Re: REP-736 message - where do I look next?

Sally Pearce wrote:
> our current set up is:
> Oracle 7.3.4 :-(
> Reports 2.5 :-(
> Unix V rel 4.0
>
> I'm all too aware that we're in the stone age, as far as versions are
> concerned, but there's not a lot I can do about it at the moment, so I'm
> having to live with it.
>
> The problem is that I'm required to modify a report that currently runs
> perfectly on production (same versions of everything as the test server)
> but, when I copy it over to the test server, so that I can see how long it
> takes to run before I fiddle with it I get the message:
> REP-0736: There exist uncompiled program unit(s)
> Ok, I thought, maybe our test database isn't the same as the production base
> so I cloned test from production
> same message REP-0736: There exist uncompiled program unit(s)
> OK, maybe I'm running the wrong version of the report or copied it over in
> ascii mode, so I ftp over the report from the production server again
> (making sure I use the bin option)
> same message REP-0736: There exist uncompiled program unit(s)
> Hmm, maybe I'm picking up an old version of the report from somewhere else
> on the server.
> Ran 'find' on the server - no other copies of the report anywhere.
> I then copied the report over to a different test server, running the same
> *nix flavour, same Oracle and reports version, and the report runs with no
> errors. . . . .
> Tried technet - no useful hits on REP-0736 (probably because the reports
> version is too old?) except for where it specifically related to a report in
> an Oracle application and suggested that copying without using the bin
> option might be the source of the problem.
> Tried tahiti.oracle.com with the same search - no hits found.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what might be up or suggestions as to where to
> look next. I must be doing something daft but am stumped as to what it could
> be.
>
> TIA
>
> Sally
>
>
Just open the Report (.rdf) in Report Builder (or was it called Reports [Quoted] Designer in those days...) and compile it (Ctrl+Shift+K). Then try to run it in Report Builder.
Hth,

:) Received on Fri Jul 02 2004 - 19:39:30 CEST