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Informix Error -12024: Smart Large Objects: Chunk dropped from sbspace.

Cause and resolution

Smart Large Objects: Chunk dropped from sbspace.

You attempted to reference a chunk that is being dropped from the sbspace. If this error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Informix Technical Support.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-12024 fires when a chunk being dropped from an sbspace is referenced — per the official guidance.

  1. A reference to a chunk that's in the process of being dropped from the sbspace, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. If this error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Informix Technical Support, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond referencing a chunk mid-drop.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check whether the referenced chunk is currently being dropped, and retry once the drop completes if the error persists.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -12025 — "Smart Large Objects: Chunk not empty." A related chunk-drop error, about a chunk that still contains data rather than one already mid-drop.

A chunk being dropped from an sbspace was referenced — retry once the drop completes, or report recurrences to IBM Informix Technical Support.