Workflow seems to just halt (possible looping problem)

[Mike Pokraka]

G'Day Adrian,

Two things:
1. Try replacing 3a with a simple assignment step that sets the loop exit
value.
2. Use an until loop. While loops are dead as of 4.7 or shortly thereafter.

Cheers,
Mike

On Tue, July 29, 2008 6:28 pm, Adrian Clarke wrote:
> Dear Wuggers,
>
> I have just created a workflow which has the following structure :
>
> 1. Send Mail
> 2. Set container ERRNO to 9
> 3. While ERRNO = 9
>    3a  Call Program which returns a value into ERRNO (either 0, 1 or 9)
> 4. Send Mail
> 5. Call Program for manager authorisation, returning a value into
> APPROVED (either true or false)
> 6. Loop until APPROVED = 'true' (loops back to step 2)
>
> When I execute the above, it executes step 1, and step 2, but then goes
> no further.
>
> If I remove the two loops (i.e. the while at 3, and the until at 6) the
> steps at 1, 2, 3a, 4, 5 are executed
> I can then put back the while loop at 3, and then 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5 are
> executed
> When I put back the until loop at 6 (looping back to step 2) the
> workflow executes step 1 and 2, but then halts at that point.
>
> There is no error being produced (well, not in the workflow log anyway).
>
>
> Could this be a problem with having a loop within a loop (especially two
> different types of loops)?
> Has anyone seen (and successfully got around) this problem before?
>
>
> Adrian
>
>
>
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