Environment: Alpha, OpenVMS 7.3-2, RdB 7.1
We run a CGI-based webservice, accessed after authentication. The user is passing a URL that contains a query to be executed, including the database on which the query is to be executed, and its parameters. The actual database access is done by a (locally created) procedure, containing all required assignments and definitions, which is next executed in a subprocess under the user that issued the request - thoug username is still the user under which the webserver runs:
$ run/uic=(UIC of remote_user)/INPUT=(command procedure)/OUTPUT=(output-spec) sys$system:loginout
This works fine, but some users encounter a problem when queries become more complex. Tracing revealed this error on execution of the query: