Access Violation -- on VAX/VMS7.2

[Merol Newman]

Thank you, Blue!

I don't know how long it would have taken me to think of this, but your contribution came in soon after I had logged on to Terry's
system to investigate (as a member of support staff with his software supplier).

I was thinking along the lines of lack of disc space or virtual memory for sorting a large number of records. The access statement
is horrible, but works in quiz. The program works for other customers with bigger machines and more disk space.

But after reading your suggestion, I tested the choose statement, and that's what it is! If we enter the range of student numbers
that we really want to process instead of letting it default (the kickoff screen sets up a default range "" to "ZZZZZZZZZ", so it
still has to read the index), it works.

I can reload the rogue file (RMS indexed) when time allows - the problem must be in very old data near the beginning, which they can
avoid.

Thank you very much for saving me a big panic, and thank you everyone for your suggestions.

And hello Ray! Presumably you emailed Terry direct, but we had already recompiled it by then. Thanks anyway.

regards
Merol

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Ramesys (Professional Services) Limited
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu
> [mailto:owner-powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu]On Behalf Of Edis, Bob
> Sent: 22 September 2000 16:19
> To: 'powerh-l@list.swau.edu'
> Subject: RE: Access Violation -- on VAX/VMS7.2
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>
> Terry
>
> Virtually all of the occurences of this error I have seen with PowerHouse
> had either to do with a bad data item (e.g. a null in a primary index on a
> lookup) or an error in an external routine.
>
> Try and pin-point the record QTP is processing at the time of the access
> violation and that might lead you to the answer.
>
> Regards,
> Blue
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> "Terrence Burke" <t.e.burke@dundee.ac.uk>@sphere.swau.edu on 09/22/2000
> 10:39:13 AM
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> Sent by:  owner-powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu
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> To:   powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu
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> Subject:  Access Violation -- on VAX/VMS7.2
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>
> Dear All,
>            We have come across a show stopper, which occurs only with
> one of our processes  --  a QTP.    Whenever we try to execute it we
> receive the following error message :-
>
> %SYSTEM-E-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=!XB, virtual
> address=!XL, PC=!XL, PSL=!XL
> %NONAME-W-NOMSG, Message number 00000000
> %SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort
>
> Does anyone know what it means ?
>
> Compaq support inform me that instead of !XB & !XL the output should
> contain numbers that represent memory addresses.
> The problem relates to memory access  --  and I run the process with
> ALL privileges granted to me, so it cannot be anything related to
> resource allocations & restrictions.
> It occurs whether I execute the process on-line or in batch, or by
> @cmdfile;  and even when I am the only user logged in to the VAX.
>
> Any help will be very much appreciated;  we need an answer urgently.
>
>                          Thanks
>                             Terry Burke
>
>
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