Informix Error -9754: No usage privilege.

Cause and resolution

No usage privilege.

The user does not have usage privilege on create functions or the user does not have grant/revoke usage privilege on a language. This error is returned when the user does not have the privilege to create a user-defined routine.

Ask user informix or a user with GRANT option privilege on the language to grant usage permission to you.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-9754 fires when a user lacks usage privilege needed to create a user-defined routine — per the official guidance.

No usage privilege on CREATE FUNCTION/PROCEDURE, per the official guidance — the first named cause.
No grant/revoke usage privilege on the routine's language, per the official guidance — the second named cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Ask user informix, or a user with GRANT option privilege on the language, to grant usage permission, per the official guidance.

Examples

Granting language usage permission

GRANT USAGE ON LANGUAGE java TO myuser;

Diagnostic Checks

Check the user's usage privilege on CREATE FUNCTION/PROCEDURE and on the target language, and have informix or a GRANT-option holder grant it.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-9629 — "Not owner of type." A related usage-privilege error, on opaque type usage rather than routine-creation usage privilege.

The user lacked usage privilege to create a UDR — have informix or a GRANT-option holder grant it.