C++ delete operator results in "User breakpoint called called...." (int 3)

Question

Hi All-
I'm declaring pointers to DbEnv and Db and using new and delete. The delete call results in the following message.
"User breakpoint called from code at 0x7c901230".
There is an "int 3" at the address 0x7c901230
I'm using Visual C++ 6.0 on Win XP Prof.
Here is the code...
DbEnv* pDbEnv = new DbEnv(0);
pDbEnv->open(........);
Db* pdbWK = new Db(pDbEnv, 0);
pdbWK->open(NULL, // Transaction pointer
"myDb", // Database file name
NULL, // Optional logical database name
DB_BTREE, // Database access method
DB_CREATE|DB_AUTO_COMMIT, // Open flags
0); // File mode (using de
// use db
// close db
pdbWK->close(0);
delete pdbWK; // Errant line
I get the above mentioned message ("User breakpoint called from code at 0x7c901230") when delete pdbWk is executed.
I was thinking if the Db::close() tries to do a "delete this;", but this wouldn't make sense since Db can also be declared on the stack.
I tried to find the src file for Db::close() but couldn't find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Has anybody ever seen Db objects created with new (and released with delete)? In all the samples they appear to be created on the stack or global (maybe class instance).
Somebody suggested maybe the use of new/delete is not allowed by custom factory classes.
Thx.