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Informix Error -12140: Smart Large Objects: Aborted by user.

Cause and resolution

Smart Large Objects: Aborted by user.

No changes have been made to the sbspace. Utility aborted by user.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-12140 fires when an sbspace utility is aborted by the user — per the official guidance.

  1. The user aborting the utility before it completed, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; no changes were made to the sbspace.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. No action needed — per the official guidance, the sbspace is unchanged. Rerun the utility if the operation was still intended.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a user-initiated abort.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. None needed — confirm this matches an intentional abort; rerun the utility if not.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -12140 in this set yet.

An sbspace utility was aborted by the user, with no changes made — rerun it if the operation was still intended.