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Informix Error -41007

-41007 Error in loading IBM Informix NET for Windows library.

Check your path. If you are using a Windows Sockets 1.1-compliant TCP/IP protocol, the INETWSOK.DLL module must be in your path. If you are using the IPX/SPX protocol, the INETIPX.DLL module must be in your path. These modules must be in your path. In addition, you might not have enough memory to load the correct DLL module.

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Reasons / Common Causes

-41007 fires when the IBM Informix NET for Windows client can't load the protocol's .DLL module — per the official guidance.

  1. The required .DLL module (INETWSOK.DLL for Windows Sockets 1.1-compliant TCP/IP, or INETIPX.DLL for IPX/SPX) not on the configured path, per the official guidance — the first named case.
  2. Insufficient memory to load the .DLL module, per the official guidance — the second named case.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the path and confirm the correct .DLL module for the configured protocol is present on it, per the official guidance.
  2. Free memory if the module can't be loaded due to insufficient memory, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a missing .DLL module on the path, or insufficient memory to load it.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the path for the protocol's required .DLL module, and check available memory if the module is present but still fails to load.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -41006 — "Protocolname is not in the [INET_PROTOCOL] section of the INFORMIX.INI file." A related protocol-configuration error, on the INFORMIX.INI mapping being missing rather than the .DLL module itself failing to load.

The protocol's .DLL module couldn't be loaded — check that it's on the path, and check available memory.