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Informix Error -16392: No database name specified.

Cause and resolution

No database name specified.

The database command requires the name of a database as its argument.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-16392 fires when a database command is issued without naming a database — per the official guidance.

  1. A database command missing its database-name argument, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Repeat the command, naming a database, per the official guidance.
Examples
A database command with no name
> database
Corrected
> database mydb
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the database command for a missing name argument.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -16392 in this set yet.

The database command is missing its database-name argument — supply one.