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From: Stephen dot Sprague at morganstanley dot com
Subject: Re: blk_init and image columns
Date: Sep 4 2002 9:10PM

Thanks Michael for replying. Revisiting, as  things  would  have  it,  I
still am croaking with a SEGV.  Any further pointers most welcome.

If it helps any here's my perl code fragment:


#create handle
  my ($cs, $packetsize) = ('iso_1', 8192);
  my $props = { CON_PROPS => { CS_BULK_LOGIN => CS_TRUE,
                               CS_SYB_CHARSE=> $cs,
                               CS_PACKETSIZE => $packetsize } };
  my $dbh = Sybase::CTlib->new( $u, $p, $s, $programName, $props );


#set textsize to 1gb
  $dbh->ct_options(CS_SET, CS_OPT_TEXTSIZE, 1_000_000_000, CS_INT_TYPE);


#init blk copy
   $dbh->blk_init( $tab, $num_cols, $has_identity, $id_column )

Signal SEGV


The table on the 11.9 server looks like this I'm trying to bcp into:

 Column_name     Type            Length Prec Scale Nulls Default_name    Rule_name       Identity
 --------------- --------------- ------ ---- ----- ----- --------------- --------------- --------
 i               image               16 NULL  NULL     0 NULL            NULL                   0






On 4 Sep 2002 @ 8:05am, an entity claiming to be Michael Peppler scribbled:

mpeppl :[I'm traveling - currently in England - so email access is spotty... ]
mpeppl :
mpeppl :CS_PACKETSIZE must be set in a power of 2, starting at 512 (so 512,
mpeppl :1024, 2048, etc). I think there's a max, and of course the server has to
mpeppl :be configured to handle larger packet sizes (at least up to 12.0 - 12.5
mpeppl :*may* handle this dynamically).
mpeppl :
mpeppl :However, I'm pretty sure that the packet size has nothing to do with the
mpeppl :SEGV that you are seeing. I suspect instead that it may be linked with
mpeppl :the TEXTSIZE value. You can set this via SET TEXTSIZE xxxx or via a
mpeppl :ct_option() call.
mpeppl :
mpeppl :Michael
mpeppl :
mpeppl :
mpeppl :On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 13:39, Stephen.Sprague@morganstanley.com wrote:
mpeppl :> sorry. last email for the weekend.  I set CS_PACKETSIZE => 9000 via
mpeppl :> CON_PROPS and I still SEGV'ed on the blk_init.
mpeppl :>
mpeppl :> Time to set this thing down and grab a beer.
mpeppl :>
mpeppl :> Cheers,
mpeppl :> Steve
mpeppl :>
mpeppl :>
mpeppl :>
mpeppl :> On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 @ 4:23pm, an entity claiming to be Stephen.Sprague@morg...:
mpeppl :>
mpeppl :> Stephe :Ahhh. Digging further I'm pretty sure this can be solved  by  increasing
mpeppl :> Stephe :the CS_PACKETSIZE connection property. Now if only I had sa priv to bump
mpeppl :> Stephe :the max size up from 512 on the server...
mpeppl :> Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :Thanks,
mpeppl :> Stephe :Steve
mpeppl :> Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :cf http://www.sybase.com/detail/1,6904,954,00.html
mpeppl :> Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :On most platforms, the packet size defaults to 512 bytes.  This  default
mpeppl :> Stephe :is provided for backward compatibility. Larger packet sizes 2048 to 4096
mpeppl :> Stephe :bytes, for example almost  always  yield  better  performance.  This  is
mpeppl :> Stephe :generally true for applications that fetch rows with large columns, rows
mpeppl :> Stephe :with lots of columns, or lots of rows with a few small  columns.  It  is
mpeppl :> Stephe :especially true for applications that do bulk  copy  data  transfers  or
mpeppl :> Stephe :that handle text and image data.
mpeppl :> Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :To increase a connection's packet size, set the CS_PACKETSIZE connection
mpeppl :> Stephe :property, via ct_con_props, prior to opening the connection.
mpeppl :> Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mpeppl :> Stephe :Note
mpeppl :> Stephe :You may have to reconfigure  SQL  Server  to  accept  a  larger  maximum
mpeppl :> Stephe :network packet size. See the SQL Server System Administration Guide  for
mpeppl :> Stephe :instructions on reconfiguring the maximum network packet size.
mpeppl :> Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 @ 3:34pm, an entity claiming to be Stephen.Sprague@morg...:
mpeppl :> Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :hi folks. I'm using Michael's BLK routines to do bulk inserts. Should  I
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :be able to use blk_init on a table with an image column?
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :Currently I'm getting a Signal SEGV.
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :Here's the versions:
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :   Perl          v5.6
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :   Sybase::CTlib v2.14
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :   OpenClient    v12.0
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :I couldn't find any doc to the contrary and I see Sybase's command  line
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :bcp references switch -T [image size] so I think it's possible. The question
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :is does the Perl API support something analogous?
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :Any pointers welcome.
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :Thanks,
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :Steve
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :
mpeppl :> Stephe :
mpeppl :>
mpeppl :>
mpeppl :