Informix Error -23076: Incompatible file extension for '-e' option.
Cause and resolution
Incompatible file extension for '-e' option.
The filename that is specified after the -e option on the command line for the ESQL processor has an incompatible file extension. Verify the file extension and try again.
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-23076 fires when the filename after the -e option has an incompatible file
extension — per the official guidance.
- A filename with an incompatible extension passed to
-e, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
- Verify the file extension and try again, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A
No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an incompatible -e extension.
Diagnostic Checks
- Check the extension of the file passed to
-e, and correct it to a compatible one.
Related Errors / Related Topics
- -23078 — "Incompatible file extension for '-c' option." The same class of
incompatible-extension error, for
-crather than-e.
The -e option's filename had an incompatible extension — verify and correct it.