mac | pc Server Side scripts suddenly stopped working

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Hi there,

 

I have a bit of a challenging issue.

 

A few days ago all server side scripts stopped working in our file.

 

We have about half a dozen user triggered server side scripts and they all suddenly stopped working. When they are executed the scripts hangs and I have to restart filemaker.

 

Here is what I have tested so far:

 

Created a new table, with 1 field: timestamp

 

created a new server side script that does the following:

 

Goes to the layout

Creates a new record

set field timestamp with the current timestamp

Commits the record

 

the result of running this is that FM13 hangs - no new record created.

 

The Next thing I did was  to create a completely new file with a different name, create the same table and field, imported the script, uploaded it to the server and tried running the server side script in the new file and it worked - so server issue is ruled out.

 

Next, I download the problem file - Performed a recovery, cloned it, re-upload the cloned version with 0 records and tried the script again - FM hung again - so the issue seems file specific.

 

Next I tested the same script running locally on problem file - it worked.

 

so the issue only seems to occur in the problem file when running on the server  - the script will run perfectly when the problem file is run local and it runs perfectly when duplicated in another file on the server.

 

Is there some setting that I or someone else may have changed that could be stopping the script from running on the server in this file?

 

At a loss for what to try next...

 

I have 37 tables, heaps of scripts and around 10,000 plus records that I would have to recreate if I had to start from scratch, so really would like to fix my existing file...

 

Any suggestions?

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Hi there,

 

Ok I found the issue, I have a script that runs the first time a file is opened that requires user input - it seems for some reason this is also triggered everytime I execute PSOS

 

any suggestions on how to skip this script step?

 

I have tried using get (systemplatform) within an "if" statement but that doesn't seem to work. 

 

Any suggestions on how I can avoid running the start up script when executing PSOS?

 

Mark

[Wim Decorte]

Get(applicationversion) will contain the word "server" in it for both server-side script schedules and PSoS sessions.

 

The OnOpen scripts will run in both scenarios so you have to branch around server-incompatible steps.

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Thanks Wim,

 

I used a custom function I found on a site called IsRunningOnServer which returns 1 when running on server.

 

PatternCount ( Get ( ApplicationVersion ) ; "Server" )

 

As you suggested I'm using that to skip any server incompatible steps.

 

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

This seems to have solved the problems.