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Informix Error -23099: 'file-name' has incompatible file format.

Cause and resolution

'file-name' has incompatible file format.

The specified list file or response file has an incompatible file format for the ESQL processor.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23099 fires when the specified list file or response file has a format the ESQL processor doesn't recognize — per the official guidance.

  1. A list file or response file with an incompatible format, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the file's format and correct it to a compatible one, per the official guidance's implication.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an incompatible file format.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the flagged file's actual format/contents, and confirm it matches the expected list-file or response-file format.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -23099 in this set yet.

A list file or response file had an incompatible format — check and correct its format.