Informix Error -4505: A report output file cannot be opened.

Reasons / Common Causes

-4505 is a legacy code — per the official guidance, it has been replaced by error -1322. See -1322 for the current documentation of this condition: a report's output file could not be opened.

1. This exact wording is superseded, per the official guidance — -1322 now covers the same underlying condition.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Treat this as -1322 and apply that code's resolution steps, per the official guidance.

Examples

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No triggering example is documented separately from -1322 — see that code for worked examples of the underlying file-open failure.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Confirm the environment/version reporting -4505 rather than -1322, and refer to -1322 for the actual diagnostic steps.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -1322 — "A report output file cannot be opened." The current, active code that has replaced -4505.

-4505 has been replaced by -1322 — refer to that code for the current documentation of this report-output-file failure.