Re: ISAM Error when deleting
Posted in 2003
Try running an oncheck on the table to check the table is OK
Francisco Roldan wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
> I got a problem when deleting from a table.
>
> I got the ISAM Error -103 "illegal key descriptor (too many parts or too
> long) The ISAM processor has been given an invalid key descriptor. For
> C-ISAM programs, review the key descriptor. Each key descriptor has a
> maximum
> of 8 parts and 120 characters. "
>
> It is a simple delete with one condition on one field (the field is part of
> a not-unique index), and the table doesn't have primary keys.
>
> I don't understand the meaning of "key descriptor".
>
> I would appreciate your help.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> regards
>
> sending to informix-list
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