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Conference decwet::winnt-clusters

Title:WinNT-Clusters
Notice:Info directories moved to DECWET::SHARE1$:[NT_CLSTR]
Moderator:DECWET::CAPPELLOF
Created:Thu Oct 19 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:863
Total number of notes:3478

799.0. "Client doesn't detect SQL failover, gives wrong output" by TLAV01::AKKAMON (Land of Smail :)) Tue May 13 1997 11:14

    Hi,
    
    	I have a customer just installed NT Cluster 1.1 and SQL Server 6.5.
    The cluster software seems to work correctly, the share disks can be
    failover.     After we create the SQL Server failover group and object,
    the SQL can failover correctly.   Then the customer tried connecting his
    client (SQL Server) to the Cluster thru the alias, he then tried select 
    some data from his database, and forced the failover.    His client
    does not detect the failover happens on the server side i.e. no
    message, etc.   After the client finished, he checked the output and   
    found that not all rows were retrieved from the SQL Server on the       
    Cluster.   This situation will absolutely give him a big error when 
    his application is summarizing the data from database and the failover
    occur in between.
    	The customer would like us to explain why this happened.   How can
    he trust the cluster?    Or what should they do?    Did we set anything
    incorrectly?
    	Do we need the cluster-aware client so that it knows that the
    failure occurs and pause for a little while until the cluster gets
    back?    And how can we make the cluster-aware application? (I heard
    that we don't have the cluster API, is it true?)
    
    Regards,
    akkamon srihiran
    Technical Support (WNT)
    Digital Thailand
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799.1What client program?DECWET::CAPPELLOFMy other brain is a polymerTue May 13 1997 12:034
    Did the customer use his own client program?  I have noticed that I
    don't always get errors from ISQL/W when a failover occurs.
    
    He SHOULD see some error.
799.2Customer use his own clientTLAV01::AKKAMONLand of Smail :)Thu May 15 1997 09:1514
    Hi,
    
    	The customer wrote his own program and compile it as .EXE.   After
    he execture the program and the failover occured, his client terminated
    without any error messages (that's what he told me).   His client 
    program connects to the server database, select rows and do the summary
    of all data.
    	Any suggestions would be appreciated.    I used to configure the
    cluster with Oracle database, when I use the oracle SQL on windows
    client, when the failover occurs it just disconnects and I have to
    reconnect again.
    
    regards,
    akkamon