Process keeps creating dump files

Question

We have a Delphi application running on a terminal server that keeps generating dump files. For the same PID, it keeps creating dump files with an interval of around 1 second until the process is killed manually. Another weird thing is the name of the dump files:

±_minidump_default_pid_7916_tid_x6590_2012_6_18_13_48_40.dmp
÷_minidump_default_pid_7916_tid_x6590_2012_6_18_13_48_42.dmp
k_minidump_default_pid_7916_tid_x6590_2012_6_18_13_48_39.dmp
Ô_minidump_default_pid_7916_tid_x6590_2012_6_18_13_48_41.dmp
Ž_minidump_default_pid_7916_tid_x6590_2012_6_18_13_48_40.dmp

The dump files aren't telling us much and we would like to have a suggestion where we should start looking.

Solution

The problem appeared to be in a component we used to communicate with Oracle. A new version of this component solved the issue.

It looked like the following scenario occurred:

• An exception occurred;
• The component tries to perform an action with Oracle;
• Oracle triggered a minidump;
• The component retried.

UPDATE:

Apparently this issue is caused by a faulty Oracle client. Updating to the latest version of the Oracle client fixed this issue for us.

Comments

[vaibhav]

Pieter, I'm trying to solve the same problem here. Are you using DevArt components? That's what we use here.

[Pieter van Ginkel]

No; it's an Allround Automations component (Direct Oracle access).

[Stéphane]

Thanks Pieter, Can you please give us more information on the Oracle component (name, version) that corrects this error ? Stéphane