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Informix Error -32513: Cannot rename table or column.

Cause and resolution

Cannot rename table or column.

Renaming of table or column failed. For more information, refer to the ISAM error message.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-32513 fires when a table or column rename operation fails — per the official guidance, an accompanying ISAM error message identifies the underlying cause.

  1. An underlying ISAM-level failure during the rename, per the official guidance — the specific reason is given by the accompanying ISAM error, not this message itself.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the accompanying ISAM error message for the specific cause, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented — the specific cause is in the accompanying ISAM error.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the ISAM error message reported alongside this one for the actual root cause.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -32513 in this set yet.

A table/column rename failed due to an underlying ISAM error — check the accompanying ISAM error message.