chapman@lll-lcc.aRpA (Carol Chapman) (05/25/88)
I don't normally read this newsgroup, so please reply by email. I hope this is the right forum for mentioning this problem. I have a rather large code that works correctly using DEC VAX C ver. 2.1 and EQUEL/C (INGRES) ver. 5.0/05. We recently put the new DEC VAX C ver. 2.3 on our computer and my code has gone bonkers. Has anyone else seen this problem, or can anyone suggest a solution? I have a globally defined structure (A) with another structure (B) nested inside it. The outer structure (A) is defined using EQUEL/C which means that each line begins with ##. The inner structure does not require the use of INGRES, so it has no ## in front of it or its fields. One of those fields is declared to be of type char. Two functions are involved. Function 1 calls function 2. Function 2 assigns a value to the char field of structure B. I think it's also important to mention that function 2 does an INGRES retrieve, and that the code that assigns the value to the char field is within the brackets following the retrieve. Using the debugger, I see that the value is correct in the char field throughout function 2. Function 2 returns to function1 when it is done, and at that moment (after the return) I detect garbage in the previously mentioned character field. The INGRES preprocessor has inserted code into my function 2, so I can use the debugger to see a routine called IIrtE2 right before function2 returns to function1 (if that's any help!). All ideas are welcome! carol chapman (chapman@lll-lcc.llnl.gov) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livermore Lab (chapman@lll-crg.llnl.gov or chapman@lll-lcc.llnl.gov) P.O. Box 808, L-153 Tel. (415) 423-7876 Livermore, CA 94550 "Never own anything that you have to FEED or PAINT."