Informix Error -261

-261 Cannot create file for table table-name.

In general, the database server cannot create the file that will represent this table. Check the accompanying ISAM error code for more information. The file would be created in the database.dbs directory (unless you supplied an IN pathname clause) with IBM Informix SE. Its filename would begin with the first few letters of table-name, followed by a 3-digit number and the suffix .dat, or .idx. With IBM Informix SE, a problem might exist with file permissions, or possibly the disk is full.

IBM Informix Dynamic Server, IBM Informix Universal Server, and IBM Informix OnLine Dynamic Server allow table fragmentation, which might involve extensive use of dbspaces. You need to check the dbspace that was specified for the table. If no dbspace was specified, then the dbspace in which the database was created is used. For database creation, if no dbspace is specified, then the rootdbs is used. The specified dbspace might not exist, or the disk might be full.