Informix Error -3600: No detail table has been specified for this table.

Reasons / Common Causes

-3600 fires when a master/detail navigation command is attempted on a table with no detail table established — per the official guidance, the table must first be established as the master of another table in the form's INSTRUCTIONS section.

1. No MASTER OF relationship established for this table, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Establish this table as the master of another table in the INSTRUCTIONS section, per the official guidance.

Examples

Establishing a master/detail relationship

INSTRUCTIONS
  orders MASTER OF item
END

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the INSTRUCTIONS section for a MASTER OF relationship involving this table, and add one if a detail table was expected.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -2977 — "Table table1 cannot be a master of table table2 because they do not join." A related MASTER OF error, about a compile-time join-validation failure rather than a runtime attempt to navigate to a detail table that was never established.

No MASTER OF relationship has been established for this table — add one in INSTRUCTIONS if a detail table was expected.