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Informix Error -12033: Smart Large Objects: Cannot insert SB_LOHD_SLOT.

Cause and resolution

Smart Large Objects: Cannot insert SB_LOHD_SLOT.

You cannot insert a smart-large-object header page into the smart-large-object header partition. Add a chunk to the smart-large- object space with a metadata area.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-12033 fires when a smart-large-object header page can't be inserted into the header partition — per the official guidance.

  1. The smart-large-object space lacking a chunk with a metadata area, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Add a chunk to the smart-large-object space with a metadata area, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a full/missing metadata area.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the sbspace for a chunk with a metadata area, and add one if none exists or the existing ones are full.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -12027 — "Smart Large Objects: Cannot delete SB_LOHD_SLOT." The mirror-image operation on the same LO header slot — delete rather than insert.

A smart-large-object header page couldn't be inserted, likely due to a missing metadata area — add a chunk with a metadata area.