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HP ELOQUENCE A.06.00 - patch 971218

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This intermediate patch fixes some iportant issues in the A.06.00
database server. It will be integrated into the next patch set.
You should have installed fixpack3 before applying this patch.
This patch is a replacement for patch 971211.


Fixed problems:
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Platforms: HP-UX, Linux, Windows

* DBFIND mode 3 / DBGET mode 16 sequence could cause eloqdb6
  server panic. DBGET mode 16 may return wrong record after
  DBFIND mode 3. (#605)
     
* Problem in eloqdb6 server can cause data corruption. (#620)

* A problem introduced as a side effect by patch 971211 is fixed.
  This could cause under some preconditions a cache page not to
  become unlocked. This will cause a eloqdb6 server panic when
  this page is modified subsequently. (#627)

  Assertion failed: bhp->refcount == 1
  server panic: Aborting on internal failure, file mpool.c, line 1059


Installation:
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UNIX:

In order to install the patch, you need to unpack it with gzip.
Gzip is included with Linux and HP-UX 10.x and can be obtained
for HP-UX 9.x from this ftp server in the /pub directory.
Installation requires root privileges.

cd /opt/eloquence6
gzip -dc hpux-971218.tar.gz | tar xf -

Files:

   bin/eloqdb6
   share/doc/README-971218

Windows:

The eloqdb6.exe file should *only* be installed, if you previously
installed the HP Eloquence server components on your system.

Download the win32-971218.zip file and unpack with WINZIP or PKZIP.
Installation requires administrative capabilities.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THE EloqDB6 SERVICE has been STOPPED previously
(in the Service Control Manager).
Please copy the eloqdb6.exe file into the WINDOWS SYSTEM DIRECTORY
(for example C:/WINNT/SYSTEM32).

Files:

   eloqdb6.exe
   README-971218.txt