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Informix Error -14575: CSS: invalid run-time parameters.

Cause and resolution

CSS: invalid run-time parameters.

There is an error in the CSS configuration file (concsm.cfg).

Check CSS configuration file, and the CSM option field in the sqlhosts file. If the problem persists, contact IBM Informix Technical Support or the CSM vendor and have the following information available: CSS configuration files (concsm.cfg) and sqlhosts information for both the client and the database server.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-14575 fires when there's an error in the CSS configuration file (concsm.cfg) — per the official guidance.

  1. An error in concsm.cfg, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the CSS configuration file, and the CSM option field in the sqlhosts file, per the official guidance.
  2. If the problem persists, contact IBM Informix Technical Support or the CSM vendor, per the official guidance, with the CSS configuration files (concsm.cfg) and sqlhosts information for both the client and the database server available.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an error in concsm.cfg.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check concsm.cfg and the sqlhosts CSM option field for invalid run-time parameters.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -14574 — "CSS: error processing initialization string: ." A related configuration error, about CSS being unable to access the CSM configuration at all rather than the run-time parameters within it being invalid.

concsm.cfg has an error in its run-time parameters — check the file and the sqlhosts CSM option field.