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Informix Error -79701: Blob not found

Cause and resolution

Blob not found

The Informix JDBC Driver Driver encountered an exception during the access of BLOB. With JDK 1.4 and above, the initial exception is available through the cause facility of java.lang.Throwable.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-79701 fires when the Informix JDBC Driver encounters an exception accessing a BLOB — per the official guidance.

  1. An underlying exception during BLOB access, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; with JDK 1.4 and above, the initial exception is available via java.lang.Throwable's cause facility.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. With JDK 1.4 and above, retrieve the initial exception via Throwable's cause facility, per the official guidance, to diagnose the underlying failure.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an exception during BLOB access.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the exception's cause (via getCause() on JDK 1.4+) for the underlying BLOB-access failure.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -79701 in this set yet.

An exception occurred accessing a BLOB — check the exception's cause for the underlying failure.