAWARD::MAGNIIM&T - 223-9837Fri Nov 05 1993 13:3398
From:	EIRS::CSC32::C_WUSK "STARS Mail Facility"  4-NOV-1993 13:54:47.10
To:	award::magni
CC:	
Subj:	rdms$$find_valid_seg_crtv                                   

[DEC Rdb 4.2] Bugcheck at RDMS$$FIND_VALID_SEG_CRTV After Upgrade

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PRODUCT:  DEC Rdb 4.2, 5.1 

OP/SYS:   VMS, OpenVMS VAX
 
SOURCE:   Digital Customer Support Center 
                         
                                    
SUBJECT: 

The DEC Rdb V4.1 release notes state that the following problem is fixed in
a future release:

   Bugcheck at RDMS$$FIND_VALID_SEG_CRTV + 0000000F on Query

An extract from release notes is included below.  It includes a workaround,
which is valid in some, but not all cases.


BACKGROUND: 

Section A.2.44 of the RDB 4.1 release notes:

   A bugcheck at RDMS$$FIND_VALID_SEG_CRTV + 0000000F occurs for a query
   when there is a sorted index with two or more segments, with ORed
   range-producing restrictions (for example, <,=,>) defined for some
   segment, and with an equality restriction defined for a segment higher
   than the ORed-range segment. Most probably, an even more complicated
   restriction on the multisegmented index is needed to produce this
   bugcheck.

   A workaround is to replace the ORed range restriction with its
   equivalent having at least one disjunct look different than a simple
   comparison or BETWEEN predicate.

   For example, instead of using the following expression:

   R.X       <= 'aaa' or R.X >= 'zzz'

   Use this expression:

   R.X || ' ' <= 'aaa' or R.X >= 'zzz'

   Or, instead of using the following expression:

   R.Y     <= 1 or R.Y >= 10

   Use this expression:


   R.Y + 0 <= 1 or R.Y >= 10

   This is a known problem in V4.1 that will be fixed in a future release.


ANALYSIS:
   
The workaround detailed above works under some, but not all, circumstances 
in V4.2.  The bugcheck was fixed in multiple places in the V4.2 code, 
tailored to fit known circumstances.  However, new sets of circumstances 
have arisen.  


RESOLUTION: 

There is a special image that addresses this issue in DEC Rdb 4.2. 
It is available through DSN VTX as CSCPAT #374.

This image, and future code, should ensure that this fix covers all bases. 
Also incorporated in these special images are fixes for bugchecks at 
RDMS$$COMPILE_INDEX_MAPS and RDMS$$EXE_LEAF

Several routines in module PREEXE had to be modified to accommodate this
change. In routine REBUILD_BEST_AUGMENTED_OR_INDEX, we now (in this
special image) go through the fresh augmented list and make sure that we
have a valid CRTV sequence: pick only usable CRTVs (i.e. all needed
contexts available) and ensure that their segment numbers are contiguous
and in descending order.

For more information about this patch, see the article titled

*DEC Rdb]  CSCPAT_0374 (RDMSHRP, RDMSHRP42) for DEC Rdb V4.2 - ECO Summary