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Informix Error -12132: Smart Large Objects: Invalid lock type for lock merge.

Cause and resolution

Smart Large Objects: Invalid lock type for lock merge.

This message is an internal error code.

Contact IBM Informix Technical Support to report the error. Try creating the sbspace again.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-12132 is an internal error — per the official guidance, no user-facing cause is documented beyond an invalid lock type encountered during an internal lock-merge operation.

  1. An internal invalid lock type during lock merging, per the official guidance — no further detail given.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Contact IBM Informix Technical Support to report the error, per the official guidance.
  2. Try creating the sbspace again, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented — this is reported as an internal error.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support — this is an internal error with no documented user-actionable cause.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -12132 in this set yet.

An internal invalid lock type was encountered during lock merging — report it and try creating the sbspace again.