Informix Error -4506

Cause and resolution

A report output pipe cannot be opened.

See error -1323, which has replaced this error.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-4506 is a legacy code — per the official guidance, it has been replaced by error -1323. See -1323 for the current documentation of this condition: a report's output pipe could not be opened.

This exact wording is superseded, per the official guidance — -1323 now covers the same underlying condition.

Solutions / Resolution

Treat this as -1323 and apply that code's resolution steps, per the official guidance.

Examples

N/A

No triggering example is documented separately from -1323 — see that code for worked examples of the underlying pipe-open failure.

Diagnostic Checks

Confirm the environment/version reporting -4506 rather than -1323, and refer to -1323 for the actual diagnostic steps.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-1323 — "A report output pipe cannot be opened." The current, active code that has replaced -4506.

-4506 has been replaced by -1323 — refer to that code for the current documentation of this report-output-pipe failure.