PM19114: DATABASE INTERFACE DESIGNER CRASHING WITH DBEDIT/NTDLL.DLL ACCESS VIOLATION ERROR USING ORACLE 10G CLIENT

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When using WTX 8.3.0.2 and the Oracle 10g client, the Database
  Interface Designer randomly crashes.  This behavior is not
  observed when using the Oracle 11g client.
  
  The Dr. Watson for Windows logs (dtwtsn32.log) shows an error
  of:
  
  Application exception occurred:
          App: C:\IBM\WebSphere Transformation Extender
  8.3\DbEdit.exe (pid=5904)
          When: 7/16/2010 @ 08:45:50.288
          Exception number: c0000005 (access violation)
  ....
  *** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found.  Defaulted to export
  symbols for C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll -
  function: ntdll!RtlInitializeCriticalSection
  ...
  *----> Stack Back Trace <----*
  WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following
  frames may be wrong.
  *** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found.  Defaulted to export
  symbols for C:\IBM\WebSphere Transformation Extender
  8.3\MSVCR70.dll -
  ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
  0012d6b4 7c91a3d5 00000000 00d2e000 0012d6e0
  ntdll!RtlInitializeCriticalSection+0x6c
  0012d6ec 7c911917 01a10000 00001778 655916b5
  ntdll!RtlReAllocateHeap+0x855
  0012d91c 6559172f 00a10000 00000000 00001770
  ntdll!RtlInitializeCriticalSection+0x31a
  0012d95c 655916d7 00001770 655916c4 00001770 MSVCR70!malloc+0x7a
  00001770 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 MSVCR70!malloc+0x22
  

Local fix

• WTXCQ - WTX00035047
  PVB / PVB
  Circumvention: Use Oracle 11g client.
  

Problem summary

• Users Affected:
  WebSphere Transformation Extender users of the 8.3 version of
  the WTX Oracle 10g adapter.
  
  Problem Description:
  The 8.3 release of the WTX Oracle 10g adapter is not functional
  on a Windows platform.
  
  Platforms Affected:
  Windows
  

Problem conclusion

• The 8.3 release of the WTX Oracle 10g adapter is now compiled
  with the 8.x version of the Microsoft C-run time modules.
  Before this fix, the 7.x version of the Microsoft C-run time
  modules were used, which in turn caused compatibility problems
  between the adapter and other WTX runtime modules.
  
  Delivered in:
  8.3.0.3
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE DESIG

• Fixed component ID

  5724M4008

Applicable component levels

• R830 PSY

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