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Informix Error -12050: Smart Large Objects: dbm_bfget: Cannot get a memory buffer.

Cause and resolution

Smart Large Objects: dbm_bfget: Cannot get a memory buffer.

If this error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Informix Technical Support.

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Reasons / Common Causes

-12050 is an internal error — per the official guidance, no user-facing cause is documented beyond a failure in the internal dbm_bfget buffer allocator.

  1. An internal failure allocating a memory buffer via dbm_bfget, per the official guidance — no further detail given.
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 — this is reported as an internal error.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support if the error recurs — this is an internal error with no documented user-actionable cause.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -12049 — "Smart Large Objects: No memory." The general form of this same class of memory-exhaustion error.

An internal dbm_bfget buffer allocation failed — report recurrences to IBM Informix Technical Support.