Informix Error -12102
-12102 Smart Large Objects: A bad Meta Data Area was entered for the
smart large object.The metadata area received a bad value during the creation of a smartblob sbspace. Re-execute the creation command with a correct metadata size:
0 <= metadata area size < chunk size
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-12102 fires when an smartblob sbspace-creation command's metadata-area size is invalid — per the official guidance.
- A metadata area size outside the valid range, per the official guidance — the
direct, only cause; valid values are
0 <= metadata area size < chunk size.
Solutions / Resolution
- Re-execute the creation command with a correct metadata size, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A
No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an out-of-range metadata area size.
Diagnostic Checks
- Check the metadata-area size passed to the creation command, and confirm it's
0 <= size < chunk size.
Related Errors / Related Topics
- -12100 — "Smart Large Objects: A bad value was entered for the sbpage unit." A related sbspace-creation validity error, on the page-unit field rather than the metadata area.
- -12101 — "Smart Large Objects: A bad value was entered for the average smart-large- object size." A related sbspace-creation validity error, on the average-LO-size field rather than the metadata area.
The smartblob sbspace creation command's metadata-area size was out of range — set it between 0 and the chunk size.