Informix Error -9466: Must specify password=value in the URL.

Reasons / Common Causes

-9466 fires when a JDBC URL is missing the password — per the official guidance.

1. A JDBC URL with no password=value parameter, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Make sure the JDBC URL contains the password for the desired user session, per the official guidance.

Examples

A JDBC URL missing the password

"jdbc:informix-sqli://host:port/db:INFORMIXSERVER=srv;user=myuser"
-- -9466: no password=value

Corrected

"jdbc:informix-sqli://host:port/db:INFORMIXSERVER=srv;user=myuser;password=secret"

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the JDBC URL for a password=value parameter, and add it if missing.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -9463 — "Cannot load the specified IfxProtocol class: (%s)." A related JDBC-URL validity error, on an invalid protocol class rather than a missing password.
• -9464 — "Must specify user=name in the URL." A related JDBC-URL validity error, on a missing username rather than a missing password.
• -9465 — "Must specify dbname in the URL." A related JDBC-URL validity error, on a missing database name rather than a missing password.

The JDBC URL was missing the password — add a password=value parameter.