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Informix Error -50217

Cause and resolution

An invalid transaction ID was passed to a DDEML function.

A Dynamic Data Exchange Management Library (DDEML) function has returned a value of DMLERR_UNFOUND_QUEUE_ID (0x4011). When the application has returned from an XTYPE_XACT_COMPLETE callback, the transaction identifier for that callback is no longer valid.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-50217 is raised by the Window Painter GUI builder library in the Window Painter GUI builder library — per the official guidance:

A Dynamic Data Exchange Management Library (DDEML) function has returned a value of DMLERR_UNFOUND_QUEUE_ID (0x4011). When the application has returned from an XTYPE_XACT_COMPLETE callback, the transaction identifier for that callback is no longer valid.

  1. An invalid transaction ID was passed to a DDEML function, per the official guidance — the direct, documented condition.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Adjust the calling code to respect the constraint named in the message, per the official guidance — no other resolution is documented.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond the class-library condition described above.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the specific value, object state, or call sequence that this condition flags here, against the constraint the official guidance describes.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -50217 in this set yet.

An invalid transaction ID was passed to a DDEML function.