Problems with Informix / how to kill a core dump
Stephen J. Friedl
friedl at vsi.COM
Tue Oct 17 14:46:47 AEST 1989
Hi folks,
We are running Informix-SQL v2.10.03D on an AT&T 3B15 with
Sys V Rel 3.1, and we have having problems. At irregular
intervals, Informix's "isql" will suddenly expand to fill all of
virtual memory -- 16MB -- and start dumping core. This brings
the machine to a literal standstill for many minutes and it is
driving us crazy.
My main question is "can we terminate a core dump?". I know
that kill -9 won't work, and I can do "mkdir core" first to prevent
a core dump. I just want to find a way to stop one of these things
in progress. I also wish I could limit coredumpsize as in BSD :-(.
Informix does nothing more than extend sympathies, but that
doesn't surprise us anymore; their support for the shared-memory
implementation has been miserable across the board. This is a
bummer, because their expensive tech support is usually quite
a bit above average.
Steve
Disclaimer: I neither work for nor speak for V-Systems, and
they don't even like it when I post.
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