Re: Informix DSA 7.23, Error 214 (Cannot remove file or table)

Posted in 1997

David Williams — Mon, 9 Jun 1997 23:55:28 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <5nhefi$plm@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Felix Koshy Mathews <fmathews@systems.dhl.com> writes >Hi-folks, > >Have any of you ever encountered 214 error while dropping a table ( for >re-creation ), from a stored procedure. On On-Line DSA 7.23 UC1, we have >the following problem on one of the tables : > >-214 Cannot remove file for table table-name. > >On this error our program quits, on next try, the engine happly drops >the table !!!. > What is the associated isam error? Someone probably has a row/page locked in the table or holds a table level lock. -- David Williams