Subj : Lots of updates - may be ?
To   : Vincent Coen
From : Daniel Path
Date : Mon Mar 04 2024 20:50:51

Hello Vincent,

03 Mar 24 00:37, you wrote to All:

 VC> Hello All!

 VC> Nope, I had to rerun a block of updates to try and trace why the
 VC> program was locking up.

 VC> Finally traced to a Rules file for POLITICS that look fairly old and
 VC> for some reason program got in a loop when it could not read beyond
 VC> the end of file. One problem was the wrong attributes for it but after
 VC> that was fixed is still carried on looping so have to "assume" that
 VC> there was some very bad data in
 VC> the
 VC> file so deleted it.

 VC> Needless to say, now all updates have concluded correctly.

 VC> May have to add additional tests after reading a record to cover
 VC> possibly security issues and no not had to do that for all other
 VC> application I have written although the bbs system is run a a high
 VC> security test level (lot more checks) so that the system is always
 VC> protected against possible hackers etc. The security is so high it
 VC> does not trap ALL possible error codes. Must remember to look into
 VC> this closely but not know - I am tired.

 VC> and yes this problem had been running a few months - hence the
 VC> duplicate runs on updates and even worse then the trace file is over 1
 VC> GB - well over takes 30+ minutes to try and read it in to a text
 VC> editor.

 VC> For reference, during a 24 hour cycle it is below 25K.

 VC> Just thought you might want to know :)

great Vincent! Thanks!

Regards,
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dp

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