Conference ulysse::rdb_vms_competition

374.0. "Ingres stomping cobol DISPLAY?" by RAIN::CELENTANO (John Celentano, CT SWS) Fri Jun 23 1989 05:14

      Here is a strange one for some speculation:
    
      A customer has COBOL 4.2-41A and VMS V5.1 on a 6340 linked 
      with Ingres SQL calls for the DB stuff.
    
      Under reproducible conditions, a statement such as:
    
            DISPLAY   WS-COND-CODE  BOLD.
    
       will produce an image exit and dump with a %SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO,
       access violation error. The virtual address points to the
       SYS$EXIT code and the PC pointing to an address which is not
       in legal range for the current process.
    
       Furthermore, remove the 'BOLD' and the same program runs OK.
     
       I am fairly certain that the version of Ingres being run is
       causing the problem. (It is a "special" release for VMS V5).
       
       Now, what can I do or look for that would prove this?
                      
       I have also posted this in the COBOL conference.
           
       Thanks for any/all useful suggestions.
    
    John Celentano
    CT SWS

    
     See COBOL notes conference, 1097.3 for resolution.