[FX.php List] Generic error message?

[Alex Gates]

If FM server is down, you will get an FX Error Object kicked back
instead of a returned result array.
I have an email sent to my email address and mobile phone 
if(!is_array($accountfindResult))


This method, however, will only kick out the email if someone attempts
to log in and it can't reach FileMaker server - it won't automatically
send an email right when the server goes down- someone must make an
attempt to log in before I'll get an email - 

There are some apps that you can purchase to monitor your FileMaker
server - (I don't know them off the top of my head, but I'm sure someone
could pass along a link) - 

There are services, of course, that will ping your website every once in
a while - perhaps it would work to put up a simple IWP page and have the
service ping that page - if that page can't be reached, then there is
obviously a problem with FileMaker server... just a thought...


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Filemaker error codes can be found at:

http://www.briandunning.com/error-codes/?source=FileMaker

However, since these codes are generated by Filemaker, I doubt you  
will get the error if the FM server is down. My experience is that  
the page just sits there when I don't have server is unreachable.

I have a development server. I will try this experiment today and get  
back with you.



On Apr 9, 2007, at 7:17 AM, Bob Patin wrote:

> Thanks, i didn't want to stop my server to test, so I think I'll  
> create a test site with a bogus FMSA IP address and see if that  
> works, and report back here...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Apr 9, 2007, at 8:51 AM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> I believe you get an 802 error if your FMSA server is not  
>> reachable. You could try trapping for that....
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> On Apr 9, 2007, at 8:46 AM, Bob Patin wrote:
>>
>>> In the midst of a routine OS update on Saturday night, my FM  
>>> server managed to melt down and I could never get it back--even  
>>> with an OS disk in the drive.
>>>
>>> So I spent a couple of hours installing FMSA on a different  
>>> machine, during which my FM 8 sites were down.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to generate an error message when the FM server  
>>> isn't reachable? Will FM error messages get generated even when  
>>> the server is non-existent?
>>>
>>> If not, is there a bit of code I could use that would be invoked  
>>> whenever the server is not available?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Bob Patin
>>> Longterm Solutions
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