Re: Segmentation fault when running DBD::Sybase

On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 17:33, Ravi Parimi wrote:
> Michael,
> 
>   Thanks for your reply. 
> 
> > To try to figure out why you get a seg fault please post the stack
> > trace. To get the stack trace you have to enable core dumps (ulimit -c
> > unlimited) and once you have a core dump use gdb to get the stack trace:
> > gdb `which perl` core.xxxx
> > gdb> bt
> Here's the stack trace..
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x4212dfd0 in main_arena () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
> #1  0x4205535f in buffered_vfprintf () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
> #2  0x42050437 in vfprintf () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
> #3  0x4205a297 in fprintf () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
> #4  0x402cf722 in com_perr () from /opt/sybase-11.9.2/lib/libcomn.so
> #5  0x402c13ed in com_intl_verify_ctxloc ()
>    from /opt/sybase-11.9.2/lib/libcomn.so
> #6  0x402804a9 in cs_ctx_alloc () from /opt/sybase-11.9.2/lib/libcs.so

This is probably a locale problem, though I'm not sure, and I haven't
used the 11.1.1 libs in a long time.

> > What database server are you trying to talk to?
> > These libraries are very old - you would be better off getting ASE
> > 12.5.3 - see http://www.sybase.com/linuxpromo/
> 
> I am trying to connect to SQL server 2000. I am now downloading ASE
> 12.5.3 from sybase.com, and will compile the DBD::Sybase module again
> using these libraries..

You will need to use the FreeTDS libraries - the Sybase libs will NOT
work with MS-SQL.

Michael
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