Informix Error -14576: CSS: null CSS context.
Cause and resolution
CSS: null CSS context.
Communication Support Services internal error.
Communication Support Services caller passed a null context to Communication Support Services.
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
-14576 fires when a Communication Support Services (CSS) caller passes a null context to CSS — per the official guidance.
- A caller passing a null CSS context, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
- Contact IBM Informix Technical Support or the CSM vendor, per the official guidance,
with the CSS configuration files (
concsm.cfg) andsqlhostsinformation for both the client and the database server available.
Examples
N/A
No specific triggering statement is documented — this is reported as an internal error.
Diagnostic Checks
- Gather the CSS configuration files and
sqlhostsinformation for both sides of the connection before escalating.
Related Errors / Related Topics
- -14571 — "CSS: null CSS library context." The same null-context condition, for the library context specifically rather than the general CSS context.
- -14572 — "CSS: null I/O reference context." The same null-context condition, for the I/O reference context specifically rather than the general CSS context.
A caller passed a null CSS context — gather the CSS configuration and sqlhosts details and
contact IBM Informix Technical Support or the CSM vendor.