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Informix Error -14585: CSS: CSM descriptor: unknown error <error-number> </error-number>

Cause and resolution

CSS: CSM descriptor: unknown error <error-number> </error-number>

Communication Support Services internal error.

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.

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Reasons / Common Causes

-14585 fires when Communication Support Services (CSS) hits an unrecognized internal error number while processing a CSM descriptor — per the official guidance.

  1. An unrecognized internal error while processing a CSM descriptor, per the official guidance — no further user-actionable detail is given.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. 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
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No specific triggering statement is documented — this is reported as an internal error.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Note the embedded error number, and gather the CSS configuration files and sqlhosts information for both sides of the connection before escalating.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -14585 in this set yet.

CSS hit an unrecognized internal error processing a CSM descriptor — gather the CSS configuration and sqlhosts details and contact IBM Informix Technical Support or the CSM vendor.