[MacPerl] Limits in MacPerl?

[Elton Hughes <ehughes@novapic.org>]

Hello all,

I have begun work on my first MacPerl project and have hit a problem that 
I hope you can help with.

Background: The small non-profit agency I work for has been mailing 
surveys to our clients. The results have been stored in a Filemaker Pro 
database. There are 18 questions and 18 demographic categories on the 
survey. My job is to write a report that will come up with the average 
response, per question, by each of the 18 demographic categories. The 
result should look like a grid with the questions running along the 
x-axis and the categories running along the y-axis. The questions can 
have 3 or four possible answers.

I am using a Performa 6360 with 40 megs of ram. The MacPerl version I am 
using is 5.1.9r4, patch level 5.004.

For two days, things were working well. I would write code for one row, 
test it, and then if there were no errors, proceed with the next row. 
When I finally finished the last row, I saved my work. I then proceeded 
to run the report. instead of seing the results, I recieved a type 113 
error message. It told me to save my work and re-boot the system.

Several reboots later, the error message has switched to a type 2.

This program is big. A little over 4,000 line. I can run and syntax check 
smaller programs. The script does work on our SUN Sparcstation, so syntax 
is correct. I am at a loss as to how to proceed.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.





Elton A. Hughes
IT Specialist
NOVA Private Industry Council
505 W. Olive, Suite 600
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

ehughes@novapic.org
(408)730-7235 - Phone
(408)730-7643 - Fax


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