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Informix Error -35583: General Table Manager: Duplicate keys not allowed.

Cause and resolution

General Table Manager: Duplicate keys not allowed.

Table entries with the same key are not allowed.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-35583 fires when an internal table operation would insert an entry with a key that already exists — per the official guidance.

  1. A table entry insert with a key matching an existing entry, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; this internal table doesn't permit duplicate keys.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. This is an internal-mechanism error — if it recurs, contact IBM Informix Technical Support, per this project's precedent for General Table Manager internals.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a duplicate-key insert attempt.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support if this recurs, since it reflects internal table-manager state.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -35585 — "General Table Manager: Entry is locked." A related General Table Manager error, on a lock conflict rather than a duplicate key.
  • -35586 — "General Table Manager: Table is locked." A related General Table Manager error, on a table-level lock conflict.

An internal table operation attempted to insert a duplicate key — an internal-mechanism condition; escalate if it recurs.