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Informix Error -12100

-12100 Smart Large Objects: A bad value was entered for the sbpage unit.

The page unit must be between 1 and the maximum asynchronous I/O size. Re-execute the creation command with a correct page unit.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-12100 fires when an sbspace-creation command specifies an invalid page unit — per the official guidance.

  1. A page unit outside 1 and the maximum asynchronous I/O size, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Re-execute the creation command with a correct page unit, per the official guidance — between 1 and the platform's maximum asynchronous I/O size.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an out-of-range page unit.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the page-unit value passed to the creation command, and confirm it's between 1 and the maximum asynchronous I/O size.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -12101 — "Smart Large Objects: A bad value was entered for the average smart-large- object size." A related sbspace-creation validity error, on the average-LO-size field rather than the page unit.
  • -12102 — "Smart Large Objects: A bad Meta Data Area was entered for the smart large object." A related sbspace-creation validity error, on the metadata-area field rather than the page unit.

The sbspace creation command's page unit was out of range — set it between 1 and the maximum asynchronous I/O size.