Informix Error -9272: The data type <type_name> is not supported for current client/server configuration. </type_name>
Cause and resolution
The data type <type_name> is not supported for current client/server configuration. </type_name>
The data type <type_name> is not supported for current client version. Modify the query not to use the <type_name> data type or upgrade client version </type_name></type_name>
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-9272 fires when a query's data type isn't supported by the current client version — per the official guidance.
- A client version too old to support the named data type, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
- Modify the query so it doesn't use the unsupported data type, per the official guidance.
- Or upgrade the client version, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A
No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a version-incompatible data type in the query.
Diagnostic Checks
- Check the client driver/library version against the data type's minimum supported version, and either upgrade the client or avoid the type in the query.
Related Errors / Related Topics
- -9270 — "Type <opaque_type_name> is unsupported in distributed queries." A related type-support error, on distributed-query scope rather than client/server version.
The query's data type isn't supported by the current client version — upgrade the client or avoid the type.