Has anyone fully tested InetRecvAll() ? We have an unresolved problem with the Internet communication functions. We've been unable to reduce it to a small sample, so I don't expect this to stop finalizing a release. But it would be good to know if a lot of people have done a lot of testing of the changes from a few months back regarding buffers.
We have two programs, a server and a client, that talk to each other ultimately using nLength := InetRecv( ::Socket, @s_cRequest ) nBytesRead := InetRecvAll( ::Socket, @s_cResponse, nLength ) and METHOD Send( cSend, nLen ) INLINE InetSend( ::Socket, cSend, nLen ) METHOD SendAll( cSend, nLen ) INLINE InetSendAll( ::Socket, cSend, nLen ) Initial custom "handshaking" using InetRecv() works fine to establish the length of the real buffer to transfer down from the server (current test is just 270 bytes). But when the server sends it, the client fails on the first call to InetRecvAll() which just reports zero bytes read. This code was working great for years, the last build was with last September's xHarbour. We didn't need to touch until this past April when we found the problem, and we've gone in circles a couple of times trying to chase it. The real problem is that it is intermittent. Using the exact same executables, if I start the server and test the client it may work. If it does, it usually will work for even a dozen tests. Eventually it fails. If I restart the server, the client may fail the first time. When it does, it usually fails consistently. So behavior seems to be dependent upon random startup issues, who knows what... Perhaps it works if the server is started during on an even-numbered second but not if the time is on and odd-numbered second. It's very weird, and hard to debug. Does anyone have any ideas? TIA, -- Brian Hays From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Mast, xHarbour.com Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 3:52 AM To: xHarbour-Developers Subject: [xHarbour-developers] New release Hey Guys, I'd like to call for a release freeze if there are no pending bug fixes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ xHarbour-developers mailing list xHarbour-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xharbour-developers
