Informix Error -32123: Not the owner of the index.

Reasons / Common Causes

-32123 fires when a session that doesn't own an index attempts an operation only the owner can perform — per the official guidance.

1. The session isn't the index's owner, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Have the index's actual owner perform the operation, per the official guidance's implication.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a non-owner attempting an owner-only index operation.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Confirm the index's actual owner, and have that user perform the operation instead.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -32115 — "Cannot change ownership of a table." A related ownership restriction, on tables rather than indexes.

A session that doesn't own the index attempted an owner-only operation — have the actual owner perform it.