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Informix Error -26011: The internal base64 encoding function failed.

Cause and resolution

The internal base64 encoding function failed.

The internal crypto library base64 encoding API failed.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-26011 fires when the internal crypto library's base64 encoding API call fails — per the official guidance, with no further named detail.

  1. The internal crypto library base64 encoding API failed, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; the source gives no further detail.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Contact IBM Informix Technical Support to resolve the problem, per this project's convention for internal-error codes the official text doesn't attribute to a user-actionable cause.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an internal crypto library API failure.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check for related messages in the server log around the same time, and escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support if the issue persists.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -26012 — "The internal base64 decoding function failed." The same class of internal crypto-library API failure, on decoding rather than encoding.

The internal crypto library's base64 encoding API failed — this is an internal error; escalate if it persists.