Informix Error -32501: Login session level not dominating the new session level.

Reasons / Common Causes

-32501 fires when a SET SESSION LEVEL target doesn't dominate the login session's level — per the official guidance.

1. The requested new session level isn't dominated by the login session level, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Log in at a sensitivity level that dominates the level being requested, per the official guidance.

Examples

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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a level-dominance failure.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Compare the login session's level against the requested new session level, and log in at a higher (dominating) level if needed.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -32500 — "User does not have discrete privilege to change session levels." A related SET SESSION LEVEL restriction, on a missing privilege rather than level dominance.
• -32502 — "New session level not dominating the database level." A related session-level restriction, on dominance over the target database's level.

The requested session level wasn't dominated by the login session's level — log in at a dominating level.