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Hi Tom,

Many thanks for your very quick response.

I didn't even realise there was an updated UDF called FreeAdhocUDF. By 
upgrading to this new UDF it fixed my problem.

Many thanks, I owe you a beer or 10...

Fraser

Tom Wilk wrote:
> I am not that familiar with InterBase 6.0 on Linux, but with 7.x, I 
> would be thinking that following two thoughts:
> 
> 1.  Make sure the libib_util.so library can be found by InterBase.  That 
> is where the ib_util_malloc function resides.  I have the following 
> environment variable defined in my local Mandriva installation:
> 
> INTERBASE=/opt/interbase
> 
> 
> If I do a locate, Mandriva locates the following:
> 
> [root@lap-twilk twilk]# locate libib_util.so
> /opt/interbase/lib/libib_util.so
> /usr/lib/libib_util.so
> 
> 
> Actually, the file in usr/lib is a symlink back to /opt/interbase/lib.
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     32 Feb 22 21:24 libib_util.so -> 
> /opt/interbase/lib/libib_util.so*
> 
> 
> 2.  I highly recommend upgrading to FreeAdhocUDF  =>
> http://www.ibexpert.info/documentation/%20%203.%20Database%20Objects/%20%209.%20User-Defined%20Function%20(UDF)/%20%204.%20FreeAdhocUDF/46449.html 
> 
> 
> 
> fxm001 wrote:
> 
>> I have 2 new installations of Interbase 6 on 2 different linux servers 
>> 1 RH (not sure of version) on a cobalt raq4 and the other on a Suse 
>> 9.2 installation.
>>
>> I have basically performed the same installation procedure for both 
>> boxes and both report the following error when trying to delete 
>> records from a table.
>>
>> /opt/interbase/bin/isql: symbol lookup error: 
>> /opt/interbase/UDF/FreeUDFLibC: undefined symbol: ib_util_malloc
>>
>> Also I have installed the FreeUDFLibC library as directed and that 
>> also fails during the 'make install' procedure, although it does 
>> produce a file in the UDF directory of the interbase installation.
>>
>> date_functions.o: In function `cdow_long':
>> date_functions.o(.text+0x2e1): undefined reference to `ib_util_malloc'
>>
>>
>> There are several of the above messages.
>>
>> I have scoured the web but cannont find anything that looks like my 
>> problem... Can someone please help me???