RE: [C400-L] Fw: Free error.

["Bob Crothers" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bobby,

Something is probably trashing your pointer.  Put a break point
on the line after the malloc and then on the free.  Are the
values the same?

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: c400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:c400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bobby Hicks
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 7:29 AM
> To: c400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [C400-L] Fw: Free error.
> 
> 
> Can some one tell me what I'm doing wrong.  I use MALLOC to 
> allocate some 
> storage, then I call a procedure.  When I return from the 
> procedure I use 
> free to de-allocate the memory block.   
> 
> 
> My code is as follows: 
> 
> /* Convert field to zoned. */ 
> zlen = sizeof(decimal (DEC_DIG, 0) ) * 2  - 2;               
> znd = malloc(zlen); 
> result = QXXBTOZ(znd, zlen, bin, blen, hassign);             
> 
> if ( result ) return result;                               
> result = QXXZTOC(chr, clen, znd, zlen, dp); 
>  
> /* Free allocated memory. */                               
> free(znd);                                                 
> 
> 
> 
> But I get the following errors: 
> 
> The requested heap space operation is invalid. 
> The pointer parameter passed to free or realloc is not valid.

> 
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Bobby.
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