SPR

Technote

Problem:
This issue was reported to Lotus Quality Engineering as an enhancement request
and has been partially addressed in Domino 5.0.1b.

This is only partially addressed in 5.0.1b because modifications were made to
the reconnect code but do not specifically address the enhancement request of
the SPR below. Reconnect will only occur if no additional Notes calls are made
to the back-end database during its Unavailable state. A subsequent call while
the backend database is unavailable will generate the error above and put the
DECS Activity in a failure state, recoverable only by re-starting the Activity
once the back-end database is available.

The ability to use "persistent and repeated attempts to reconnect to the
back-end database without receiving the Activity failure" has been submitted as
an enhancement request.Supporting Information:

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a form.
2. Create a DECS connection to the Informix Database.
3. Create a DECS Activity for the form and corresponding Informix table.
4. Initialize keys and start the Activity.
5. Open a document; it successfully reads the record from Informix.
6. Close the document.
7. Disconnect the network connection between the Domino server and the Informix
server.
8. Open a document; it fails with error message box: "Server Error: DECS Server
error retrieving external record"
9. Reconnect network connection.
10. Open a document; it fails with same error as above.
11. Stop the Activity and then start it.
12. Open a document; it successfully reads the record from Informix.
Related Documents:

Overview of the DECS Reconnect Functionality Added to Domino Release 5.0.1
Document #: 174195 More >