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I wrote the following contract :

contract EndowmentRetriever {

    address creator;
    uint contract_creation_value;

    function EndowmentRetriever() public payable {
        creator = msg.sender;
        contract_creation_value = msg.value;
    }

    function getContractCreationValue() constant returns (uint) {                               
        return contract_creation_value;                         
    }

    function sendOneEtherHome() public {                        
        creator.send(1000000000000000000);
    }

    function kill() { 
        if (msg.sender == creator) {
            suicide(creator); 
        }
    }   
}

When I am creating a new contract using the following transaction

var EdRet = edRetContract.new({from:web3.eth.accounts[0], data: edRetCompiled.EdRetriever.code, gas: 1000000, value: 3000000000000000000}, function(e, contract){ 
    if(!e) { 
        if(!contract.address) { 
            console.log("Contract transaction send: TransactionHash: " + contract.transactionHash + " waiting to be mined..."); } 
        else { 
            console.log("Contract mined! Address: " + contract.address); 
            console.log(contract); } 
        } 
    else { 
        console.log(e); } 
    })

I am getting the following error message :

Error: The contract code couldn't be stored, please check your gas amount.

If I remove the value parameter in the transaction(i.e. the initial endowment to the contract), then the contract got mined. What could be the possible reason.

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try to send more gas, i propose you to use gas:gasEstimate+30000

 var EdRet = edRetContract.new({from:web3.eth.accounts[0], data: edRetCompiled.EdRetriever.code,
      gas:gasEstimate+30000, value: 3000000000000000000}, function(e, contract){ 
        ...
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  • already tried this, it is not working, getting the same error. – serial007 Dec 21 '16 at 11:42
  • are you using parity? – Badr Bellaj♦ Dec 21 '16 at 11:58
  • I have been testing your contract and there are some weird things happening, and it's to do with the payable modifier. 1. You cannot send ethers when you are creating the contract, even if you specify the payable modifier. 2. When you have a payable function that modifies the contract_creation_value variable, there will be an exception retrieving the contract_creation_value value. I'll try to investigate further over the next few days. – The Officious BokkyPooBah Dec 21 '16 at 15:26
  • @ Badr Bellaj, I am using geth – serial007 Dec 22 '16 at 6:03
  • @ BokkaPooBah : regarding your point 1) if I cannot send ether when creating the contract, then how can I make initial endowment. – serial007 Dec 22 '16 at 6:05

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