Re: pro*c core dumps over syntax errors?

A copy of this was sent to tomkenn_at_my-deja.com (if that email address didn't require changing) On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 21:09:32 GMT, you wrote:

>I'm using Pro*C for the first time and I find that it core dumps
>(segment faults) over the smallest syntax errors. Missing semicolons,
>extra or missing parenthesis, undefined symbols. Any one of these
>causes a core dump without a clue as to the offending line. No ".c"
>file. Is this behavior the norm for this product? Is there a problem
>with my installation? How can anyone get thru a development cycle with
>this thing?
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Are you using 8.1.5? if so, that sounds like bug 864184 in which a message file is missing and pro*c is seg faulting when opening it.

Call support and reference bug 864184 -- they can tell you where to get the message file from, where to put it and then the issue goes away....

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Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation Received on Fri Sep 03 1999 - 07:49:26 CDT