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Informix Error -79705: Incorrect URL format

Cause and resolution

Incorrect URL format

The database URL you have submitted is invalid. Informix JDBC Driver Driver does not recognize the syntax. Check the syntax and try again.

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Reasons / Common Causes

-79705 fires when a submitted database URL is invalid — per the official guidance, the driver doesn't recognize the URL's syntax.

  1. A database URL with syntax the driver doesn't recognize, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the URL's syntax and try again, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an unrecognized URL syntax.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the submitted database URL's syntax against the driver's documented URL format, and correct it.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -79704 — "Can't load driver" — a related connection-setup error, on the driver failing to load/register rather than an invalid URL.

The submitted database URL's syntax isn't recognized by the driver — check its syntax and retry.