Re: GPFs Encountered with PB5.0 and Oracle 7.1.4.1.0

ruddy.rob_at_ic.gc.ca (Rob Ruddy) wrote:

>We have a 16-bit implementation of an PB5.0 application that
>communicates with an Oracle 7.1 database. We are experiencing, with
>great consistancy, Pbstb050 errors resulting in a GPF. The error
>window text identifies the module ORA71WIN.DLL.
>
>As well, this always seems to happen when accessing (query or update)
>tables with long character columns ie: desc_fld varchar2 (400). We
>absolutely cannot access such a table without a GPF occuring.
>
>It has been suggested that upgrading to PB 5.0.02 could take care of
>this problem for us. Is anyone out there familiar with this particular
>problem and can you attest to this suggestion? Is there another reason
>for this particular problem and hence another fix to take care of it?
>Thanks for any help you can provide.
>

The recommendation is correct, moving to 5.0.02 should solve your problem. I don't know the details on it except that it was a know bug.

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