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Resolved ct_cmd_alloc():user api layer: external error: The connection has been marked dead. - Error for VPN users

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  1. Gayathri Narayanan
    Gayathri Narayanan
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  3. Friday, 29 May 2020 14:22 PM UTC
Our PB applications crash and throw the DB error below:

ct_cmd_alloc():user api layer: external error: The connection has been marked dead.
 
This happens for users who connect to our network via VPN step away from their machine for a while.  It is because the VPN connection briefly drops so often, but it reconnects automatically so the user is only noticing the issue only in our PB applications.  The applications have to be restarted.  This is not the case with web pages or non-PB applications. Is there a way for the PB applications to be able to reconnect automatically after the network disconnects and reconnects.
 
 
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Gayathri Narayanan
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Olan Knight
Olan Knight Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 10 May 2021 22:18 PM UTC
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The only way I know of to do this is to put a timer in your code to check the connection every "X" minutes. If your sqlca (or whatever) is not connected, then you reconnect to the database.

The PFC has a nice function called "of_isconnected()" which returns TRUE or FALSE. Copy the function if you are not using the PFC.


Olan

 

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Armeen Mazda @Appeon
Armeen Mazda @Appeon Accepted Answer Pending Moderation
  1. Monday, 10 May 2021 19:19 PM UTC
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This is unreliable way to give users remote access.  I recommend using PowerServer 2021: https://www.appeon.com/products/powerserver

 

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Chris Pollach @Appeon
  1. Chris Pollach @Appeon
  2. Tuesday, 11 May 2021 23:09 PM UTC
Hi Armeen;

FYI: Many PB Apps that I know of use temporary tables. Especially my favourite - for example...

Select Col1, Col2, ... from TableA, TableB, etc into #TEMP; // LUV this SS / ASE feature! ;-)

Regards ... Chris

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Armeen Mazda @Appeon
  1. Armeen Mazda @Appeon
  2. Tuesday, 11 May 2021 23:31 PM UTC
Hi Chris, Most of the unsupported in PowerServer 2021 are due to architectural differences between client/server and REST API architecture because on the client side we use same PBVM as client/server apps. So it doesn't matter how popular an unsupported feature is... changing architecture will require rethinking some things. But there is nothing else on the market that comes close to how fast and easy PowerServer 2021 is!
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Armeen Mazda @Appeon
  1. Armeen Mazda @Appeon
  2. Friday, 14 May 2021 15:43 PM UTC
Hi Redentor, I just wanted to make sure you were aware that temp tables are supported with the exception of the temp table is used by different transactions. Also, we have updated our Unsupported Features Guide to provide some workarounds: https://docs.appeon.com/pb2021/whats_new/ch01s04s02.html#d0e6295
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Redentor Cruz
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  1. Monday, 10 May 2021 18:59 PM UTC
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Hi Gayathri, has this issue of yours been resolved?   We're experiencing the same issue right now when we moved our end users from RDP to VPN.

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