Informix Error -1340: The error log has not been started.

Cause and resolution

The error log has not been started.

The program called the errorlog() function without first calling the startlog() function. Review the program logic to find out the cause of this error.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1340 fires when a program calls errorlog() without first calling startlog() — per the official guidance, these two functions have a required ordering.

errorlog() called before startlog(), per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Review the program logic to identify why this sequence violation happened, per the official guidance, and call startlog() before any errorlog() call.

Examples

errorlog() without startlog()

CALL errorlog("something went wrong")
-- -1340: startlog() was never called

Corrected

CALL startlog("myprogram.err")
CALL errorlog("something went wrong")

Diagnostic Checks

Trace the program's execution path to confirm whether startlog() executes before the failing errorlog() call.

Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -1340 in this set yet.

errorlog() was called before startlog() — call startlog() first.