Programming Guide - Actian

Chapter 18: Debugging Your ApplicationThis section contains the following topics:How You Can Use the Debugger (see page 441)Start and Stop the Debugger (see page 442)How You Can Test an Application (see page 443)How Running in the Debugger Environment Works (see page 444)How You Can Use Break Conditions (see page 445)How You Can Log Trace Information (see page 456)How You Can Monitor a Running Application (see page 459)How You Can Debug Database Queries (see page 463)How Debugging an Application Works (see page 465)Debug an Imaged Application with the MonImage Utility (see page 482)The OpenROAD interactive Debugger lets you monitor and manipulate allphases of execution such as event stacks, task tracing, stack back-tracking,action lists, and assignments to variables through a source-level display. TheDebugger also lets you specify breakpoints or break events for easyidentification of problems in a running application.How You Can Use the DebuggerThe OpenROAD Debugger is an application development tool that providessource-level debugging capabilities. The OpenROAD Debugger providesfeatures that let you do the following:• View and edit your scripts as an application executes• Set break conditionsBreak conditions such as breakpoints or errors cause the application topass control to the Debugger.• View and manipulate the application's logYou can control the type of trace information sent to the log, examine thelog while the application is running, and direct the log output to anexternal file.• View a dynamic graphic display of the current state of the application• Run SQL queries• View and manipulate the event queuesDebugging Your Application 441