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Conference orarep::nomahs::rdb_60

Title:Oracle Rdb - Still a strategic database for DEC on Alpha AXP!
Notice:RDB_60 is archived, please use RDB_70..
Moderator:NOVA::SMITHISON
Created:Fri Mar 18 1994
Last Modified:Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5118
Total number of notes:28246

5002.0. "rdbweb and rms-e-flk" by M5::PSOEHL (Go see THE RELIC!!!) Wed Feb 05 1997 15:57

This really sounds like more of a server issue to me, but I got to ask. 
The customer is getting the following error. 

service unavailable
http status code 503
%rms-e-flk, file currently locked by another user

This error is returned when either of the following is true:
1.  two people are accessing the web application at the same time
2.  two netscape sessions are touching the homepage at the same time

Server=Purveyor
rdbweb.exe file resides in the Purveyor directory.
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5002.1Few more things to find outBOUVS::OAKEYI'll take Clueless for $500, AlexWed Feb 05 1997 16:5924
~~             <<< Note 5002.0 by M5::PSOEHL "Go see THE RELIC!!!" >>>
~~                           -< rdbweb and rms-e-flk >-

~~service unavailable
~~http status code 503
~~%rms-e-flk, file currently locked by another user

Pat,

Where is the customer seeing this error?  Is this was the users see in the 
browser or is this showing up in a log file?

Do both users see it or just the second user?  

~~1.  two people are accessing the web application at the same time

Same page or different pages?

~~2.  two netscape sessions are touching the homepage at the same time

Does the home page use the Web Agent?

Can more than one user touch non-Web Agent pages successfully?

5002.2M5::PSOEHLGo see THE RELIC!!!Wed Feb 05 1997 20:1022
>Where is the customer seeing this error?  Is this was the users see in the 
>browser or is this showing up in a log file?

    They're in Netscape and the user who's request fails gets the error
    message on their page.  
>Do both users see it or just the second user?  
 Only the 2nd one. 

>Same page or different pages?

    Same page.
>Does the home page use the Web Agent?
 Yes.
    
> Can more than one user touch non-Web Agent pages successfully?

  There aren't any.
    
    She said they looked at the log files and didn't see anything that
    looked interesting. 
    
    
5002.3suggestionNOVA::DDIAMONDDave Diamond, Oracle RdbThu Feb 06 1997 09:0410
try turning on file watching in the process that runs the rdb web agent. if
there's a startup procedure for cgi programs, give the user privs and add this
line:

$ set watch/class=major file

if there's no startup procedure, put it in rdbweb.com and call rdbweb.exe from
that com file

dd
5002.4NOVA::DICKSONThu Feb 06 1997 10:014
    Also check the LIMIT parameter in the UCX definition of the webserver
    service.  This number should be higher than the number of simultaneous
    connections you expect to the web server.
    
5002.5M5::PSOEHLGo see THE RELIC!!!Fri Feb 07 1997 14:5710
    
    customer says she doesn't have the RDBWEB.COM file.  She said her 
    installation notes told her to just copy rdbweb.exe into the cgi-bin
    directory (with a few other files).  It shows a template for
    rdbweb.com, but says it's only necessary for the cern server.  She's
    running purveyor. 
    
    TIA
    
    
5002.6M5::PSOEHLGo see THE RELIC!!!Fri Feb 07 1997 16:303
    Sorry, dumb comment.  I'll have her follow the instructions and put an
    rdbweb.com in her cgi-bin directory that runs rdbweb.exe.
    
5002.7M5::PSOEHLGo see THE RELIC!!!Fri Feb 07 1997 16:387
    Interestingly enough, we found that rdbweb.log had a version limit of
    5.  The problem still occurred after removing that, but the customer
    did a purge on her directory and the problem disappeared - for now.  
    
    Thanks for your help,