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Informix Error -14587: CSS: CSM descriptor <csm-name>: <self-reference>. </self-reference></csm-name>

Cause and resolution

CSS: CSM descriptor <csm-name>: <self-reference>. </self-reference></csm-name>

Cascade descriptor recursively refers to itself.

Check CSS configuration file, and the CSM option field in the sqlhosts file.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-14587 fires when a cascade descriptor recursively refers to itself — per the official guidance.

  1. A cascade descriptor recursively referring to itself, 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.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a recursive cascade descriptor.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the named CSM's cascade descriptor in concsm.cfg for a reference back to itself, and break the recursion.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -14581 — "CSS: CSM descriptor: syntax error." A related descriptor error, about a syntax error generally rather than a specific self-reference.

A cascade descriptor refers to itself — check concsm.cfg and remove the recursive reference.