[Info-vax] Pinning down a SYSTEM-F-EXQUOTA

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Bob Koehler wrote 2011-08-03 15:55:
> In article<j1bi5q$kil$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm<jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>  writes:
>>
>> The error :
>> %TYPE-F-WRITEERR, error writing SYS$OUTPUT:.;
>> -RMS-F-SYS, QIO system service request failed
>> -SYSTEM-F-EXQUOTA, process quota exceeded
>> $
>
>     What is the tool writing to SYS$OUTPUT?  In a batch file, generally
>     SYS$OUTPUT is the log file, unless it's been redirected to a mailbox,
>     socket, or somewhere else by the tool or command file.
>

If I'm not wrong, it crashes when writing the Base64 encoded JPG
file over the network to the public auction site (their API).
Why it says SYS$OUTPUT, I don't know. Tha data is not stored in any way
localy part from the JPG file, but that is read into the Python script
at an earlier part of the script.

>     If it's a mailbox or a socket, your probably trying to write a
>     message bigger than the mailbox is sized for, or bigger than the
>     limits set in TCP/IP (you did say you're using the HP, stack, IIRC).

Doesn't TCPIP SHO VER clearly show that ?
Or is it something else you want to know?

 > $ tcpip sh ver
 >
 >  HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.6 - ECO 5
 >  on an AlphaStation XP900 466 MHz running OpenVMS V8.3


>
>     If it's the log file, or redirected to another file, then you're probably
>     trying to write a single record larger than what VMS opens log files for.
>     I'm not sure, you might be able to affect that with a SET RMS command.
>     Or you could be exceeding the RMS maximum record size, in which case
>     you need to change the tool.
>
>     And in all cases, updating the tool to break the write into smaller
>     pieces is a possible solution.
>
>     By comparison, I've never had a browser, ftp server, or ftp client
>     choke on one of these, but I can't guarrantee I've tried the largest
>     possible sizes.
>
>

OK. I'll try the same post on the Python-for-OpenVMS forum also
and we'll see what happens.

It's not a show-stopper, I simply make the JPG's slightly smaller.

If anyone is interested, it is a simple application that automaticly
posts auctions on a swedish auction site (owned by eBay, btw). My
auctions are here : "http://www.tradera.com/auktioner/Sodjan".
I sell electronic surplus components.

My Rdb database has the overall item design and parametes. And
then an interval (in days) and a count of "remaining in stock".
Auctions are posted until "out-of-stock". I have some things
that will run withour manual intervention until May-2012.

Jan-Erik.