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Informix Error -9487: Attempt to remove non-existing jar: (%s).

Cause and resolution

Attempt to remove non-existing jar: (%s).

You cannot drop a jar that has not first been installed.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-9487 fires when remove_jar() is called on a jar name that was never installed — per the official guidance.

  1. The named jar never having been installed, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; you can't drop a jar that hasn't first been installed.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the jar name for correctness, and only remove jars that are actually installed, per the official guidance's implication.
Examples
Removing a jar that was never installed
EXECUTE PROCEDURE remove_jar('NoSuchJar', 0);   -- -9487
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the system catalog for currently installed jars, and correct the jar name if misspelled, or skip the removal if it was never installed.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -9485 — "Attempt to install an existing jar: (%s)." The inverse case — installing a name that already exists.

The named jar was never installed — check the jar name, or skip the removal.