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Informix Error -55926: Unable to spawn the compiler.

Cause and resolution

Unable to spawn the compiler.

For ESQL/C: The esql command processor cannot start the compiler. Make sure the directory that contains your C compiler is included in the PATH environment variable.

For ESQL/COBOL: The esqlcobo command processor cannot start the compiler. Make sure the directory that contains your COBOL compiler is included in the PATH environment variable.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-55926 fires when the command processor can't start the compiler — per the official guidance.

  1. For ESQL/C: the C compiler's directory not included in PATH, per the official guidance — the first named case.
  2. For ESQL/COBOL: the COBOL compiler's directory not included in PATH, per the official guidance — the second named case.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Add the compiler's directory to the PATH environment variable, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an unspawnable compiler.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check PATH for the compiler's installation directory, and add it if missing.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -55927 — "Unable to spawn the linker." The same class of spawn-failure error, for the linker rather than the compiler.
  • -55928 — "Unable to spawn the resource compiler." The same class of spawn-failure error, for the resource compiler rather than the compiler.

The compiler couldn't be spawned — add its directory to PATH.