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Informix Error -50081

Cause and resolution

In ixSuperTable::doSQLUpdate(), ixSuperTable::getConnection() returned NULL -- instantiating updateStmt with a NULL connection.

The ixSQLConnect object that is specified in the ixSuperTable constructor is probably invalid because ixSuperTable::getConnection() returns NULL. The doSQLUpdate function creates the updateStmt using the implicit connection.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-50081 fires in the GUI builder ("Window Painter") class library -- per the official guidance: The ixSQLConnect object that is specified in the ixSuperTable constructor is probably invalid because ixSuperTable::getConnection() returns NULL. The doSQLUpdate function creates the updateStmt using the implicit connection.

  1. In ixSuperTable::doSQLUpdate(), ixSuperTable::getConnection() returned NULL -- instantiating updateStmt with a NULL connection -- an invalid argument, state, or NULL value reaching ixSuperTable::doSQLUpdate(), per the official guidance.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Review the application's call to ixSuperTable::doSQLUpdate() against the condition described above, and correct the argument, object state, or configuration involved, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond the GUI builder class library condition named in the official text.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the application's use of ixSuperTable::doSQLUpdate(), against the specific condition the official text describes.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -50081 in this set yet.

In ixSuperTable::doSQLUpdate(), ixSuperTable::getConnection() returned NULL -- instantiating updateStmt with a NULL connection.